Fix for Vista Home Premium

On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:02:10 -0400, "Stu Davis"
<> wrote:

> So, do I go with Avast or Avira?


You're going to get different answers from different people, and
ultimately you will have to make up your mind yourself.

But note that both are good products, so you don't have to worry about
making a disastrous choice.


> "Gordon" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > "Mike Hall - MVP" <> wrote in message
> > news:...
> >>
> >> Avira does have a nag screen to get you to buy the full version, BUT it
> >> can be disabled easily enough
> >
> > Didn't work on my Vista HP SP1.........
> > still, it was only £12 for a year for the full version.
> >
> > --
> > Asking a question?
> > Please tell us the version of the application you are asking about,
> > your OS, Service Pack level
> > and the FULL contents of any error message(s)

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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As far as I can determine I have the latest version of Zone Alarm as
provided by CheckPoint. I am not using a router.

No error messages appear, the system just freezes up with a message
"stopped" appearing in the lower left part of the firefox or IE screen.

I am running Vista Home Premium with SP1 applied and all other
patches/updates.

Stu Davis
"Gordon" <> wrote in message
news:...
> "Stu Davis" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Well, for now I went with AVAST. Will see how it works out.
>>
>> I did neglect to say that I also run Zone Alarm (free edition). Any
>> comments on this one.
>>
>
>
> Only that if you are behind a NATS router, then the built-in Windows
> firewall is perfectly adequate...
>
> --
> Asking a question?
> Please tell us the version of the application you are asking about,
> your OS, Service Pack level
> and the FULL contents of any error message(s)

"Stu Davis" <> wrote in message
news:...
> As far as I can determine I have the latest version of Zone Alarm as
> provided by CheckPoint. I am not using a router.
>
> No error messages appear, the system just freezes up with a message
> "stopped" appearing in the lower left part of the firefox or IE screen.
>
> I am running Vista Home Premium with SP1 applied and all other
> patches/updates.
>
> Stu Davis
> "Gordon" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> "Stu Davis" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Well, for now I went with AVAST. Will see how it works out.
>>>
>>> I did neglect to say that I also run Zone Alarm (free edition). Any
>>> comments on this one.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Only that if you are behind a NATS router, then the built-in Windows
>> firewall is perfectly adequate...
>>
>> --
>> Asking a question?
>> Please tell us the version of the application you are asking about,
>> your OS, Service Pack level
>> and the FULL contents of any error message(s)
>


Even without a router, the Windows firewall is less problematic than Zone
Alarm..


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Mike Hall - MVP Windows Experience
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/