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

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
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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

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

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
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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

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

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

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
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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

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

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
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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

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