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avg 7 free version
i have just downloaded avg 7 on my friends old comp running win 98 se, and
now when it boots up i get a dos prog saying avg bootable scan then a screen saying no virus found, this delays the already long start up on this old comp for about 15 secs, i can't get rid of it i have gone into the start up prog and disabled boot up scan , but that doesn't work to stop it any clues thanks in advance getting2002 |
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The preferred method is to re-run the setup program...the installer... for AVG 7,
select 'Custom' installation rather than 'Typical', and un-check the Boot Scanner option when the installation options appear, and continue through the installer to effect the change. Alternately, click Start Run, type msconfig and click OK. Click the Autoexec.bat tab Remove the check mark from the line that calls the AVG boot scanner, then click OK and reboot. (Do a full reboot, not a restart from some desktop shortcut). However, a better method is totally delete the line from the autoexec.bat file, which is what happens when you re-run the installer in Custom mode, and de-select the option. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "gettinge2002" wrote in message ... i have just downloaded avg 7 on my friends old comp running win 98 se, and now when it boots up i get a dos prog saying avg bootable scan then a screen saying no virus found, this delays the already long start up on this old comp for about 15 secs, i can't get rid of it i have gone into the start up prog and disabled boot up scan , but that doesn't work to stop it any clues thanks in advance getting2002 |
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Yeah but....do you really WANT to uncheck the boot scanner? Doesn't sound
like a good idea to me, anyways. glee wrote: The preferred method is to re-run the setup program...the installer... for AVG 7, select 'Custom' installation rather than 'Typical', and un-check the Boot Scanner option when the installation options appear, and continue through the installer to effect the change. Alternately, click Start Run, type msconfig and click OK. Click the Autoexec.bat tab Remove the check mark from the line that calls the AVG boot scanner, then click OK and reboot. (Do a full reboot, not a restart from some desktop shortcut). However, a better method is totally delete the line from the autoexec.bat file, which is what happens when you re-run the installer in Custom mode, and de-select the option. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "gettinge2002" wrote in message ... i have just downloaded avg 7 on my friends old comp running win 98 se, and now when it boots up i get a dos prog saying avg bootable scan then a screen saying no virus found, this delays the already long start up on this old comp for about 15 secs, i can't get rid of it i have gone into the start up prog and disabled boot up scan , but that doesn't work to stop it any clues thanks in advance getting2002 |
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I haven't used a boot scanner in years.
-- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Bill in Co." wrote in message ... Yeah but....do you really WANT to uncheck the boot scanner? Doesn't sound like a good idea to me, anyways. glee wrote: The preferred method is to re-run the setup program...the installer... for AVG 7, select 'Custom' installation rather than 'Typical', and un-check the Boot Scanner option when the installation options appear, and continue through the installer to effect the change. Alternately, click Start Run, type msconfig and click OK. Click the Autoexec.bat tab Remove the check mark from the line that calls the AVG boot scanner, then click OK and reboot. (Do a full reboot, not a restart from some desktop shortcut). However, a better method is totally delete the line from the autoexec.bat file, which is what happens when you re-run the installer in Custom mode, and de-select the option. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "gettinge2002" wrote in message ... i have just downloaded avg 7 on my friends old comp running win 98 se, and now when it boots up i get a dos prog saying avg bootable scan then a screen saying no virus found, this delays the already long start up on this old comp for about 15 secs, i can't get rid of it i have gone into the start up prog and disabled boot up scan , but that doesn't work to stop it any clues thanks in advance getting2002 |
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The purpose of the boot scan is to detect boot sector viruses. A boot sector virus
is spread via infected floppy disks. This happens when a user leaves a floppy disk in drive A:. When the system is started, the computer will attempt to boot from the floppy. If the disk is infected with a boot sector virus, that virus will infect the boot sector of the user's C:drive. Most computers today do not seek the floppy first in the boot order, eliminating the main source of boot sector viruses. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "glee" wrote in message ... I haven't used a boot scanner in years. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Bill in Co." wrote in message ... Yeah but....do you really WANT to uncheck the boot scanner? Doesn't sound like a good idea to me, anyways. glee wrote: The preferred method is to re-run the setup program...the installer... for AVG 7, select 'Custom' installation rather than 'Typical', and un-check the Boot Scanner option when the installation options appear, and continue through the installer to effect the change. Alternately, click Start Run, type msconfig and click OK. Click the Autoexec.bat tab Remove the check mark from the line that calls the AVG boot scanner, then click OK and reboot. (Do a full reboot, not a restart from some desktop shortcut). However, a better method is totally delete the line from the autoexec.bat file, which is what happens when you re-run the installer in Custom mode, and de-select the option. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "gettinge2002" wrote in message ... i have just downloaded avg 7 on my friends old comp running win 98 se, and now when it boots up i get a dos prog saying avg bootable scan then a screen saying no virus found, this delays the already long start up on this old comp for about 15 secs, i can't get rid of it i have gone into the start up prog and disabled boot up scan , but that doesn't work to stop it any clues thanks in advance getting2002 |
