Azinoh "Maybe we had different download sites?" That's possible. I downloaded directly from www.avast.com. If you did not, who knows what you actually downloaded. Could possibly have something to do with your very slow download also. ========================== Sunday 04-13: My version is 2014.9.0.2013 and now there is a new; 2014.9.0.2016. Well updating from the interface update just didn't seem to go so I went to the Avast.com site to download the dot.exe file. Clicking on download takes you to CNET. I now realize my original download was therefore thru CNET. So much for getting Avast from Avast. From Google it would seem cnet hasn't got the best of reputations any more in fact lots of complaints about extra programs foisted off on ya. Guess so. I went to File Hippo for the 84.55M file. Then googled that and there seems to be problems with the 2014.9.0.2016 version. So I'll skip it for now. Maybe let it age a bit. FH seems to have a good rep but most mssgs I found about them were several years old.

Thanks all. I get the message when I boot the computer. I'm not on line at all. I tried to find more info on this. I have tried to post the information I found but GW keeps blocking my post saying I'm posting profanity or illegal content!! According to Wikipedia, this is a form of virus. GW won't let me type the name. I have tried to rearrange my post so many times, I'm not sure it makes sense but GW keeps deleting my post. I don't understand what this all means but said it is involved with servers or blogs? I don't have a blog although I have read a few. There is also a suggestion about Java, but again, I don't understand. I can't offer what I discovered because Garden Web won't let me. I looked at the AVAST forum but they are old posts going back to 2010-2011. So I'm wondering if I'm infected as the warning keeps popping up? I haven't had any problems with the computer, all my scans come out clean but it seems this is something which changes code? I don't understand all the technicals of computers and not sure how to proceed. Wow, I just tried to give the link to Wikipedia and got a warning from GW that I was posting an illegal link. What the heck! Jane

Shoot, this came out long (ended up venting something else). Carrie's Wall - is Carrie a FB friend with Joe? Not yet, but I figure it's just a matter of time (they all know each other). Not sure what Carrie's settings are at. Without coming out & asking, is there a way to find out? Rilie is correct; block Joe & he's done with seeing anything you post period. That's posed a problem for me. I have tried and can't find a way to make it work unless he's a Friend. IOW, I got into Account>Privacy Settings>Customize. First option is "Posts by Me". I can edit that to where it's "Friends Only Except..." and then I type in name(s). Friends names will work, but I just tried it, typed in Joe (not my Friend) and it didn't keep that setting, it just disappeared. If there is another way, I'm all ears! :) Same thing if I want to do a custom edit for maybe one post. It only takes Friends names as exclusions. Wait, just found something. I was in Account>Privacy Settings and see "Block Lists" at bottom center of page. I experimented entering "John Smith" . (I don't know a John Smith, so no harm done.) It let me block & unblock him, so it's doesn't have to be a Friend or permanent block. However, this is what is blocks: "Once you block someone, that person can no longer be your friend on Facebook or interact with you (except within applications and games you both use)." I don't use apps or games, so it sounds like even if I put Joe's name on the block list, tho he can't interact with me, he could probably still see my posts left on Mary's wall. Since I'm stepping out of my own territory when on her wall. :/ Natal, I have become a bit disillusioned. There are pitfalls. My now single best friend from H.S. closed her account due to a creeper who wouldn't leave her alone. I treasure my family, but sometimes what younger ones post (teen to early 20's) makes my jaw drop. TMI to an extreme. Don't want to know about the younger (early 20's) distant relative who had an affair with a 'bad boy' type, broke up her marriage, lost custody of her toddler, now in a custody battle. (Common sense would dictate in a custody battle, don't post certain things.) Ironically after all that the bad boy's possessiveness showed even on FB, she broke that off. She lost a lot for a fling. I just don't want to know that stuff (why anyone would think the world would either is beyond me). Another thing (just a rant). My FB times are very early a.m. before work, or evening 'down' time. Ideal for chatting with family overseas due to time difference. I work at home, nearly all of it on PC. Recently a sibling's spouse & I were chatting, they said winter has been super busy. I agreed, mentioned how many hours I've put in lately too. Their response was condescending and came with a smile similar to one they'd use trying to catch their kid in a lie; "are you suuure...? " *smacks forehead* Of course I'm sure. And I take breaks, who doesn't?! My 'work' days can go 12, 14 hours when I'm on a roll. So I bop online, rest my brain, get a brief change of scenery. Certainly don't need to justify that to them. Didn't pursue it, but was ticked & insulted. Because their response came from them seeing my FB activity. They aren't even on FB, so they are seeing through one of their kids I'm close to & Friends with. That's a little too weird for my liking. Love the 'real time' staying in touch, but reading above, it sounds crazy. Have some family that refuse to do FB. Think maybe they're the smart ones.

I'm actually making a new profile for people from high school & who I don't know in my every day life for that reason Jen. Someone I went to school with sent me a request; I was not going to accept because I wanted to do the new profile but didn't get to it. I opened FB mobile & saw a post by him where he used the "N*^^a" word- I posted that I don't like the word & that I know the kids use it meaning friend.. he told me off; said it was his page & could post what ever he wanted; then he unfriended & blocked me. I truly enjoyed reconnecting with some people on FB. However, once I decided to delete my account and began going through my list of 248 "friends", there were only a handful - perhaps 10 or 12 - that I really ever had any interaction with and cared to continue to keep up with. Roselvr's story above reminds me of something that happened when I used one of those copy/paste status updates that had something to do with the support of LGBT rights. I have friends and family who live alternative lifestyles and I feel strongly that they should be afforded the same rights as anyone else. One of my "friends", a high school classmate who is presently the chief of a local fire department, had not bothered to say so much as boo to me after friending me, but he did take the time to post a hateful "NO THANKS" after my update. Ummm, really? I deleted his sorry butt. ;-D I really made an effort to be nonjudgmental with what others were posting, but sometimes it was just TOO much to read the racist, homophobic, ridiculous comments that were being thrown about. For me, I'm much better off just e-mailing my 10 or 12 friends. As for the other 236 or so, well, it was interesting to see how their lives had shaped up throughout the years, but after that, there was just nothing there. OK, sorry to have highjacked your thread Oakley! I know a lot of people who use FB to keep in contact with close friends and family and for them, it works beautifully. So long as you're careful about who you friend - and I think that was my main problem - I just wasn't selective enough - I know it can be a meaningful thing. :-)