i just installed the free home avast! 4.7.942.
it preliminarily scanned for FOUR HOURS!!! i have a 677 MHz ram speed, an fsb speed 1066MHz, and only 232GB hdd. it appeared to me that the scan was viewing the same files over and over and over! i will assume that this is a bug.
after the four hours, i pressed ‘escape’; according to the scanner’s page, this should have ceased the scan. the ‘escape’ key was worthless (as was ctrl+alt+del.) i pressed the tower’s reboot button; this succeeded. i will assume(!) that the scan was completed successfully and correctly, and that the avast! installment was successful (?).
nevertheless, a green popup, emanating from the tray, immediately arose, telling me that there is a new version of avast! available on the network, and do i want to install it? of course i answered ‘yes,’ and the system promptly rebooted. 1 minute after reboot, the same popup appears. i will assume that this too is a bug.
why would i want avast’s vrdb, given vista’s system restore scheme (such as vista’s restore points, shadow files, etc - that have this far claimed a staggering 46 GB of hdd)? is vrdb superior to vista’s system restore scheme?
thanks for everything, and i hope all is well with my avast! installation.