David H. Lipman wrote:
> From: "JD" <JD@example.invalid>
>
> | Installed the latest Avast 4.8 Home and I can't stop it from loading
> | when I start Windows XP.
>
> | I tried turning off the services associated with Avast but Avast is
> | protecting those services.
>
> | I ran MSconfig and turned it off but it turns itself back on when I reboot.
>
> | What I need is a simple on-demand anti-virus scanner and it appears
> | Avast is no longer letting me set it up that way.
>
> | Help!
>
> | --
> | JD..
>
>
> Download MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL --
> http://www.pctipp.ch/ds/28400/28470/Multi_AV.exe
>
> http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
>
> English:
> http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/...irus-for-free/
>
> To use this utility, perform the following...
> Execute; Multi_AV.exe { Note: You must use the default folder C:\AV-CLS }
> Choose; Unzip
> Choose; Close
>
> Execute; C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT
> { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS }
>
> NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall or allow WGET.EXE to go through your
> FireWall to allow it to download the needed AV vendor related files.
>
> C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT -- { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS}
> This will bring up the initial menu of choices and should be executed in Normal Mode.
> This way all the components can be downloaded from each AV vendor's web site.
> The choices are; Sophos, Trend, McAfee, Kaspersky, Exit this menu and Reboot the PC.
>
> You can choose to go to each menu item and just download the needed files or you can
> download the files and perform a scan in Normal Mode. Once you have downloaded the files
> needed for each scanner you want to use, you should reboot the PC into Safe Mode [F8 key
> during boot] and re-run the menu again and choose which scanner you want to run in Safe
> Mode. It is suggested to run the scanners in both Safe Mode and Normal Mode.
>
> When the menu is displayed hitting 'H' or 'h' will bring up a more comprehensive PDF help
> file.
>
> Additional Instructions:
> http://pcdid.com/Multi_AV.htm
>
>
> * * * Please report back your results * * *
>
>

I'm in the middle of setting up a new XP computer so I'm going to have
to pass on the multi_av.exe at this time. I will add the urls to my
notes so I can take at look at it later.

I can live with Avast for the time being.

--
JD..