How to kill Avast 6 widget?

[BillW50]

Anybody know how to kill Avast's 6 Widget? As it keeps coming back after
a reboot. I don't even know what good it is, as it tells you your system
is secure and that's it anyway.

 

[Nil]

Anybody know how to kill Avast's 6 Widget? As it keeps coming back
after a reboot. I don't even know what good it is, as it tells you
your system is secure and that's it anyway.

Control panel -> Programs and Features -> avast! -> Change -> uncheck
the box "avast! gadget"

 

[BillW50]

Control panel -> Programs and Features -> avast! -> Change -> uncheck
the box "avast! gadget"

Thanks Nil! I just did what you said and Windows 7 claimed it failed.
Then I rebooted and it is gone. Many thanks!

 

[BillW50]

Had you paid attention when you installed Avast, you would have seen a
place to untick the option of having an Avast Widget.

Why is there one? It was so long ago I don't remember. I am not blessed
with a photographic memory. So if it was there, I probably said what the
hell, why not?

 

[BillW50]

You can use it to update and open Avast but you've nuked it so it would
be worthless to tell you how. If you still had it and half a brain, I
wouldn't need to tell you how to use it.

Why? I know how to do that without the Avast widget. So what good is it?
Hell I have been using widgets since Windows 2000 with Aston1. And quite
frankly, Windows 7 widgets are pretty weak anyway. Maybe when Windows 8
comes out they will get better. ;-)

 

[Ken Blake]

Control panel -> Programs and Features -> avast! -> Change -> uncheck
the box "avast! gadget"

Thanks very much. My wife, who runs Avast, was complaining about this,
and I didn't know how to help her until now.

 

[BillW50]

I unticked the option when I installed it.

Why? Did you know what it did? I love Avast, so don't get me wrong. But
nobody tells you if you install this piece of crap this will happen. And
if you unticked it, how could you tell me what I could do with it? You
know Alias, why does everything you say doesn't make any sense at all?

I find it handy to pay
attention to what I'm doing.

I did! Avast doesn't tell you that it is a worthless piece of crap, now
did they? And when I uninstalled it from Avast, Windows 7 said it
failed. So much for Windows 7 honesty, as it seemed to work fine anyway.

You're preaching to the choir old man.
Hardly!

I like the clock, the CPU/RAM monitor and the weather.
That's more than enough ...

They has been around for a decade without widgets. Well they didn't call
them widgets back then, but they did the same thing anyway.

 

[BillW50]

Npo, Win 7 asked you if it failed. Maybe you need new glasses.

Why would Windows 7 ask me if it failed? Doesn't it know? After all, it
is an OS and I am not. And I wouldn't know if the uninstall worked until
I rebooted. As that is when the gadget reappears anyway. So how do I
tell Windows 7 to stop acting like an idiot and not bother me asking
such stupid questions?

 

[BillW50]

By using Linux, what else?

I am using Linux you dope! And Linux is dumber than Windows 7. Linux
only runs third rate programs for starters. Anything second or first
rate you need a Mac or Windows. And the Mac only runs second rate
software anyway. So what can you do?

 

[BillW50]

In

You can do us all a favor and STFU and stop bitching.

Why? Don't you want Windows 8 to be the best version ever? Or do you
want it to be the dumbest that it can be? You have to pick sides Alias!
So what will it be?

 

[Flint]

It will be what it will be and you and I have no input in the matter.
You don't really think that Microsoft cares what you think, do you?

No more/less than Apple. Linux may be more open, but is such a
fragmented market, it'll never see the degree of robust application
support of the other two. It's a non-starter on general
consumer-space desktops - EOS.

Of course, part of me actually prefers this. I'd rather not see Linux
distros go down the path of dumbed-down UIs anyway. I'd rather see it
remain extremely user environment configurable, and built for
security, speed and efficiency.

 

[Flint]

Not true. It has everything a home user would need: email, browsers,
Skype, IM, audio and video capabilities, etc.


Linux becoming popular doesn't therefore translate into it becoming
Mac or Windows like.

It's already Mac/windows like in that it uses the same GUI metaphor,
or 'WIMP' interface, and has for ages now.

As its popularity increases, various distros will
emerge as the most popular and then the software houses will start
paying attention and port to Linux.

