Avast/AVG Free Plus Defender Adequate?
Mar 29, 2008
Post in reply to: kplumm Windows Firewall is fine!! Remove Norton ; it is a resource hog! Above is a link to Avast Free 4 Home Anti-Virus It is low resource using, free and Vista 32bit and 64bit compatible. For Spyware removal, use the above link to ???Spybot Search & Destroy 1.5.2? Download it, install it, update it, immunize your system and scan your System with it. For a non-scanning, but running the background, Program to STOP Spyware being downloaded to your Computer, use SpywareBlaster 4, available at the above link.
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Apr 8, 2009
I have a HP Pavillion dv6000 laptop computer. HP Total Care Advisor tells me only 4% is free on drive C. I ran disk defragmentation, disk cleanup, and uninstalled a good amount of programs I no longer use. It did not do anything. Once and awhile I get a prompt in the bottom right corner saying that I have low disk space. When I click on it it wants to run disk cleanup which does absolutely nothing. How do I free up space and make my computer perform the best it can?
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Apr 26, 2010
1. AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 9.0 (Not Recommend): AVG Antivirus and Security Software - Download Free Antivirus
2. avast! Free Anti-Virus Edition: avast! Free Antivirus - Download Software for Virus Protection
3. Avira AntiVir Personal: Avira AntiVir Personal - FREE Antivirus
Please post if there are anymore free anti-virus editions. For #5 (Comodo Internet Security Suite), there is a bug. If you click the link, it will go to Comodo Anti-Virus, you can use Anti-Virus. If you want Internet Security, click it on the left side panel.
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Feb 13, 2010
Not sure where to post this so here goes:
Can anyone comment on whether they think an Avast's AV scanner is any good.
I just got finished fixing a friends 2 month old Vista laptop that wouldn't
start up. I managed to boot it into `the last known good configuration' then
ran CCleaner, MBAM, SAS and Spybot. WU's were downlevel.
Just seems like with Avast running on this machine things got pretty screwed
up to the point where it wouldn't start normally at all. I don't think
Windows Defender was invoked either but it is now.
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Mar 23, 2008
My father and brother both use internet mail and when they send any emails on to me in Vista mail I don't get the attachments (one was a .wmv ext) As far as I know I have checked/unchecked ALL the correct boxes in the mail options and my Avast online scanner settings and still I don't get the pictures intended or the attachments. I have removed Norton, checked my firewall settings and still nothing!
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Apr 19, 2008
my windows isnt vista,is't XP,but i didnt find the right community for it so i decided to post here..if somebody knows,please answer me,it's important for me and my pc...READ IT I IMPLORE! today i was seeing some photos on google images..everyone know that on google the images are little,then we gotta click the photos to enlarge them...well i clicked one and as usual,under the image that appears,there's the site where it came from..when the page loaded,the following message appeared: "welcome to..." (i forgot the name of the site) so i just clicked ok...right after,avast antivirus found a virus...and on the message shown was telling me to desconnect...well i clicked 'desconnect' and then i closed the web page....i ran the antivirus on my pc and avast found no more viruses, but i don't know if the virus is outta my pc..what does the command 'desconnect' mean on the avast message???
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Jul 31, 2009
Not sure which newsgroup I should be using. Hope this is the right one. I have an avast icon in the Notification area. Each time it completed an virus data base update, it would pop up and make a verbal announcement. It is quite annoying, and sometimes disruptive. I tried to hide it by : right click task bar > Properties > Notification Area > Customize > select Hide on avast! ( both ). Won't work. Still shows up for an announcement.
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Mar 23, 2008
Is it valid to install 2 antivirus instead of one? in this specific case AVG and AVAST, will they work well together? or will inhibit?
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Aug 2, 2008
I'm a newbi on this board this is my first post. I just recently upgraded to a Windows Vista Home 64 bit. My old system was Windows xp. I found this board as I was trying to get the Norton security that came on my pc to uninstall. The info on this board is priceless. I was able to get rid of the Norton and have now installed AVAST. My question is should I also run COMODO firewall or just use the Vista firewall. And if I run the Comodo should I disarm the VF. Again many thanks on the Norton issue, I was pleased to find out that I was not the only one who could not uninstall that pos.
