Tweaking.com Support Forums

Main Forum => Everything Else => Topic started by: chris635 on December 07, 2013, 02:52:47 pm

Title: Avast Start up item
Post by: chris635 on December 07, 2013, 02:52:47 pm

Hi Guys,

    Have you seen this in msconfig for avast(now avast has two start up items). Looks like it's part of the new avast, but no one seems to know exactly what it does. Any ideas as to what it does.



Chris

Title: Re: Avast Start up item
Post by: Shane on December 09, 2013, 02:50:51 pm

I have seen that on a few of my customers computers as well right before I uninstalled avast and put MS on instead :-)

The amount of false positives and constant pop ups asking to upgrade and installing toolbars and such made me dump avast.

Shane

Title: Re: Avast Start up item
Post by: chris635 on December 09, 2013, 04:47:47 pm

Are you using MS Yourself?


Chris

Title: Re: Avast Start up item
Post by: Shane on December 09, 2013, 05:19:45 pm

Yes, and it is what I put on my customers machines.

Shane

Title: Re: Avast Start up item
Post by: chris635 on December 09, 2013, 05:24:10 pm

Thanks, I just made the move myself as avast was bugging me as well.


Chris

Title: Re: Avast Start up item
Post by: Shane on December 09, 2013, 05:27:50 pm

Yeah, been using avast for a good year or so, finally got fed up with them.

EVERY single free antivirus except MS still wants and needs to make money. So while they are free there is always a string attached. Remember that. :wink:

Shane