"Fairfax"  wrote in message 
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>Does anyone know how to get realtime protection to turn on?
>
>Also, Avira's is the pits. It took took long to scan my PC - vs AVG
>which took about 1/5th the time and caught way more than Antivir ever
>did.
>
>AVG, though, seems like so much bloatware and slowed my system down to
>a crawl (my PC is a little on the old side now, running WinXP).
>
>So I'm trying Ad-Aware's av software but the real-time isn't turning
>on.  So far, only thing working right, still, is my Spybot.
>
>Can anyone recommend a good, fast free antivirus program?  I used to
>be so happy with AVG until they became so difficult to work with about
>3 years ago or so.  I haven't been happy since, to tell the truth.
>Antivir was never very good and now I find that it's really letting
>things through.
>
>Any av software tips appreciated.  Thanks.

Very confusing post.
Please try to state your problem as simply as you can.

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Buffalo
PS: I use the free Avast. It has a small footprint on resources. 

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