Hi there,
are there known Problems with old Win98/ME-Computers and the On-Access-Protection?
In my case avast! seems not to be able to tell me that a homepage is infected with a virus.
I’m checking avast! on a homepage called www.eicar.org with a test-virus called eicar.com
If i use Windows XP, start my browser and click on the test-virus, avast! warns me reliable
and offers me to disconnect the connection. But if i use Windows 98 or Win ME i still can
download the test-virus without any warning!
There are no error-messages on system-startup or red signs in the tray and all necesary
providers are running and avast! identifies the test-virus when i scan the file manually.
In all cases i use a standard-installation of avast!, so i diddn’t changed the configuration.
I already noticed this problem earlier and so i noticed the problem with different versions
of avast! home edition.
There is no Firewall on the Computer and no other Antivirus-Software, just avast!
an i have tried on so many different machines and different places and even on a fresh
windows-installations. So i’m nearly sure that it is not a defective installation of the
operation system or a conflict with other software.
How can i tell avast! to scan the homepages reliable on Win98/ME?
Thanks in advance,
Hendrik Garbe.