i recently updated to avast 7, i didn't install the behavior sheild, remote assistance or avast gadget. but all other sheilds/modules were installed. i've also disabled auto sandbax and streaming updates.
i've recentely learnt that the script sheild is completely useless without the behavior sheild also running. which seems a very odd to me, why allow people to install the script sheild without the behavior sheild, if it relies on it?
so what exactly does the script sheild do, ie: is it a significant security risk to not use it?
am i wright in thinking that the script sheild never used to rely on the behavior sheild in avast 6?
it used to work on my avast 6 installation (without the behavior sheild) or atleast it appeared to anyway (it would count scans in IE9 and WMP???
i really don't want to install the behavior sheild, i've allways had fairly major stability problems caused by it, on a few different computers (vista x86, win7 x86 and win 7 x64)
also are there any other sheilds/features that depend on either the behavior or script sheilds?
and a couple of questions about streaming updates
does streaming updates use much bandwidth or resources?
how often does streaming updates check for updates?
does streaming updates increase the risk of false possitives?
finally i have auto definition updates on, but set to check every 960 minutes (16 hours) does this effect anything other than the main deffinition updates?
btw, i have program updates are set to manual.
i don't mean to sound like i'm having a dig at avast, i've been a very happy avast user for many years now, and other than the behavior sheild i've had no trouble with avast and can't see myself changing to another anti-malware provider anytime soon
thanks in advance