antivirus software

[dsmith]

I have McAfee and was told thru this community that it is not compatible with
Vista. A friend told me to get Avast, which is a free download. What is
your position on this Avast and is it compatible with Vista?
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dsmith

 

[KC]

Re: antivirus software

I'm using Avast on Vista Ultimate and haven't had a problem with it.


"dsmith" <dsmith@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have McAfee and was told thru this community that it is not compatible
>with
> Vista. A friend told me to get Avast, which is a free download. What is
> your position on this Avast and is it compatible with Vista?
> --
> dsmith

 

[dsmith]

Re: antivirus software

Thanks...........
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dsmith


"KC" wrote:

> I'm using Avast on Vista Ultimate and haven't had a problem with it.
>
>
> "dsmith" <dsmith@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5BF577E2-01BE-456C-8C2A-C237A913F297@microsoft.com...
> >I have McAfee and was told thru this community that it is not compatible
> >with
> > Vista. A friend told me to get Avast, which is a free download. What is
> > your position on this Avast and is it compatible with Vista?
> > --
> > dsmith
>

 

[Iain]

Re: antivirus software

dsmith wrote:
> I have McAfee and was told thru this community that it is not compatible with
> Vista. A friend told me to get Avast, which is a free download. What is
> your position on this Avast and is it compatible with Vista?

McAfee was bundled with Vista Home Premium on my new Toshiba laptop I
purchased a few weeks ago.

I've since deleted it and moved on to better things. : )

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: antivirus software

On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 11:01:01 -0700, dsmith
<dsmith@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I have McAfee and was told thru this community that it is not compatible with
> Vista. A friend told me to get Avast, which is a free download. What is
> your position on this Avast and is it compatible with Vista?


Avast works just fine here. I'm happy with it. I would have McAfee or
Norton on any of my machines.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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[dsmith]

Re: antivirus software

Thank you. Do you know if I should uninstall McAffee before I download Avast?
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dsmith


"Iain" wrote:

> dsmith wrote:
> > I have McAfee and was told thru this community that it is not compatible with
> > Vista. A friend told me to get Avast, which is a free download. What is
> > your position on this Avast and is it compatible with Vista?
>
> McAfee was bundled with Vista Home Premium on my new Toshiba laptop I
> purchased a few weeks ago.
>
> I've since deleted it and moved on to better things. : )
>

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: antivirus software

On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:09:30 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
<kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain> wrote:

> On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 11:01:01 -0700, dsmith
> <dsmith@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > I have McAfee and was told thru this community that it is not compatible with
> > Vista. A friend told me to get Avast, which is a free download. What is
> > your position on this Avast and is it compatible with Vista?
>
>
> Avast works just fine here. I'm happy with it. I would have McAfee or


Sorry, important word missing. That should be "would *not* have ..."



> Norton on any of my machines.
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup

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[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Re: antivirus software

You should not have to active anti virus programs at the same time.
Uninstall McAfee and reboot before installing any other anti virus.

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Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


"dsmith" <dsmith@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thank you. Do you know if I should uninstall McAffee before I
> download Avast?
> --
> dsmith

 

[Kayman]

Re: antivirus software

On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 13:11:31 -0700, dsmith wrote:

> Thank you. Do you know if I should uninstall McAffee before I download Avast?

1. Removal tools for recent Mcafee products
http://forums.mcafeehelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=71943

2. Free antivirus - avast! 4 Home Edition
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
(Choose Custom Installation and under Resident
Protection, uncheck: Internet Mail and Outlook/Exchange.)

Disable the e-mail scanning function during installation as it provides no
additional protection. In fact, most of experts believe that scanning
incoming and outgoing mail causes e-mail file corruption.