Ignore previous ----- Original Message ----- From: G.W. Cox To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 3:27 PM Subject: Re: AVG 8.5 Here are some instructions from Erin Edgar that I saved. If the manual update doesn't work with your version, you might try the Ad Aware link on the programs page at www.jfwlite.com. That is probably where I got mine. Message follows. Hi, I received these steps for manually updating AdAware 6 via another e-mail list and have used them with good results. Steps for manually updating Add Aware. 1 Paste this link into your web browser. "http://download.lavasoft.com/public/defs.zip"; 2 When the download dialog box comes up just tab over to open and hit enter. 3 There should be only 1 file in this zip folder. Highlight it with the arrow key and push control c to copy it to the clipboard. By the way the name of the file you are looking for is called "defs.ref". 4 Now hit the Windows key and the m key to go to the desktop. 5 Hit the m key until you find my computer. Hit the enter key now and arrow down to your C drive and hit enter again. 6 Hit the p key until you hear program files. Then hit enter here. 7 Now hit the l key until you hear Lavasoft. Now you can hit enter to go in to this folder. 8 Now hit the arrow key you should hear some thing like Ad-Aware SE Personal, go ahead and hit enter here. 9 Last but not least go ahead and paste the file that you have in the clipboard with a control v key. 10 You can close all of the Windows you currently have open, and run Add aware to make sure the updated file was installed correctly. Erin ----- Original Message ----- From: Alan Dicey To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 1:48 PM Subject: AVG 8.5 Hello Dave, Well, I might be wrong about Norton then, I have not used it since I guess the end of 2005, when I got P Off with the higher cost of the annual subscription fee, I think it went up to $29!!. It is Alice that said AVG keeps running all the time, I do not have 8.5 installed yet, but surely receive the notice that I must by April 12! O K then, if Norton is a bummer, Any other reputable antivirus program you can think of that might be JAWS friendly, or at least somewhat accessible? Best Regards, Alan Miami, Florida Alan Dicey, President United States Braille Chess Association - USBCA United States Braille Chess Association Home Page http://www.crisscrosstech.com/usbca/ ----- Original Message ----- From: Dave Carlson To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 3:30 PM Subject: Re: AVG 8.5 Oh, gosh, no! Don't fall into the Norton trap. It is not even liked by sighted computer experts due to how it pervades so much of your operating system and overloads the CPU processing. I tossed Norton over 4 years ago and have never regretted it. It (version 2005) was very inaccessible to JAWS so I could not set it up for my needs and could only helplessly have it run in default. I'm using AVG Free version 8 and have had no notifications at all. You report that it is constantly scanning. I only scan when I request, so that's something you can change in the settings. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: Alan Dicey To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 12:23 PM Subject: AVG 8.5 Hello Friends, Well, for a few weeks now, every day when I first turn my computer on, I receive a message from AVG stating that I must switch to version 8.5 by April 12, as my current version will no longer receive the latest definitions by that date. I am not sure what to do. It does not mention any charge! If I have to pay $35, I might as well add 14 and make it $49 and go with off the shelf Norton. I used it for 10 years with JAWS, granted I had to route JAWS to PC to read most of the dialog boxes, but that was so rare, Norton took care of itself, and my computer also, it caught a few viruses, and in 10 years, I never had an issue with infections or such. I think I did have some one help me with the original Install, but after that, renewing the annual charge for renewal of the definitions downloads was not a problem with JAWS. With Best Regards, Alan Miami, Florida Alan Dicey, President United States Braille Chess Association - USBCA http://www.crisscrosstech.com/usbca/ ----- Original Message ----- From: C Gaffney To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 2:52 PM Subject: Re: not really OT: new AVG free Hello Alice, Where did you get 8.5 free? When I clicked on the update it said you had to pay $35. Cathy ----- Original Message ----- From: alice dampman To: jaws-users-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ; jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 1:01 PM Subject: not really OT: new AVG free Has anyone downloaded the new AVG free 8.5? I did, and now, it seems that AVG is running scans for hours every day. I guess this should make me feel all safe and protected from viruses and other goodies, but while this is going on, JAWS stutters and hitches up and locks up, and it's really hard to get anything done. Anyone else noticing this? Are there any settings I can change to encourage JAWS to keep performing even when these scans are running in the background? Thanks, Alice alicedh@xxxxxxxxxxx -------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.11.40/2039 - Release Date: 04/03/09 06:19:00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.40/2039 - Release Date: 4/3/2009 6:19 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.40/2039 - Release Date: 4/3/2009 6:19 AM