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Re: anti-vir program in safe mode ?

Subject: Re: anti-vir program in safe mode ?
From: FredW>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:45:44 +0200
Newsgroups: alt.comp.freeware

On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 02:00:09 -0700 (PDT), rodney.usenet@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

>On 25 aug, 09:52, Kayman <kaymanDeleteT...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:15:43 -0400, proteanthread wrote:
>> > Anyone have a suggestion as to the best freeware anti-
>> > vir program that
>> > can either be run in safe mode and or run from a limited
>> > account for Windows 2000 or XP?
>>
>> Avira AntiVir® Personal - FREE Antivirushttp://www.free-av.com/
>> (The free version won't scan your emails.)
>
>Big duh. Never got the purpose of e-mail scanning. Resident scanners
>scan every file, don't they ? E-mails are files, aren't they ? So why
>an extra option for e-mail scanning ?
>
>> *Why You Don't Need Your Anti-Virus Program to Scan Your E-Mail
>>                                 thundercloud.net/infoave/tutorials/email-scanning/index.htm">http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tutorials/email-scanning/index.htm
>> *Ensure your e-mail program is configured to display e-mail messages in
>> 'Plain Text' only.
>
>Woops. Type first read later :)
>
>> *You may wish to consider removing the 'AntiVir Nagscreen'
>>                                 www.elitekiller.com/files/disable_antivir_nag.htm">http://www.elitekiller.com/files/disable_antivir_nag.htm
>
>And for disabling Avira popups on update:
>                                img134.imageshack.us/img134/1774/aviraverbergupdatewindobb0.gif">http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/1774/aviraverbergupdatewindobb0.gif


I will try that solution when I get my WindowsXP computer back.
I had "avnotify.exe" blocked in my firewall OnlineArmor), that also
stopped the commercial.
 ;-)

-- 
Fred W. (NL)

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