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Jan 5, 2010
I have been trying to install avast on my PC but keeps getting an error message that the set up process cannot be completed. Server responce 204? can someone please help.
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Apr 21, 2009
I have to install AVG and they mention that Defender should be disabled. I have Vista Premium and when I searched the Internet for instructions on how to turn off the Defender, I am told to go to Defender and click on Tools and then Options and then go to: Administrator options. Deselect the Use Windows Defender box and press the Save button. My Options does not have Administrator Options at bottom (nor Use Windows Defender box). My Options has two categories: Automatic scanning AND Default actions.
1- Why don't I see/have "Administrator Options?
2- And, how can I disable Defender prior to installing AVG?
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May 2, 2007
Avast Update History Page:Fixed a vulnerability in TAR unpacker Improvements in various unpackers (winexec, installer, CAB, NTFS Streams) Boot-time scanner now functional even with USB keyboards Speed improvements in the Outlook plugin (Windows XP+) Web Shield: compatibility improvements Internet Mail provider: improvements on Windows Vista CAB unpacker now working in boot-time scan RAR unpacker modified so that it is now more tolerant to certain corrupted archives (issue reported by Thierry Zoller of n.runs AG) Professional Edition: scheduled scan progress icon now accessible even in Windows Vista Windows 9x/ME: fix in the Mail Protection Wizard (related to Mozilla Thunderbird accounts) Fixed a bug in the scan area selection dialog in Windows NT/2000 Optimizations in the updater Removed mail heuristics false alarm (related to TNEF attachments) Enjoy,Shawn
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Feb 11, 2010
The computer has worked fine since then, I've used the internet at wi-fi hotspots around my city, with never a single problem...until last night. While I was on-line at home, I was checking a website that I have always checked before without issue when my Windows Defender suddenly popped open and said that my computer was under threat and blocked Internet Explorer from me and started running a diagnosic. Well apparently it said that I had like 26 infections in my computer. That I had worms, spyware, adware, that someone was watching my key logs, etc, etc, and it gave me the option to click on the remove all. So I clicked on it, but instead of doing anything, another message box appeared saying that my Windows Defender is not the full version and that I must either purchase the full version or enter my key code for it. I don't have a key code since I never bought this program, was pre-installed.
Anyways, now whenever I try to open Internet Explorer, the Windows Defender pops up and says that my IE is infected and asks if I would like to purchase the full Windows Defender. I have clicked on both options. If I say "no", the computer blocks my IE, if I say yes, it opens my IE, but instead of taking me to a Windows website, it takes me to www.antivirus-care.com, which my browser says does not exist and instead takes me to another page with a listing of anti-virus program sites to buy from. Well, all this seems fishy to me because I can't do anything with the Windows Defender program. I can't turn it off, I can't change its settings, or even look at other options it has. Instead whenever I try the message window of "would I like to buy the full version now?" appears and keeps appearing.
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Jun 13, 2009
Avast Antivirus Home Edition OR Avira AntiVir Personal?
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Jun 8, 2009
i just installed comodo firewall and avast for my antivirus options as i heard both work very well...however each time i try to look into control panel to test that everything is up to date, it just freezes on me, does not open at all??? shall i uninstall avast and use another anti virus protection
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Jun 16, 2009
It hasn't automatically updated its JVS signatures since I installed the new service pack on May 27. I can still manually update, but miss the convenience of auto. I checked my Windows Firewall settings and created an exception for Avast. I have performed a repair installation of Avast and have even renewed my license key early. Is there some kind of incompatibility between Vista SP2 and Avast that I don't know about?
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Feb 23, 2009
I am surprised at how Vista refuses to release memory. I have disabled Supercaching entirely, and still I find that free RAM drifts from 0 to 50MB quite regularly. Way back in the day, I used to use an app called CacheMan - it would prompt the system to release physical RAM back to the system. It worked very well. The folks who develop CacheMan are working on a Vista64 version, but it's not quite cooked yet.