Don't get me wrong. I like Linux and use it (Ubuntu) on one of my
laptops from time to time. I'm just saying it will never gain
critical mass marketshare on general userspace desktops, nor do I
really prefer to see it happen either. This would simply lead to
generally dumbed down UI's for dumbed down users, and bloatware.

I fail to see why Linux folks see this as some sort of threat. Linux
has sufficient critical mass to see continued use and support. Who
gives a rat's ass if Joe Sixpack is too slow to adopt it, or use it?

For those who need general productivity environments, Linux is
puhlenty mature enough as it sits, and sees frequent updates, fixes,
enhancements on a regular basis. What more can one ask for? Why
should Joe Sixpack be 'catered' to with dumbed down UIs and bloatware?
Why go after these folks? Let's not repeat the MS/Apple mistakes.
Let Linux development march to its own drumbeat.

 

[BillW50]

In

They are going to use it whether you like it or not. Macs are too
expensive and Windows is too unstable and malware prone. For the last
couple of years, I have seen Linux books appear in non computer book
stores. I see computer chains offering cheaper desktops with Linux and
they put them out for display. Three years ago I didn't see this.
Canonical is preparing for this. You are trying to pretend it isn't
happening. The most influential Internet group in Spain has a special
Linux section on their home page of their web site and it's for
newbies, not seasoned Linux users.

My problem is that both Windows and Linux can do 90% of what the other
does and I'm interested in the 10%. So I use both.

I have seen Linux books and software in computers stores in the US for
almost 20 years now. Nothing new here. And Linux only runs 5% of what I
want, so I don't get too excited as you do. Plus Linux has been around
here for almost 20 years and it is always been a dollar short and a day
late.

Speaking about computers that only comes with Linux. Check this out.

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/...updated-with-its-old-exterior/?ref=technology

Windows is unstable and malware prone? Hardly, they said Windows 3.1 was
unstable too. I only saw this with some drivers. I just didn't use
unstable drivers. Same is true of today's Windows. And my Windows always
ran stable once I weeded out the unstable drivers.

Malware? I don't get Windows malware. And I have been running Windows
since '93. Although my nephew dropped off his Toshiba laptop complaining
that it is crashing and deleting his files. I pulled the hard drive out
and scanned it with this system I am using now. It found like 18
rootkits and 5 viruses. It is working now, but I can't help him with the
files that was lost before I saw it.

 

[BillW50]

In
Well I installed Avast on my nephews Toshiba laptop today. And I looked
for the place to untick the widget. Guess what? You only see it under
custom install. Why didn't you mention this Alias?

 

[BillW50]

In

It will be what it will be and you and I have no input in the matter.
You don't really think that Microsoft cares what you think, do you?

They always do Alias.

I told them we need a 32-bit Windows and they gave us Windows 95.

I told them we need more system resources and make it more stable and
they gave us Windows 2000/XP.

I told them we need more security and they gave us Vista and Windows 7.

They always listen to me Alias, nothing new there. Maybe it is just they
don't care what you think, ever thought about that? ;-)

 

[BillW50]

In

Read what I wrote again, where I say *non* computer book stores.

WHAT? You are shopping for computer books at non computer book stores?

Stick with Windows then. While you're at it, stay out of Linux
threads.

Why? I use many Linux distros and they are good for mere basic tasks.

Only in your uninformed opinion.

You know I have been saving this for along time. You know who Linus
Torvalds is? He is the father of Linux. He created it and owns the
trademark of Linux. You know what he is doing today?

http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/2057/torvaldsoffersathumbsup.jpg

Compared to Linux, yes, very.

Only to clueless people. I have never been infected since forever.

Chuckle, "once I weeded out the unstable drivers".

Drivers run at ring zero level. Drivers can take down Windows and Linux
alike.

You are special. Just ask yourself as you admire yourself in the
mirror.

No, many like me are just smarter than the malware programmers. It isn't
that hard. As most of them are morons anyway.

Thanks for proving my point about how Windows is prone to malware.

No, people who don't know anything about security gets malware. And that
is what I have proved. I guess you fall into this group as well. ;-)

BTW, there's a zero day security hole in Flash you need to update to
avoid a drive by that you wouldn't know hit you.

I don't get Windows zero day malware, remember?