Before you go ahead and install Spybot Anti-Virus and throw away your money,
read the review of it from PC magazine, the link for which is below. In
short, Spybot was found to be almost totally ineffective at detecting
against malware threats, which means that it may be even less reliable than
MSE. If you are looking for a paid anti-virus program that is compatible
with JAWS and provides reasonably good protection, consider ESET NOD32 or
Sunbelt Vipre.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2412372,00.asp
Gerald
----- Original Message -----
From: "Walter Ramage" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 5:55 PM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Jaws & Avast, incompatible?
Hi. Yes, they probably made that recommendation because essentials is
accessible but that doesn't mean it is reliable and secure. I guess
though
it depends on what one is doing with their computer. If one is just
sending
and receiving the odd email then that might be OK but if an individual is
adventurous and is into downloading etc then I would think I would prefer
something a bit more powerful than essentials. Walter.
-----Original Message-----
From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Alana Jovanovski
Sent: 03 December 2013 22:44
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Jaws & Avast, incompatible?
Hi,It was recommended by my local distributor of JAWS that I use
Microsoft
security essential. I do not use Avast, but I heard it can be problematic
as
well.
Alana
-----Original Message-----
From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Angelina Stabile
Sent: Wednesday, 4 December 2013 8:30 AM
To: [email protected]
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:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Walter Ramage
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 4:11 PM
To: [email protected]
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.
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