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Agibsonsw · Feb 12, 2010

Hello.
I'm using Windows Vista Home Premium with Avast anti-virus.

I was getting DCOM exploit alerts, and now Trojan warnings from the new version of Avast. I'm surfing sites that I believe to be responsible.

Might DEP be creating these warnings (I think it stands for Data Execution Prevention)? Can I disable this feature?

Thanks for any advice, Andy.

ajetrumpet · Feb 16, 2010

andy,

from this guys point of view, avast is absolutely horrible. i use AVG. trend micro is also something I like. i would personally drop that as of yesterday.

georgedwilkinson · Feb 16, 2010

And you're running it on an OS that is a living virus.

ajetrumpet · Feb 16, 2010

georgedwilkinson said:
And you're running it on an OS that is a living virus.

hey george,

don't dis this brother. i have that OS too! not by choice though of course.

georgedwilkinson · Feb 16, 2010

Yeah, so do I. Which is why I know it's a virus. DEP is one of my favorite virus features.

Agibsonsw · Feb 16, 2010

Avast was preventing me from reading my Yahoo e-mails. I un-installed it but even then I had to disable self-protection and uninstall from Safe mode.
I'm trying Windows Essentials - it has a small footprint and I like the icon!
(It has forced to me use Windows Update though, which I previously disabled because it crashed my computer once). Andy.

vbaInet · Feb 16, 2010

Bear in mind that at the end of the day you're not going to get top-end protection, however the protection that AVG offers is good for standard users. If you ever consider purchasing an anti-virus software, look into Sophos.

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