Re: How to turn off Avast spam sig? FINALE


<freda@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:av0ov459uqo7iqdqhn0mrqflqc0ol0r9u2@xxxxxxxxxx
On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:41:17 -0500, freda@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:58:37 -0500, freda@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

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How about this - I just had a brainstorm about using my past Kaspersky
version 5 again. The problem is the activation method seems totally
different than the new AV. It used to be a registry key file that had to
be downloaded., whereas now, it's just a group of numbers that activate
it. I'm going to phone Kaspersky - I see in these modern days they have
a phone number - and ask if there is a way around this to activate my
version 5 again.

Later....

I called Kaspersky on the landline and was told the new keys would not
work with version 5.x. They directed me to their download page for
version 7.x, which is still supported. I now have version 7.x running
and am waiting for the Redmond Blue Screen of Death attack. So far, so
good. Good riddance to Avast and their rat's maze they call a menu
system.

One other thing, it took me a while before I found out how to disable
the dang thing so it would unlock its files. I guess I should have
looked in the Trouble Shooting menu first. Although, I didn't think
that one had to "trouble shoot" to simply uninstall the dang thing.

I'm also glad I had downloaded their uninstall tool days back. Even
with it, it left 35 keys in the registry - and that's not counting the
ones in the Legacy area that were locked and inaccessible.

The most I had with Kaspersky version 5.x was five keys left over. Oh,
well, that progress, I suppose.

P.S. It took 55 minutes of downloading with DSL to update Kaspersky's
version 7.x. I think the Titanic sank in less time than that.

Well, the only reason I'm following up on this nonsense is in case
anyone else installs Kaspersky and starts getting blue screens.

I thought Kaspersky ver. 7 would work. It did work for about a day, then
the blue screen stuff started anew, especially at boot up. The last time
I couldn't boot into windows because the blue screen nonsense happened
over and over. I finally went into SAFE MODE via the command line
option. I worked my way to Kaspersky's directory and successfully
deleted all of it. However, much in the registry is "protected" and
untouchable. I'll worry about that some other time.

Anyway, if anyone loads up Kaspersky and starts getting blue screens,
get rid of it right away. It ain't gonna get better.

Now I have to make up my mind as to whether I'll go back to the spamming
Avast, or take a chance on BitDefender.

Later, maybe.

Kaspersky has turned into shit. I dumped it 2 months ago and
went with ESET NOD32, the AV, not the suite. It was a pain
in the ass to get set up and running to my satisfaction, but
I've never looked back. Give NOD32 a whirl girlfriend. You
won't be sorry.

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Kelli











































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