Re: OT: AVG questions

de bIGGy 04/17/2006 04:18

Helium wrote:
> I'm running Windows95.

I'm using Windows XP Home SP2.

> I've just downloaded free AVG v.7.1
> [antivirus] from http://free.grisoft.com
> According to the documentation I must install IE5.01 or greater
> in order to use AVG. I have some questions:
> 1. my default browser is Netscape 4.7. Will AVG work with it?

I have had no trouble with AVG, using Firefox 1.5.0.2 as my default browser.

> 2. will AVG change my default browser to IE?

It didn't on my computer.

> 3. Why is it necessary to install IE 5.x?

Don't know. Perhaps IE5 provides a functionality to the OS that isn't
present in IE 4 or lower.

> 4. Will there be any conflict using Zone Alarm 2.6X that
> cannot be easily fixed/resolved? (the AVG documentation
> doesn't mention anything about the free versions of ZA
> although it devotes a few pages to ZA Pro.)

I never had a problem with ZoneAlarm 5 or 6.
> Thanks. Helium
> p.s. I had been using Avast4. Two week's ago I had to reformat
> my HD and reinstall Windows and all my other programs. When I
> installed Avast I started to get a lot of error messages - missing
> dlls etc. I downloaded and installed the proper dlls but avast
> still didn't work. I reformated my HD, reinstalled windows,
> installed everything but Avast and now my machine is up and
> running. He2
>
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