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Avast installation problem

buttons58 · 2008-02-14 23:26:49

Bought a Dell Vostro Laptop a few months ago and never activated the free 30 day subscription of McAfee Security. When I installed Avast AntiVirus the router from main computer would not let me access the Internet, when I uninstalled Avast everything worked as normal again. Wondering what is the cause of the problem? Can…

14-02-2008 11:26pm

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buttons58

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Bought a Dell Vostro Laptop a few months ago and never activated the free 30 day subscription of McAfee Security. When I installed Avast AntiVirus the router from main computer would not let me access the Internet, when I uninstalled Avast everything worked as normal again. Wondering what is the cause of the problem? Can anyone help? Thank you

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#2 14-02-2008 11:28pm

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Moved from laptops.

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#3 14-02-2008 11:35pm

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I persume you removed Mc Affee first?

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#4 15-02-2008 6:12pm

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I was afraid to remove McAfee from the computer, in case Avast wasn't going to work but uninstalled it now and installed Avast again and everything is working perfectly now. One final question do you think Avast will be ok for protection on the laptop? Is there other protections I should put on the laptop also? Thank you very much for your help.

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#5 15-02-2008 9:35pm

AlmightyCushion

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Yeah it should be fine. Make sure you get some anti-spyware software like spybot.

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#6 15-02-2008 11:38pm

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Will look into getting that. Thank you very much for your help.

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