I'm getting a little confused, so will you help me, one step at a time?
About my Avast On Access Scanner...
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-free...ntispyware.html
There are apparently seven components to Avast, and I have terminated two of them, namely Instant Messaging and Internet Mail. I don't do any Instant Messaging, and I only use Yahoo mail. So far, so good?
The other five components of Avast are:
Network Shield
Outlook/Exchange
P2P Shield
Standard Shield
Web Shield
What are they doing? Should the above five be running all the time from when the computer is turned on? Thanks so much for the help.
Windows XP
Compaq