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Well fellas, I have (I think!!??) successfully uninstalled NAV and now am with avast! !!! Phew !! Have a few quieries:
What is the best way to make adjustments to avast? By that I mean, increasing configuration from “Typical” to say “Custom”. And is this best?
Does avast! always perform a boot scan? or is this a one time deal?
I’m looking for some details on using avast properly. When I right click on the On-Access-Scanner or Virus Recovery Database Generator I’m wondering where I should start !!
If there is a link with information relating to these types of questions I would appreciate it. And/Or if avast.com has it (and I missed seeing it, let me know.
And, ZA functioned normally upon avast! install, with the proper pop ups.
Looking forward to hearing from you all.
DavidR
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I would give yourself time to get used to the program before tweaking it to within an inch of its life ;D
The avast default settings are a good balance between protection and performance.
My avast providers (that are required I don’t use P2P nor Instant Messaging application’s, so I have those providers Terminated). I have the Web Shield and Internet Mail providers set to High the remainder are set to Normal, the default.
I would say the place to start is the avast help file, Resident protection.
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Zone Alarm does not use Kaspersky drivers. The ZA firewall technology was designed from the ground up in 2000 by one of the original two owners: Gregor Freund. The firewall was based upon a patented technology that Freund and his partner had developed for another purpose. I know this because I was involved in the original private beta testing long before it became common knowledge that they were developing a firewall.
-Bob
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Hi Bob,
The Kaspersky drivers are included in the 7-series downloads, where ZA changed from being a 8-ish MB download to almost 40MB. With the newer versions, you are given the option to install the security suite including AV protection, and the drivers are included even if you just install the firewall.
Graham
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Ah! So that is what the new owners did.
By the way I have used probably every version of ZA free and paid versions over the years. I even used the original outbound- only version of ZA in the late nineties before it became an inbound and outbound firewall. I’m currently using ZA free with a NAT router. And Avast! of course.
Thanks for bringing me up to date.
-Bob
Same did I… until ZA became bloatware and worst than the totally free Comodo.
ZA FREE 7.0.408.00 and XP
Everything seems fine here. 
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I’m often getting delays with WebShield, even without any third party firewall.
