I stopped using Avast after Avast gave me too many blue screens (on WinXP)
I changed to AVG Free, and yeah AVG is lighter on resources, but the update system is pathetic
I have to always right click the icon to update cause it won’t auto-update, and sometimes the update will be
as big as 10+MB whenever there is a program version update…As a dial-up user, I can’t bare it anymooooore
Now, I give Avast 4.6.691 another try (patched to WinXP SP2)
I swtched back to Avast mainly because of the superior update system.
I’ve tried a few AV previously, Avast Update system is no doubt the best!
Both VPS and program update is relatively small compared to others!
I’ve noticed that the Avast providers’ icon has changed to candy icons, awesome.
Finally my question is
Outlook/Exchange
The provider is waiting for a subsystem to start
As reported before, the message “The provider is waiting on the subsystem to start” will be shown there until you open MS Outlook.
The plugin will be enabled automatically after that.
Check if the avast plugin is not disabled into MS Outlook:
Outlook 2003 > Help > About > Disabled items
Outlook 2000 > Tools menu > Options > Other > Advanced Options > Add-In Manager
The Internet Mail Provider is an avast! resident provider and it is not just the corresponding service. If you have Internet Mail running and stop the “avast! Mail Scanner” service, you disable the scanning of e-mails, but you don’t turn the provider into “stopped” state (rather “waiting for a subsystem to start”). Similarly, if Internet Mail is stopped, you cannot start it just by starting the “avast! Mail Scanner” service.
[qoute]Outlook 2003 > Help > About > Disabled items
Outlook 2000 > Tools menu > Options > Other > Advanced Options > Add-In Manager
oh, I know why! Avast Outlook is for MS Outlook, not for Outlook Express…am i right?
Coz I don’t have Microsoft Office installed in my system
I use OpenOffice for its much cheaper and I don’t really need that expensive office suite - about 2 months of salary for an average person in my country
Network Shield is a protection 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). Network Shield protects you from internet worms that spread themselves via various security holes in your system. Typicaly these kind of viruses don’t infect files but instead they attack running processes on your PC (either Windows components or some server programs like SQL Server, IIS etc.). These kind of attacks are not easily catched by ordinary antivirus during file or mail scanning. It is not a duplicate work with Standard Shield.
