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Avast free
Just wondering what free antivirus people are running here. I have been
running Avast Free for years but it is really getting to be a pain with it's constant program updates (not definition updates) Personally I think the older interface was better.Right now I have version 2014.9.0.2013 and it is constantly nagging about updating the program. I know it is a highly rated one but maybe there is something out there that people like better? |
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On Sun, 30 Mar 2014 09:39:38 -0700, Drew wrote:
Just wondering what free antivirus people are running here. I have been running Avast Free for years but it is really getting to be a pain with it's constant program updates It seems to run just fine for me with automatic updates of virus definitions and no updates of program. -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com Shikata ga nai... |
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On 3/30/2014 9:54 AM, Stan Brown wrote:
On Sun, 30 Mar 2014 09:39:38 -0700, Drew wrote: Just wondering what free antivirus people are running here. I have been running Avast Free for years but it is really getting to be a pain with it's constant program updates It seems to run just fine for me with automatic updates of virus definitions and no updates of program. I also have that setting but lately have been getting nagged about program updates. My fault for allowing it to auto update for a long time. Now that I changed that setting it has become a nag. |
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writes Just wondering what free antivirus people are running here. I have been running Avast Free for years but it is really getting to be a pain with it's constant program updates (not definition updates) Personally I think the older interface was better.Right now I have version 2014.9.0.2013 and it is constantly nagging about updating the program. I know it is a highly rated one but maybe there is something out there that people like better? I don't know where you are but if you have a UK account with Barclays you get a free three user subscription to Kaspersky Internet Security each year. I suspect other banks will do something similar. Mike -- Michael Swift We do not regard Englishmen as foreigners. Kirkheaton We look on them only as rather mad Norwegians. Yorkshire Halvard Lange |
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On Sun, 30 Mar 2014 09:39:38 -0700, Drew wrote:
Just wondering what free antivirus people are running here. I have been running Avast Free for years but it is really getting to be a pain with it's constant program updates (not definition updates) I don't know if you can call it "constant": http://www.avast.com/release-history but there are some improvements in several updates, so... Personally I think the older interface was better. You act as if you daily open the UI. I just install it and then let it run. I don't really care about the UI, so why should you? Last, but not least, It's _free_ ! You get what you pay for... -- s|b |
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On 3/30/2014 10:05 AM, s|b wrote:
On Sun, 30 Mar 2014 09:39:38 -0700, Drew wrote: Just wondering what free antivirus people are running here. I have been running Avast Free for years but it is really getting to be a pain with it's constant program updates (not definition updates) I don't know if you can call it "constant": http://www.avast.com/release-history but there are some improvements in several updates, so... Personally I think the older interface was better. You act as if you daily open the UI. I just install it and then let it run. I don't really care about the UI, so why should you? Last, but not least, It's _free_ ! You get what you pay for... Not arguing your point at all but since I am on this machine daily and it tells me daily about updates with balloon notifications than that is what I would call nagging. As for the interface well the older one did not have things like "grimefighter" and "software updater" etc. Once again I say that it was my fault for allowing it but.... I think it is the dumbing down of programs that I dislike. |
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"Drew" wrote in message ...
On 3/30/2014 10:05 AM, s|b wrote: On Sun, 30 Mar 2014 09:39:38 -0700, Drew wrote: Just wondering what free antivirus people are running here. I have been running Avast Free for years but it is really getting to be a pain with it's constant program updates (not definition updates) I don't know if you can call it "constant": http://www.avast.com/release-history but there are some improvements in several updates, so... Personally I think the older interface was better. You act as if you daily open the UI. I just install it and then let it run. I don't really care about the UI, so why should you? Last, but not least, It's _free_ ! You get what you pay for... Not arguing your point at all but since I am on this machine daily and it tells me daily about updates with balloon notifications than that is what I would call nagging. As for the interface well the older one did not have things like "grimefighter" and "software updater" etc. Once again I say that it was my fault for allowing it but.... I think it is the dumbing down of programs that I dislike The latest program update ends with 2016. Go to the settings for Update and under the Programs update settings, select 'manual'. If you don't want to be bothered by those screen nags at all, 'one' way is to just rt click on the taskbar icon and select 'Silent Gaming Mode'. There are other ways, but this is a simple easy way. You have to do it after every boot, but then it stays that way until the next boot. I also disable Grimefighter and Software Updater. I think the free Avast is excellent, overall. Just take the time to go through all the options available in Avast. I also don’t use the Web Shield or the Mail Shield. Using the whole Web shield program, seems to slow down my web browsing. Use what you want. -- Buffalo |
