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Posted: August 9, 2008 12:21 am  | |||||||||
      IRC Nickname: Mickey Group: Emeritus Posts: 5305 Member No.: 48 Joined: December 30, 2007 Total Events Attended: 282    | Ok, so I've seen allot of people with virus problems. I recommend Avast to alot of people for many reasons.
- It has been rated the worlds best anti virus(4 years running) - It has features which no other anti virus has - It's easy to use - Registration is also FREE
- The latest version is version 4.8 - It has been an average rating of 4.5 - It's 100% reliable, ask anyone who has ever used it. Downloads Avast 4 Home Edition Language Selection - Free Download Menu Click Here. Avast Virus Cleaner - Free Download http://avast.com/eng/avast-virus-cleaner.html You may wish to go professional, for added features, such as anti-rootkit tools an an even easier to use interface, so you may download it here: http://avast.com/eng/download-avast-professional.html Choose a language, and click the 'Download' icon. -------------------------------------- Registration In order to get the best out of Avast, you need to register. You can use DEMO mode but that only lasts 60 days. Registering is free and easy. Below is a guide on how to register. Go to http://avast.com/ Click Purchase, then click FREE registration.  Click the "I am a new user" link.  You will be presented with a form that looks like this:  Fill out the form with the correct details(make sure the email is one you can access as their bot will send your registration code to that email). Go to your email inbox, look for an email from [email protected], and open it. Highlight and copy your licence key. Go to your desktop and open Avast:  Click the "Registration" button:  Paste your code into the highlighted box below then click "OK"  Presto! You are all done registering  If you're experiencing any problems register/entering your key, you may wish to consult this video guide: Click here --------------------------------------- Boot-Time Scan A boot-time scan is one of the key features that make it great. It does a deep scan of every file present on your Hard Drive, scanning files that other Anti-Virus programs don't, and it picks up more than just Viruses, it will pick up corrupted items amongst other things. WARNING - The time it will take depends on the amount of files you have on your PC. If you have alot of files, be prepared to have to wait a few hours. So! Onto the tutorial. Go to your desktop and open up Avast! This time, you're going to click "Stop Memory Test", the program will continue to the main user interface.  Once on the main interface, click the "Eject" looking symbol at the top left corner. You will be presented with a menu that looks like this:  Click "Schedule Boot-Time Scan" and a new menu will open. Make sure your settings are set to the following:  You may wish to only scan certain folders, e.g. My Documents, My Music etc, this is fine for your second scan, but for your first scan, I recommend scanning your full computer. You will be asked to confirm, click 'Yes'. Your PC will restart, and instead of loading Windows, it will go straight into the scan. The scan does work very fast as your computer isn't processing your OS, because it's not open. Once it's done, it will start up your OS as normal, if you used the settings I used, the infected files will be in your Virus chest. The Virus Chest is an amaizing feature. Infected files can't harm your PC, and they are not deleted. This is so that you can move infected files to the chest to see how your System reacts without them. You can access your Virus chest by opening Avast, click "Stop Memory Test", and once you're on the main menu, click the chest, and your Virus Chest will open, by default it's set to display Infected non-system files only, so click "All Chest Files" and you can view System files and normal files. ----------------------------------------------------- Quotes from Avast users
----------------------------------------------------- Still to be added: F.A.Q. Section. --------------------    | ||||||||
