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Posted by Chuck on June 26, 2005, 8:56 pm
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>none@example.net says...
>>
>> >Running Win XP Pro SP1, Sygate Pro, a Linksys router and now, Avast Pro.
>> >
>> >After removing Norton AV, I then had Kaspersky mess up my internet
>> >connectivity.
>> >
>> >I uninstalled Kaspersky and installed F-Secure. A few times, after a
>> >program hung and I had to shut down, F-Secure didn't load properly.
>> >Considering this too risky, I uninstalled F-Secure :-)
>> >
>> >I have now installed a trial version of Avast Professional which seems
>> >to be working very well and I have a few questions:
>> >
>> >Avast says it checks for new virus definitions everytime you connect to
>> >the internet. Since I have an always on connection (cable), I sometimes
>> >don't reboot my machine, thereby reconnecting to the internet, for 2
>> >days. Is there a way for Avast to check every few hours, or once a day,
>> >regardless of whether I've reconnected to the internet?
>> >
>> >The Professional version includes script blocking - the free home
>> >version does not. It's my impression that script blocking is a good
>> >thing to have - is this true or is it unnecessary? What are the
>> >benefits of the Pro version?
>> >
>> >Avast also runs the VDRB generator, "virus recovery database". Is this
>> >worth the resources it takes or should I turn it off?
>> >
>> >TIA
>>
>> Louise,
>>
>> Check in Avast Program Settings under Updates. My Avast Definitions update is
>> set for Automatic, and recently, it's being updated several times / day. You
>> may want to re-record the update announcement at a lower volume, as I found
the
>> yelling "Database definitions have been updated" to be quite distracting
>> sometimes.
>>
>> Script blocking is a good thing to have in a layered defense - Microsoft
>> AntiSpyware does this too. I'm not sure whether having two script blockers
>> running simultaneously is a good idea, so this would be redundant for me. If
>> you don't use MSAS, and if you run IE without IE-SpyAd, script blocking could
be
>> very protective.
>>
>> Excepting the occasional network load from the Avast definitions client, and
the
>> email and web scanning servers, running in the background, the total load from
>> all Avast functions is negligible on my system. I leave everything running,
and
>> have had no problems to date.
>>
>>
>Thanks for your responses.
>
>I don't use MSAS nor IE SpyAd. I avoid as many Microsoft utilities as
>possible - I find them to be bloatware (much like NAV), and usually of
>mediocre performance quality as well.
>
>I run Firefox whenever possible but there are times that IE is needed
>and I do run it. Therefore, I suspect the script blocking might be well
>worth the cost.
>
>I'm not finding a system drain from Avast either. I have turned off the
>Virus Recovery Database so as not to drain resources unnecessarily.
>I've never had a virus in about 20 yrs of computing (back in the
>Compuserve days), and I keep lots of backups.
>
>Are you running the free version or the Pro one?
>
>TIA
>
>Louise
Louise,
I run free everything. For script blocking, in addition to MSAS (which is MS,
and is free) and IE-SpyAd (which is NOT MS, and is free), I use SpywareBlaster
and SpywareGuard, both free.
IE-SpyAd <https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/ehowes/www/resource.htm#IESPYAD>
SpywareBlaster <http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html>
SpywareGuard <http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareguard.html>
Layered Defense Details
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/please-protect-yourself-layer-your.html#Layer3>
--
Cheers,
Chuck
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem - it's a normal response from experience.
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