dg,

I did not mean for you to use something other than Avast…
I meant for you to consider ALSO using an online scanner from time to time which is free.

Some users have a resident antivirus such as Avast, and another “manual scanning” antivirus which does not run resident. This prevents the problem you had with Sygate and Avast.

A bit clearer now I hope.

techie ;D