The problem with not updateing to the latest version of Avast (or any other
anti-virus program, for that matter), is that you may leave yourself
vulnerable to security holes or other bugs that compromise the program's
performance.
Gerald
----- Original Message -----
From: "John M." <jobhun...@box547.com>
To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] New Avast Free 5.0 not accessible with Jaws.
I sent a note off to the Avast people this morning, regarding the apparent
lack of screen reader support in version 5. My guess is that the version 4
product is going to be supported for some time to come, so I don't think
there needs to be a mass rush to remove Avast. I am going to sit back and
see if they are receptive to making changes that will allow screen reader
access.
Over the past several years, I have grown very fond of the Avast product.
I will say that I do have MSE installed on one of my computers and it is
also a very good solution.
On an unrelated note, many of our customers computers have AVG installed.
During the past month, we have seen an alarming number of viruses that AVG
is letting through. We have been removing AVG and installing either Avast
or MSE, with very good results.
I will post any response that I receive from Avast. It may help if other
screen reader users also drop them a note. Send it to: supp...@avast.com.
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stanley Smith" <ssm...@mastnet.net>
To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 8:37 AM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] New Avast Free 5.0 not accessible with Jaws.
Hi list. I tried the new Avast 5.0 free version out on my PC this
morning,
found it inaccessible with Jaws because alwil Software has changed the
interface into a graphical interface, so I restored my computer using my
backup I created with Image for Windowswhich already had Avast 4 Home
Edition. Now, what I would like to do is uninstall Avast 4 Home Edition
and
use Microsoft Security Essentials instead. I have tried to uninstall
Avast
in the past, but it didn't completely uninstall and was still in the
system
tray when I rebooted. Right now I'm still using Avast 4 Home Edition and
Windows XP Professional SP3. I'm using Jaws 9.0, the latest build. I
have
downloaded alwil Software's uninstall utility, but I'm told I will need
to
use it in Safe Mode. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks a lot.
Stanley
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