quick AVG question...

[inbrino]

Hi,
Can I just leave AVG free edition to run in the system tray. Will this offer some protection against viruses?

Do I have to run regular virus scans with it?

Thank you!!!

 

[Bwangster12]

Well I use it as my main virus scanner and leave it running all the time. Whenever I go to a site that has potential viruses... it pops up asking me If I wanna heal or delete the files. I think its a real good scanner.

 

[inbrino]

So, I dont necessarily have to open the program and manually tell it to scan the whole system. Or should I do this every once in a while?

 

[Bwangster12]

Well virus or no virus... its good to probably do scans using something like adaware, avg and whatever else once a week or so.

AVG does block stuff tho. If you come across a new virus... it usually pops up immediately.

 

[inbrino]

Ok thanks!

 

[Deathstar1]

AVG free works fine as resident AV, in the scheduler you can schedule scans and updates, just set it to load with windows and scan/ update times that are to your liking, set and forget.

 

[GlasseyeUK]

I would personally leave AVG in your system tray, it adds another level of defense, the only time I disconnect, is if I am offline from the internet, for some hungry resource program or game.......but no leave it on all the time.....

Oh and Deathstar, there is a rule about the number of lines that your sig can be, a maximum of 5 lines.....

 

[~mr mixx~]

<moved>

 

[Deathstar1]

...... Oh and Deathstar, there is a rule about the number of lines that your sig can be, a maximum of 5 lines.....

mmmmmm, I must have misread something, for some reason I had 7 in my mind, all fixed

 

[Reiyoku]

I have a problem with my AVG or is this normal??. I have zone alarm and AVG but AVG disables the email security and the real time security I think it maybe zone alarm because it protects you from those things anyway,