Avast 4.8 virus definitions

I use disk imaging software Drive Image, there are others for back-up and disaster recovery. If I'm going to do something major I take an image of the C: drive and save the image on my second HDD you can save it on another partition though and if I experience an un-resolvable issue it takes about 15 minutes to restore the last back-up image.

This software is relatively inexpensive now, especially if you use ebay and don't buy the latest versions just ensure it is compatible with XP and genuine. Get the previous version which will have dropped in price since the new version release. Just did a repair as you described above. Now Avast shows the correct information about the VPS file. For your information, it did download the correct VPS file but did not show it correct on the information screen.

Thanks for the information about disk imaging. Right now i'm using avast as a virus scanner, zone-alarm as firewall and I check my computer regularly for spyware etc. How do I update to the latest version of Avast from version 4. Uninstall your Avast product. Please refer to this FAQ for detailed uninstallation steps. Install the latest version of Avast. Here's a detailed page with step-by-step instructions. What happens now that the virus definitions for Avast version 4.

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But, doesn't the desktop computer connect the Internet? You've said they're on a LAN. It's better and wiser get incremental updates than having to download the full virus database each time to update the off line computer. Quote from: Tech on August 16, , PM. After restoring your backup, install and update avast and post back the results. Hi tech - your post came in while I was composing this.