Posted: August 9, 2008 01:58 am | |||||||||
 IRC Nickname: Wayne|Eregion2 Group: Emeritus Posts: 3087 Member No.: 156 Joined: January 25, 2008 Total Events Attended: 8 | Great guide.  Avast! is like FX for antivirus: it's God.  --------------------  | ||||||||
Posted: February 16, 2009 01:00 am | |||||||||
 IRC Nickname: Majeic Group: Ex-Member Posts: 775 Member No.: 1671 Joined: January 28, 2009 Total Events Attended: 77 | mmm sexy. --------------------    | ||||||||
Posted: February 16, 2009 01:32 am | |||||||||
 IRC Nickname: Sithofwookie Group: Ex-Member Posts: 2842 Member No.: 815 Joined: June 11, 2008 Total Events Attended: 48 | I didn't even know we had this guide. I wish I would have seen it when I was having all those virus problems >.> --------------------  | ||||||||
Posted: February 16, 2009 03:10 am | |||||||||
 IRC Nickname: DyIan Group: Emeritus Posts: 1205 Member No.: 1638 Joined: January 15, 2009 Total Events Attended: 107 | Tis a nice guide, but I personally wouldn't trust it. Free Anti-virus software is probaly going to be known by hackers/viruses. Feel free to download it though. --------------------   | ||||||||
Posted: February 16, 2009 04:05 am | |||||||||
 IRC Nickname: Brian|30 Group: Ex-Member Posts: 565 Member No.: 1547 Joined: December 13, 2008 Total Events Attended: 75 | AVG Free's working fine for me  -------------------- Dragon Claws Drops: 1 2 Dragonic Visage Drops: 1 Ruined Dragon Drops: 1 Abyssal Whip Drops: 1 2 | ||||||||
Posted: February 16, 2009 08:25 am | |||||||||
 IRC Nickname: Plano|Adam Group: Emeritus Posts: 1449 Member No.: 228 Joined: February 13, 2008 Total Events Attended: 107 | avast is the shit. --------------------  "If at first you don’t succeed, call it version 1.0" | ||||||||
Posted: February 16, 2009 08:45 am | |||||||||
 IRC Nickname: Gorgemaster Group: Elite Guardian Posts: 9840 Member No.: 3 Joined: December 26, 2007 Total Events Attended: 540 | Done. Thanks Mickey. I think i've got rid of the trojan... nothing was in the chest apart from 3 normal system files that Robbie said are common..... So yah, he says i should be safe! WOOT! --------------------    | ||||||||
Posted: February 16, 2009 09:16 am | |||||||||
| IRC Nickname: Group: Banned Posts: 2447 Member No.: 114 Joined: January 8, 2008 Total Events Attended: 149 | What's the pros/cons between Avast and AVG? -------------------- | ||||||||
Posted: February 16, 2009 10:32 am | |||||||||
| IRC Nickname: Mickey Group: Emeritus Posts: 5305 Member No.: 48 Joined: December 30, 2007 Total Events Attended: 282 |
I haven't used AVG in years so I couldn't tell you much about AVG :/ And to Surfer, YES, of course free anti-virus programs will be known by hackers. But the thing is, Alwil made Avast because they don't believe you should have to pay to feel safe on your computer. The pro and server version aren't free, but they don't cost much, the costs go towards funding their website, most of the avast team work for free. -------------------- | ||||||||
Posted: February 16, 2009 10:24 pm | |||||||||
 IRC Nickname: Dilz Group: Banned Posts: 1403 Member No.: 973 Joined: June 23, 2008 Total Events Attended: 151 | Post Count. Like my quote, Avast is the best. No problems, easy use. --------------------  LOLPNS  Perm banned. | ||||||||
Posted: February 16, 2009 10:25 pm | |||||||||
 IRC Nickname: Vephy Group: Elite Guardian Posts: 6186 Member No.: 813 Joined: June 10, 2008 Total Events Attended: 478 | Post Count. --------------------   | ||||||||
Posted: February 16, 2009 10:26 pm | |||||||||
| IRC Nickname: Tttkaab|Brandon Group: Ex-Member Posts: 622 Member No.: 123 Joined: January 12, 2008 Total Events Attended: 53 | I was told there would be free postcount here # I can't switch to anything without my mom's permission since she uses this computer too but I'll ask # Brandon -------------------- Ex-Wilderness Leader of WG. I'll always be here for the people that need me. RS Accounts: Sadcon1, Tttkaab & T Dwag | ||||||||
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