It is with both satisfaction and regret that I inform the members of this forum that after persevering with Avast 2015 on my Windows XP / Athlon XP 3000+ PC for as long as my sanity could be maintained, I have “bitten the bullet” and reverted to AIS 9.0.2010 :
List of frustrations “solved” by this move.
No SafeZone due to Chromium / CPU incompatibility
File shield/scanner constantly finding new files to “obsess” over as fast as I could exclude them >:(
Problems with MS Office
Update popups are back (A personal thing I know but I did miss them.)
AAhh bliss (for now at least :-X )