I'm looking for recommendations on mechanisms to prompt the release of this RAM. The reason for this is that I am trying to troubleshoot occasional mouse lockups, which feel like the system's swapping. Unfortunately, my HDD LED isn't working and my hard drives are pretty much silent. So if the system is actually swapping, I have no way to know aside from keeping a PerfMon session running all the time. I see various shareware apps out there to release RAM on demand or on schedule - I'm looking for recommendations. Once CacheMan is ready for Vista I'll give that a go.
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Mar 23, 2008
I need a free antivirus program that I can leave disabled and one that I don't have to disable everytime I start up the ol laptop. I'm using Vista and I have tried AVG, AntiVir, and Avast!, none of which will let me permanently disable on startup.I need an antivirus program (who doesn't?), but I do not need one running all the time.
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Jul 29, 2009
C drive is almost full. D has lots of free space. What sorts files/folders can I safely move from C to D without having any future access difficulties?
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Mar 25, 2010
Anyone know of some good Free MMORPG games?
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Sep 7, 2009
Is there a free utility I can use with Vista 64 to rar and unrar files?
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May 27, 2008
Does anyone know of a free pdf creator that will work with Vista? I'm not looking for a program that just functions as a printer. I want to be able to create a pdf, continually add to it, and create bookmarks in it.
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May 15, 2009
Is there a free fax program that will work with Vista? If so, do have a link?
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Nov 24, 2009
It happens to everyone eventually. Your hard drive is suddenly full and you are left wondering where did all my free space go? Now you must begin the task of deleting old files and folders to reclaim space but where do you start? In the past I would suggest manually checking the sizes of all of your folders so you know where to begin the hunt but now there is a great utility called WinDirStat that does the work for you. After inspecting a drive you are shown exactly how much data is in each folder, what file types are taking up the most space and even a visual representation of the files on your disk....
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May 24, 2009
As soon as i got my custom HP laptop, i unstalled Norton anti-virus, it is a total piece of crap that eats up my ram etc, etc... But, i do need an anti-virus program
To stop the little bubble thing to stop coming out from the taskbar at start up, i selected the option thati would monitor my own systesm secruity.. All i really have as a sure way of defense is Windows Defender. it is worling great so-far, worst thing i've gotten was a Trojan Downloader, quickley removed, and i only got it from a fake website that looked like Adobe Flash-Player Updater's site But, i need something that is free, and wont demolish my computer speed, But can get the job done!
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Apr 8, 2009
I'm looking for a free and simple encryption program to use on my new machine. I was using Kruptos 2 on my XP machine, but it doesn't work in Vista X64. Is there ANTYHING good our there? I've looked for about an hour and a half without success. I don't want a trial offer.
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Sep 29, 2009
If there is an unzip program in Vista, how do I find it.
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Dec 14, 2008
I'm nearing the end of my subscription with Norton and I don't want to re-new it as i am not a fan of the software no more.
I am planning on using Windows Defender to scan my PC etc and using Windows Firewall.
Can anyone recommend free anti virus/spyware software for my laptop which is running Windows Vista Premium.
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Mar 18, 2008
Need a recommend a Free DVD Ripper that will work on Vista Home Premium
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May 8, 2008
Installed Free AVG 8 here today on two systems - Vista Home Premium SP1 and XP SP3 with IE7.
On the Vista machine, the installation of AVG 8 broke IE7 in opening a second window - it just hung until the "not responding" message appeared.I tried installing AVG without the surfsearch function, and without the Linkscanner module - still couldn't open a second window in IE. Uninstalling of AVG 8 cured the problem.
The installation on XP SP3 with IE7 had no effect at all. IE7 behaved perfectly normally.
Anyone seen this, and is there a fix?
(The reason I went for AVG is that it picked up a virus on my XP machine
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Mar 15, 2009
I want to download the Free anti virus for my Vista, but im wondering which is the best?
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