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"Buffalo" wrote in message ... "Drew" wrote in message ... On 3/30/2014 10:05 AM, s|b wrote: On Sun, 30 Mar 2014 09:39:38 -0700, Drew wrote: Just wondering what free antivirus people are running here. I have been running Avast Free for years but it is really getting to be a pain with it's constant program updates (not definition updates) I don't know if you can call it "constant": http://www.avast.com/release-history but there are some improvements in several updates, so... Personally I think the older interface was better. You act as if you daily open the UI. I just install it and then let it run. I don't really care about the UI, so why should you? Last, but not least, It's _free_ ! You get what you pay for... Not arguing your point at all but since I am on this machine daily and it tells me daily about updates with balloon notifications than that is what I would call nagging. As for the interface well the older one did not have things like "grimefighter" and "software updater" etc. Once again I say that it was my fault for allowing it but.... I think it is the dumbing down of programs that I dislike The latest program update ends with 2016. Go to the settings for Update and under the Programs update settings, select 'manual'. If you don't want to be bothered by those screen nags at all, 'one' way is to just rt click on the taskbar icon and select 'Silent Gaming Mode'. There are other ways, but this is a simple easy way. You have to do it after every boot, but then it stays that way until the next boot. I also disable Grimefighter and Software Updater. I think the free Avast is excellent, overall. Just take the time to go through all the options available in Avast. I also don’t use the Web Shield or the Mail Shield. Using the whole Web shield program, seems to slow down my web browsing. Use what you want. One problem I found with Web Shield was that it wouldn't allow some Javascript links to work. The USTA web site is one I use that was totally crippled by it. I still have Web Shield enabled, but disabled the IE and FireFox plug-in for Avast. That was the most common solution found on line; it allows Web Shield to still run for blocking unwanted sites and questionable downloads, but also allows my JS links to work. Maybe a later program update will correct it, since it is a known problem with this version. -- SC Tom |
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On Sun, 30 Mar 2014 10:18:22 -0700, Drew wrote:
Not arguing your point at all but since I am on this machine daily and it tells me daily about updates with balloon notifications than that is what I would call nagging. Settings General [v] Silent/Gaming Mode You won't see any pop-ups after you check this option. As for the interface well the older one did not have things like "grimefighter" and "software updater" etc. Once again I say that it was my fault for allowing it but.... I think it is the dumbing down of programs that I dislike. You can still remove all those unwanted Tools. Control Panel Programs and Features avast! Free Antivirus Uninstall/Change Change Uncheck all Tools (and Mail Shield). -- s|b |
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On 3/30/2014 2:34 PM, s|b wrote:
You can still remove all those unwanted Tools. Control Panel Programs and Features avast! Free Antivirus Uninstall/Change Change Uncheck all Tools (and Mail Shield). Wow! Has that capability been in Windows all along? That's pretty powerful!! |
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On 30 Mar 2014, Alek Trishan wrote in
alt.windows7.general: On 3/30/2014 2:34 PM, s|b wrote: You can still remove all those unwanted Tools. Control Panel Programs and Features avast! Free Antivirus Uninstall/Change Change Uncheck all Tools (and Mail Shield). Wow! Has that capability been in Windows all along? That's pretty powerful!! It's not a Windows feature, it's a feature of that particular program's installer. |
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Avast free
On 3/30/2014 12:39 PM, Drew wrote:
Just wondering what free antivirus people are running here. I have been running Avast Free for years but it is really getting to be a pain with it's constant program updates (not definition updates) Personally I think the older interface was better.Right now I have version 2014.9.0.2013 and it is constantly nagging about updating the program. Settings Update Details Uncheck the appropriate box. |
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Avast free
On 3/30/2014 11:10 AM, Alek Trishan wrote:
On 3/30/2014 12:39 PM, Drew wrote: Just wondering what free antivirus people are running here. I have been running Avast Free for years but it is really getting to be a pain with it's constant program updates (not definition updates) Personally I think the older interface was better.Right now I have version 2014.9.0.2013 and it is constantly nagging about updating the program. Settings Update Details Uncheck the appropriate box. So far I would say that everyone is or must be running Avast just because no one has mentioned anything different as per my first question. |
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On Sun, 30 Mar 2014 11:44:03 -0700, Drew wrote:
On 3/30/2014 11:10 AM, Alek Trishan wrote: On 3/30/2014 12:39 PM, Drew wrote: Just wondering what free antivirus people are running here. I have been running Avast Free for years but it is really getting to be a pain with it's constant program updates (not definition updates) Personally I think the older interface was better.Right now I have version 2014.9.0.2013 and it is constantly nagging about updating the program. Settings Update Details Uncheck the appropriate box. So far I would say that everyone is or must be running Avast just because no one has mentioned anything different as per my first question. I use Avira, but so what? Once you get Avast tamed, I think you'll be fine. -- Char Jackson |
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On 3/30/2014 2:44 PM, Drew wrote:
On 3/30/2014 11:10 AM, Alek Trishan wrote: On 3/30/2014 12:39 PM, Drew wrote: Just wondering what free antivirus people are running here. I have been running Avast Free for years but it is really getting to be a pain with it's constant program updates (not definition updates) Personally I think the older interface was better.Right now I have version 2014.9.0.2013 and it is constantly nagging about updating the program. Settings Update Details Uncheck the appropriate box. So far I would say that everyone is or must be running Avast just because no one has mentioned anything different as per my first question. Panda Cloud (no pop-ups - no nags), Avira, AVG, Bitdefender all free, all very good. And the older Avast interface that looked like a car stereo head unit sucked. |
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