Hi.
Have Avast4.5 Home Edition on 3 of my computers at home, 1 desktop and 1 laptop running WinXP, and 1 laptop running Win98. They all have the same level programs, skins, etc.
I noticed today that the laptop running W98 only has 5 providers, while the other 2 have 6 providers. The W98 does not have the Network Shield provider.
Is this normal?
Thx.
Bob
According to the Avast! home page… Network Shield only works on NT systems!
Like Walker said, a new resident protection module was added to avast! 4.5: the Network Shield. It is only for Windows NT (2k or XP) and protects against known Internet worms/attacks. It analyses all network traffic and scans it for malicious contents. It can be also taken as a lightweight firewall (or more precisely, an IDS (Intrusion Detection System).
More info, just search the board fo Network Shield.
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As Igor wrote, Win9x are not so vulnerable as WinNT+ systems (from Blaster/… viruses)
Note to the Alwill people:
Why isn’t the Network Shield mentioned on this page?
http://www.avast.com/eng/av4_version_comp.html
Ok, thx for the info.
Bob