I would like to ad my comment that I am also a user of the Avast program and have been doing so for quite some time. I have found it to be a very good and effective program. R. E. (Dick) Driscoll, Sr. Secretary Fort Worth Council American Council of the Blind, Texas Steve wrote: > I am using avast and love it. I know there's many people out there that > don't like it because its not as accessible as other programs but it has > worked better than nod32 for me. I used to have nod32 and was using it on a > friend's computer we were cleaning up. It had several worms and viruses and > one nod32 just couldn't get rid of. > I tried avast on this friend's computer and it found and removed the worm on > the first try. > > Some things I like about avast other than it being free is it plays a > recording of a synthesized voice letting you know it has just been updated. > If a virus is found it plays a warning sound and lets you know with another > synthesized message that a virus was found. > Avast will ask you if you want to restart the computer. It does this so > avast can load in dos and attack the virus or worm that way without windows > files running that can make it more difficult to remove a virus because some > files are currently running. > When it is done it restarts windows without any interaction from the user. > > I've found the most accessible way to do a manual scan is to do that from > within my computer and scan each drive on its own. The screen avast > provides is a bit more accessible that way. You can find the percentage and > what file it is currently scanning. > > Avast like other anti virus programs runs in the background constantly > monitoring for any suspicious activity. > > Some people out there may not like avast but it works for me. > www.avast.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Karen Shrawder" <kshrawder@xxxxxxx> > To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 9:45 PM > Subject: [real-eyes] Question abour Anti-Virus Software > > > >> Hi! My husband, Carson, and I are using his computer for the Magic Jack, >> which means his computer must stay on all of the time. He tells me that >> the anti-virus software he has is called WebRoot, and that he doesn't >> really know how it performs updates. Has anyone heard of WebRoot? Should >> we load something different onto his system? If so, which anti-virus >> software should we use? Thanks in advance! >> With a smile, >> Karen >> To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, >> go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes >> >> >> > > To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, go > to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes > > > > To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes