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.

Comments?..........Paul C.

Avast is usually very good. But, ALL anti-virus programs cannot get 100%
of viruses. A lot of it comes down to being smart with where you browse
and what you download. But, running MBAM and Spybot can help with a lot
of issues. You definitely have to make sure you have some kind of
schedule, though. Check weekly or whatever. If you never run a scan for
malware, and you just have a basic virus scanner (even up to date), a
couple things may slip through.

On 2/13/2010 3:15 PM, Paul Calcagno wrote:
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.

Comments?..........Paul C.

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Dustin Harper

http://www.mstechpages.com | Microsoft news and support

Avast is usually very good. But, ALL anti-virus programs cannot get 100%
of viruses. A lot of it comes down to being smart with where you browse
and what you download. But, running MBAM and Spybot can help with a lot
of issues. You definitely have to make sure you have some kind of
schedule, though. Check weekly or whatever. If you never run a scan for
malware, and you just have a basic virus scanner (even up to date), a
couple things may slip through.

On 2/13/2010 3:15 PM, Paul Calcagno wrote:
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.

Comments?..........Paul C.

--

Dustin Harper

http://www.mstechpages.com | Microsoft news and support

I have had no problem with Avast as of this date. I also use MBAM and
Superspyware and avoid going to unknown places or opening mail from
strange people.
I scan weekly and backup monthly.
Hopefully you will get your problem resolved soon.


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born2golf

I have had no problem with Avast as of this date. I also use MBAM and
Superspyware and avoid going to unknown places or opening mail from
strange people.
I scan weekly and backup monthly.
Hopefully you will get your problem resolved soon.


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born2golf

Paul Calcagno Hi.
I used Avast for a long time and was happy with it's performance until
a major update was done to the program a few weeks ago. After the update
I had some bugs develop. Rather than try (or wait for Avast) to fix the
problems I uninstalled Avast and downloaded Microsoft Security
Essentials to try. (This is a free program)
http://www.microsoft.com/Security_Essentials/ Was very impressed and
now use that as my main AV. I use MBAM every day or two just to check
(quick scan) and if I suspect that I may have picked up something that
MSE and MBAM has missed I run a free ESET online scan 'Free ESET
Online Antivirus Scanner' (http://www.eset.com/onlinescan/) If you
suspect Avast is causing you problems uninstall it and try another AV.


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karnyks22
Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com

Paul Calcagno Hi.
I used Avast for a long time and was happy with it's performance until
a major update was done to the program a few weeks ago. After the update
I had some bugs develop. Rather than try (or wait for Avast) to fix the
problems I uninstalled Avast and downloaded Microsoft Security
Essentials to try. (This is a free program)
http://www.microsoft.com/Security_Essentials/ Was very impressed and
now use that as my main AV. I use MBAM every day or two just to check
(quick scan) and if I suspect that I may have picked up something that
MSE and MBAM has missed I run a free ESET online scan 'Free ESET
Online Antivirus Scanner' (http://www.eset.com/onlinescan/) If you
suspect Avast is causing you problems uninstall it and try another AV.


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karnyks22
Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com

Dustin, thanks a lot for your comments. I've given my friend a detail
explanation of how she should utilize all the scanners I installed for her.
Hopefully she'll follow my advice. I've told her that on my systems over the
past 5 years I've never had a virus or serious malware, so it can be done.
Paul C.

"Dustin Harper" wrote in message
...
Avast is usually very good. But, ALL anti-virus programs cannot get 100%
of viruses. A lot of it comes down to being smart with where you browse
and what you download. But, running MBAM and Spybot can help with a lot of
issues. You definitely have to make sure you have some kind of schedule,
though. Check weekly or whatever. If you never run a scan for malware, and
you just have a basic virus scanner (even up to date), a couple things may
slip through.

On 2/13/2010 3:15 PM, Paul Calcagno wrote:
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.

Comments?..........Paul C.

--

Dustin Harper

http://www.mstechpages.com | Microsoft news and support

Dustin, thanks a lot for your comments. I've given my friend a detail
explanation of how she should utilize all the scanners I installed for her.
Hopefully she'll follow my advice. I've told her that on my systems over the
past 5 years I've never had a virus or serious malware, so it can be done.
Paul C.

"Dustin Harper" wrote in message
...
Avast is usually very good. But, ALL anti-virus programs cannot get 100%
of viruses. A lot of it comes down to being smart with where you browse
and what you download. But, running MBAM and Spybot can help with a lot of
issues. You definitely have to make sure you have some kind of schedule,
though. Check weekly or whatever. If you never run a scan for malware, and
you just have a basic virus scanner (even up to date), a couple things may
slip through.

On 2/13/2010 3:15 PM, Paul Calcagno wrote:
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.

Comments?..........Paul C.

--

Dustin Harper

http://www.mstechpages.com | Microsoft news and support

Born2golf, thanks for your comments. I've given the person I helped detailed
instructions for how to run all these scanners I've installed. I can only
hope she'll follow my advice of updating/running them every 2 weeks or so.
Right now her laptop is back to working just fine so doing the reboot to the
`last known configuration' seems to have fixed her immediate problem.
She'll be running the Spybot, MBAM, SAS and Avira scanners over the next few
days so we'll see what these catch. Paul C

"born2golf" wrote in message
...

I have had no problem with Avast as of this date. I also use MBAM and
Superspyware and avoid going to unknown places or opening mail from
strange people.
I scan weekly and backup monthly.
Hopefully you will get your problem resolved soon.


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born2golf