Hi Dottie,
You're welcome.

" I have just one more dumb question."
There are no dumb questions, if you don't know ,but would like to know
about certain things. It's "dumber" not to ask the question. (grin)
Mind you , sometimes you'll get a dumb answer to a valid question.
In general you can trust the ones who give a clear ,detailed and informative 
answer.
Stay away from people who post "one-liners" without detail or the ones that 
want you to reformat
your drive at the least bit of trouble.

As to the "red border" or the protection mode, just keep it that way.
Just empty the "sandbox" every other day or so.
I doubt that the sites you go to would be "dangerous", but some sites might 
inject some unwanted material
so keeping the sandbox active will be a good thing.
I'm not totally familiar with the Avast sandbox ,so don't know if it wipes 
out your Bookmarks, but if so,
try to export them before you empty the sandbox. More info would be given in 
the Avast program.
BTW, they do have a good forum too, so if you're stuck with a particular 
problem concerning Avast,
you could try them as well. Don't forget that since you purchased the 
program. you're entitled to support.
http://www.avast.com/support-contacts
Otherwise you could go to the public forums too http://forum.avast.com/

It's always good to get a different perspective ,especially in the case of 
specific programs.
Still , feel free to ask on this list as well.

Peter E.

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From: "Dottie"
Sent: Monday, 29 November, 2010 4:37 PM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] Red border around sites

Hi Peter, Many thanks for your reply to my message.  I am so grateful to you 
folks who are kind enough to take your time to help people like me with 
computer problems.  I have just one more dumb question.  Do I just leave 
things as they are (like leave the red border alone) or should I pursue the 
directions for emptying the sandbox.  I am on the Internet quite a bit 
looking up cooking sites or using it to research things that I hear on the 
news that I want more information about.  As you can see, my knowledge of 
computer protection is next to nil, but I do want to make certain that I am 
taking the best measures to keep my  computer "clean".  If I wasn't in the 
waning years of my life, I would pursue Computer Science as a career . . . 
it fascinates me so.  Again, thank you for your timely response to my 
questions.       Gratefully, Dottie
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Peter Ekkerman
  To: [log in to unmask]
  Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2010 10:02 PM
  Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] Red border around sites


 

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