Virus Scanners (Free)

Since MS virus scanner is going away, can folks here compare and
contrast the various free virus scanners he (e.g. Avast, etc.)
I tried Avast some time back and it had some annoying fetures.
But maybe that comes with the free stuff these days.
Eary free Avast did not have those annoyances.

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OldGuy wrote:
Since MS virus scanner is going away, can folks here compare and contrast
the various free virus scanners he (e.g. Avast, etc.)
I tried Avast some time back and it had some annoying fetures.
But maybe that comes with the free stuff these days.
Eary free Avast did not have those annoyances.

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IMO it has become bloated .

On Sun, 8 Feb 2015 09:29:44 +0000 (UTC), jim wrote:

OldGuy wrote:
Since MS virus scanner is going away, can folks here compare and contrast
the various free virus scanners he (e.g. Avast, etc.)
I tried Avast some time back and it had some annoying fetures.
But maybe that comes with the free stuff these days.
Eary free Avast did not have those annoyances.

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IMO it has become bloated .

COMODO similary, IMO

"jim" wrote in message
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OldGuy wrote:
Since MS virus scanner is going away, can folks here compare and contrast
the various free virus scanners he (e.g. Avast, etc.)
I tried Avast some time back and it had some annoying fetures.
But maybe that comes with the free stuff these days.
Eary free Avast did not have those annoyances.

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IMO it has become bloated .

Just go through it and use only what you want. I guess I don't understand
the problem.
I use Avast protection but not for the email or websites, just the File
System Shield. I only use the bare minimum of its services, one of which is
auto updating of its defs but manual updates of its Program. I also set it
to "Silent Gaming Mode" (rt clk option on taskbar icon) which stops almost
all of Avast pop-up reminders, etc.
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Buffalo

"jim" wrote in message
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OldGuy wrote:
Since MS virus scanner is going away, can folks here compare and contrast
the various free virus scanners he (e.g. Avast, etc.)
I tried Avast some time back and it had some annoying fetures.
But maybe that comes with the free stuff these days.
Eary free Avast did not have those annoyances.

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IMO it has become bloated .

Just go through it and use only what you want. I guess I don't understand the
problem.
I use Avast protection but not for the email or websites, just the File
System Shield. I only use the bare minimum of its services, one of which is
auto updating of its defs but manual updates of its Program. I also set it to
"Silent Gaming Mode" (rt clk option on taskbar icon) which stops almost all
of Avast pop-up reminders, etc.

Thanks. Never knew or understood what gaming mode was.
Anything else?
Where do you turn off auto program updates vs defs updates?

Is there a link where I can download once and then install all to my
PCs on my LAN without having to fiddle? As I remember when I used
Avast years ago I had to register an eMail address for the free version
for each PC. So when I roll from room to room I can have my window to
the world all ready and not have to take a laptop with me.

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"OldGuy" wrote in message ...

"jim" wrote in message
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OldGuy wrote:
Since MS virus scanner is going away, can folks here compare and
contrast
the various free virus scanners he (e.g. Avast, etc.)
I tried Avast some time back and it had some annoying fetures.
But maybe that comes with the free stuff these days.
Eary free Avast did not have those annoyances.

--- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: ---

IMO it has become bloated .

Just go through it and use only what you want. I guess I don't understand
the problem.
I use Avast protection but not for the email or websites, just the File
System Shield. I only use the bare minimum of its services, one of which
is auto updating of its defs but manual updates of its Program. I also
set it to "Silent Gaming Mode" (rt clk option on taskbar icon) which
stops almost all of Avast pop-up reminders, etc.

Thanks. Never knew or understood what gaming mode was.
Anything else?
Where do you turn off auto program updates vs defs updates?

Is there a link where I can download once and then install all to my PCs on
my LAN without having to fiddle? As I remember when I used Avast years ago
I had to register an eMail address for the free version for each PC. So
when I roll from room to room I can have my window to the world all ready
and not have to take a laptop with me.

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For setting the update priorities, open the Avast Interface,Settings, Update
and expand the box that says Settings (down arrow on the right side) and
click OK when you are finished.
I don't know about the different PCs problem
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Buffalo