Oh what should I use? -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Walter Ramage Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 4:37 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Jaws & Avast, incompatible?
Unfortunately Essentials has developed a bad reputation as Microsoft seem to be letting it wither on the vine. It might be fine for an emergency fal-back but I wouldn't use it as my main protection. Walter. -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Angelina Stabile Sent: 03 December 2013 21:30 To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Jaws & Avast, incompatible? Use Microsoft security essentials. Its free and works with jaws well. -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Walter Ramage Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 4:11 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: [JAWS-Users] Jaws & Avast, incompatible? Hi Folks. A few years ago I had my PC reformatted and Avast was installed as my anti-virus. This caused quite a number of problems with Jaws not performing properly and my computer not functioning as it should. Avast was removed and AVG was installed and things then worked fine. I subsequently bought a new computer and as AVG wasn't as good as it once was; it became increasingly less accessible I thought with newer versions of Jaws that perhaps Avast would be fine now. Well this has not proved to be the case of late. With Jaws 14 and Jaws 15 every now and then I would lose speech and could not re-launch it, at times I had to restart the PC. This would happen at random times without a pattern and it became irritating. When my speech failed I couldn't even launch NVDA to inquire of what might be the problem. This would happen when backing out of folders or when going back to a previous web page. I used to use the backspace for this command but this problem occurred much too often. I then started to use the alt/left arrow to back out of folders and move backwards on web pages and that helped to a limited degree as it happened less often, but it still happened too frequently. Avast has now been uninstalled and my PC is working like a dream, so fast reacting and I can work at speed with confidence that the computer and Jaws will keep up and not have a seizure. I have come to the conclusion that Avast and Jaws are not really on good terms. I can't speak for other screen readers but I know there is a problem with Jaws and Avast. At this moment I have no anti-virus but I'm going to install Spybot as they now also have an anti-virus version but you must pay for that. Has anyone else had a similar problem with Avast? Walter. For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
