StarWars
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Right here.... 
http://www.microsoft.com/SECURITY_ESSENTIALS/
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Pedestal
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Thanks for the tip.
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Clive Gibbons
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Thanks very much for the link, Rich. 
Worth a try...
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panhard
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Rich thanks I downloaded it. I am going to do a scan later.
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StarWars
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Rich thanks I downloaded it. I am going to do a scan later.
Herb
Let us know how it goes...
And does it have real time scanning... 
Thanks
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panhard
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Well it seems to be running ok. It hasn't picked anything up yet. I have scanned with other programs nothing is getting through. I run windows defender, spyware and a firewall provided by my sp.
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psonice
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Rumour has it that it's pretty basic, but does fairly well in virus detection tests.
It's certainly lacking a lot of the stuff that the more established packages have, but maybe that's a good thing. The established packages tend to be huge and bloated and slow 
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panhard
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Rich thanks I downloaded it. I am going to do a scan later.
Herb
Let us know how it goes...
And does it have real time scanning... Yes it does. I forgot to mention that earlier.
Thanks
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rmollise
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Rumour has it that it's pretty basic, but does fairly well in virus detection tests.
It's certainly lacking a lot of the stuff that the more established packages have, but maybe that's a good thing. The established packages tend to be huge and bloated and slow
It is a good thing. It doesn't bog down the computer and hasn't--so far--caused the problems of Norton, Macafee and the rest. They are dead to me.
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panhard
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Well mine is also ticking along just fine also.
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StarWars
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I would like to dump Avast and install a lighter AV ...
I wonder if it needs SP2 or SP3 ...
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BlueMoon
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To satirize Darth Vader, "Unimpressive, most unimpressive."
IMO, I'd stick to a tried and true DEDICATED anti-virus like AVAST! or the like.
Cheers.
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Herrett Observatory, Twin Falls, Idaho.
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rmollise
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To satirize Darth Vader, "Unimpressive, most unimpressive."
IMO, I'd stick to a tried and true DEDICATED anti-virus like AVAST! or the like.
Cheers.
I got tired of these DEDICATED programs when I found I couldn't install TheSky 6 Pro with one running. Oh, and the yearly fees you have to opt out of. Buh-bye! 
I wouldn't have minded the gouging so much if the programs had actually worked very well. But they didn't. Not a one of them.
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StarWars
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Quote:
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To satirize Darth Vader, "Unimpressive, most unimpressive."
IMO, I'd stick to a tried and true DEDICATED anti-virus like AVAST! or the like.
Cheers.
I got tired of these DEDICATED programs when I found I couldn't install TheSky 6 Pro with one running. Oh, and the yearly fees you have to opt out of. Buh-bye!
I wouldn't have minded the gouging so much if the programs had actually worked very well. But they didn't. Not a one of them.
Uncle Rod,
May I ask which AV you use...
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astrotrf
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I wouldn't have minded the gouging so much if the programs had actually worked very well. But they didn't. Not a one of them.
The level of intellect the programmers of these things display is often distressingly low. I remember installing an extremely popular antivirus suite some years ago on my wife's machine and telling it that I would like it to run its daily disk sweep at 2 a. m. so it wouldn't interfere with normal use of the machine.
Sure enough, at 2 a. m., it dutifully popped up a dialog box saying something like: "Beginning disk virus scan. Click OK to proceed."
So at 6 a. m., when I got up, I clicked OK and off it went ...
I'd really like to meet THAT genius.
OT: the automagic posting spell checker doesn't know "antivirus".
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astrotrf
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Rumour has it that it's pretty basic, but does fairly well in virus detection tests.
OK, educate me, guys. What does an AV program have to do besides scan the disk for infected files when I tell it to? I guess I can see a bit of sense in scanning incoming mail, but after that, what? My wife is running something with a main screen and 4 subscreens, each with stuff underneath 'em, and I just plain refuse to touch it. I can't *imagine* what alla that stuff is *for* ...
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panhard
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It should provide real time scanning so a virus will never get into your hard drive. Scanning afterwards is like closing the door after the horse has run out of the barn.
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panhard
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I would like to dump Avast and install a lighter AV ...
I wonder if it needs SP2 or SP3 ...
I am running Vista 32 bit home premium with service pack 2.
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BlueMoon
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Uncle Rod...
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I got tired of these DEDICATED programs when I found I couldn't install TheSky 6 Pro with one running.
It's not uncommon for any application to warn a user to disable their anti-virus software during an install so I'm not too surprised at your difficulty... I wouldn't be surprised if the same thing occurs with the MS offering...
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Oh, and the yearly fees you have to opt out of. Buh-bye!
Sounds like your talking about Norton and the "pay for" programs. Yeah, I quit using Norton years ago because of the recurring fees and the "heavy" nature of the application.
I feel your pain (which is why I use a different OS altogether) but AVAST! is totally configurable, services can be turned on or off as one wishes, and it's free... (the home use version at least).
Everyone has their preferences...
Cheers.
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csa/montana
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Quote:
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Rumour has it that it's pretty basic, but does fairly well in virus detection tests.
OK, educate me, guys. What does an AV program have to do besides scan the disk for infected files when I tell it to? I guess I can see a bit of sense in scanning incoming mail, but after that, what? My wife is running something with a main screen and 4 subscreens, each with stuff underneath 'em, and I just plain refuse to touch it. I can't *imagine* what alla that stuff is *for* ...
Well, a couple of days ago, I went to an Astro Vendor's website, & Avast warned about a virus. I called the Vendor, & he said another person also had reported this. So, if I had not had the program running, guess what?
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