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

[The Computer Whisperer]

I think the biggest slowdown comes when Internet Explorer 7 has it's
Phishing Philter enabled, adding avast to the computer probably just
compounds the problem, oh, by the way, I use Firefox and have not noticed
any sluggishness at all with Avast

Justin


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On 16/11/2007, Lee Bunyard <leebunyard at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> 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.>>
> >>
> >
> >
> > 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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