TSGL: AVG Free AV--Does It Scan Incoming HTTP Traffic??

[Lee Bunyard]

I think that's a good summation of the situation, Don.  I wish I could 
still use AVG with Vista but I'll stay with Avast since it does scan 
incoming email and I can't get the AVG email scanner to work properly 
with Vista. 

I've installed the McAfee Web Advisor as an extension to my Firefox 
browser and it's working to identify known and suspected rogue and 
problem websites.  After doing that, I disabled the WebShield module on 
Avast Free AV and webpages are now loading in a flash again with my 
Firefox browser.   If anything, the webpages are loading faster now with 
Vista and Avast than they did on my old desktop running XP Home and 
using the AVG Free AV.  I'm continuing to use AVG Free AV on my laptop 
that's running XP Home since the email scanner feature of AVG works fine 
on that machine.  Thanks for the input.
Lee in the Mountains of Northern California

Don Penlington wrote:
> Lee wrote:
>   
>> it's not a terribly
>> high risk to not scan incoming http traffic.>>
>>     
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> All I can say is that I have used AVG for many years. I often browse to 
> high-risk areas of the web (warez, torrents, "free" whatevers----always in 
> search of that elusive bargain)---and I've never had my computer 
> compromised. Nor do I even bother with XP updates much beyond SP2. Provided 
> you are sensibly cautious, scan each file individually after downloading, 
> and have your browser security settings set correctly, I doubt there's as 
> much risk as many people imagine. A good firewall is, of course, essential.
>
> If you make an occasional disk image with Acronis, Ghost, or similar, then 
> there's not much to worry about anyway, even in a worst-case scenario. If 
> you were suddenly inundated with a plague of the most horrible viruses 
> imaginable, a restoration of your last disk image should bring you back to 
> square one.
>
> Don Penlington
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