Stop the Avast globe from turning in Settings, uncheck Animate the icon when scanning. Or, uncheck Show Avast! tray icon.
I'm of the opinion that no matter what programs are used when things "get taken over by malware and Trojans", in almost all cases, it is not the fault of any particular program but the person using the program.
--- In simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com, Joan Leach <jleach728@...> wrote:
>
> Sorry today was my birthday. In regards to the comment, I put on Avast, if they must have Windows, since I've seen the M$ product get taken over by malware and Trojans. Of course, if I know they want to buy another product later, I put on M$ so they can remove it easier. Some don't like the Avast globe turning, yet the same guy doesn't mind the ads in his web browser.
>
> Joan in Reno
> --- On Thu, 7/28/11, RogerX19 <helpmeroger@...> wrote:
> Subject: [Simply Computers] Re: MSE vs Avast was tracking cookies
> Date: Thursday, July 28, 2011, 7:25 PM
> If I may jump in also, I used MSE for awhile, but got tired of it warning me that my antivirus was not up to date. I had it set to update automatically, but everytime I boot up, the icon would be orange instead of green, and I would get the message. After about 10 minutes or so, it would update itself.
>
> I installed Avast, and when I bootup, I get a message after about 1 minute that my virus definitions have been updated automatically.
> No b.s. warnings .. it just does it.
> I figure that an antivirus program that isn't smart enough to update itself without putting up warning flags isn't smart enough to catch anything.
>
> rogerX
> --- In simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com, "vincentwinterling" <vwinterling@> wrote:
>
> > Jumping in here with pertinent data: I'm running MSE on a W7HP laptop and Avast free on all other machines in the house (currently 3 additional desktops, all W7 either HP or Ultimate; desktops are all 64-bit, laptop 32-bit). I've also been experimenting with Comodo free firewall. Previously I used Windows firewall.
> > That said, everything is clean.
> > I would say I was a bit unnerved by Fred Langa's recent experiment wherein he was able to successfully infect a machine with MSE. On balance, though, I think that same experiment could be run with any A/V. If you open the door, I think something is going to get in.
> > --- In simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com, "Gil" <kgcrafts@> wrote:
>
>> > > Hi Joan,
>
> > > What's your opinion of Microsoft Security Essentials, as compared to Avast?
>
> > Gil
> On Behalf Of Joan Leach
> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 11:34 AM
> > > To: simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: Re: [Simply Computers] tracking cookies
> > > You can have only ONE active anti-virus!! More anti-spyware is great, but not anti-virus programs: Norton, AVG, Avast are anti-virus chiefly...pick one, and I'd go with Avast, but others might pick something else. Avast has a separate remove tool to download, as does Norton, but unsure of AVG. Plus there are phony AVG programs out there, too, as I have had to remove from client computers.
> > > Good luck,
> > > Joan in Reno
> > > --- On Tue, 7/26/11, Norm Higgs <norm@> wrote:
> > > Subject: Re: [Simply Computers] tracking cookies
> > > Date: Tuesday, July 26, 2011, 4:26 PM
> > >
> > > No, No, and No.
> > >
> > > Norm Higgs
> > > On 2011-07-25 8:44 PM, Lisame Skinner wrote:
>
> > > > hi i have avg,spybot and avasti,security,and on scans no problems,however,i purchased a product,that came with norton ani virus,and they found 20 tracking cookies
> > >
> > > > 1/is this an issue
> > > 2/do i need to buy the product to fix
> > > > 3/are tracking cookies an issue
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