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Merry Christmas Glee;
DAQ for the day: I run W98 OEM and have no back-up boot anything as far as I know. No OEM disc either for that matter. There is no Back-up clickable under Accessories, so I assume the key app is not installed. I've been running AVG Free since DEC 10 and since it says my Boot-up is OK, I assume the Uninstall Boot Scan Rx you gave gettinge 2002 would be similarly safe, eh? rooster boundary bay, bc |
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Well, I am not going to say to disable the boot scan as wholesale advice....every
level of protection increases your security, no matter how remote the possibility. If you do not keep your boot order set to boot from floppy first, you are not as likely to get a boot sector virus that way. However, a boot sector virus can also be spread across networks from file downloads and email file attachments, so if your computer is on a network, there are increased risks of getting a boot sector virus, even if your boot sequence does not include the floppy drive at all. Additionally, the boot scan also checks the memory for viruses. You must be aware of the level of protection you are turning off when you remove the boot scan, and accept the risk....otherwise keep it enabled. In your situation, without backups or reinstall disks of any kind, I would want as much protection as possible. I would also be looking for a Windows CD in case files needed to be replaced, or the system reinstalled in the future. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "rooster" wrote in message ... Merry Christmas Glee; DAQ for the day: I run W98 OEM and have no back-up boot anything as far as I know. No OEM disc either for that matter. There is no Back-up clickable under Accessories, so I assume the key app is not installed. I've been running AVG Free since DEC 10 and since it says my Boot-up is OK, I assume the Uninstall Boot Scan Rx you gave gettinge 2002 would be similarly safe, eh? rooster boundary bay, bc |
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Glee;
Thanks for the clinic. Good info as always. The AVG BS only takes 5 seconds or so (in contrast with mine, which can go on indefinitely) so I'll leave it 'stet'. I got this "old wheezer" PC (16MB@133MHZ Touch Systems) as a learning tool last March. I'm going to make like the Jeffersons and "Move on Up..." as soon as I pay down some bills and persuade the missus to go without her meds for a couple of months so's I can free up the necessary operating capital to 'get something like'. Come to think of it, that way I might 'be killing two birds with one stone' .... in a manner of speaking, eh? rooster |
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Um, depending on the kind of meds they are, you might find yourself worse off. ;-)
I did a lot of learning on a second-hand 486 (25MHz) with 8MB RAM....one thing it tought me is patience! -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "rooster" wrote in message ... Glee; Thanks for the clinic. Good info as always. The AVG BS only takes 5 seconds or so (in contrast with mine, which can go on indefinitely) so I'll leave it 'stet'. I got this "old wheezer" PC (16MB@133MHZ Touch Systems) as a learning tool last March. I'm going to make like the Jeffersons and "Move on Up..." as soon as I pay down some bills and persuade the missus to go without her meds for a couple of months so's I can free up the necessary operating capital to 'get something like'. Come to think of it, that way I might 'be killing two birds with one stone' .... in a manner of speaking, eh? rooster |
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Glen;
In my 'Notepad' draft of my previous post, I appended: [note to self:] I *need* to check in OE Help about how to "Password Protect" certain doc's because, if *she* sees this, *somebody* is going to be getting a dose of medicine, sure. I agree with you about there being advantages to starting out with a "Bumper Car" before actually hitting the highway. I have friends who have all the latest, but they are little help when it comes to the basics like firewalls, AVS'ware, anti-malware, spam management etc. And they have all had some kind of crash or other in the 9 months since I 'clumb up on Ole Paint' here. The closest I've come occured after installing Norton PF &AV. I might just as well have hit the beast over the head with a 9-pound hammer. Catatonic don't begin... That was when I learned that "Megabytes" weren't only what happened when you went fly fishing during blackfly season, and "Megahertz" wasn't just a campy reference to what happens when you 'diss' a biker's ride. Still, with software, hardware and malware developement sifting along so fast, sometimes it feels like I'm just in the Starting Grid at Indy; driving a Geo. And some days I find myself talking to the thing, half expecting to hear Majel Roddenberry's ambient monotone voice: "Working... working..." you know, like the computers we grew up with back in the 60's. I also remember thinking "Bootings" was Olde English, like "Shirtings" or "Leggings"; quaint nomenclature peculiar to haberdashery and drygoods shoppes; circa. Charles Dickens. Now I've come to learn it can also mean what can happen when you rattle on too long in a forum thread. I have so much to learn. rooster |
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