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Since my last post, I've found that I don't have to disable the entire AV. It is enough to disable the "network shield" (this is presumably the "resident scanner" that CWatkinsNash referred to). I'm OK with this, provided I remember to re-enable it when the download has finished. It also means that I can't set a schedule to do the download unattended, but that's not too seriouis.
CWatkinsNash, you mentioned "the AV that Microsoft offers as an optional install with Win 8". Would that be Windows Defender? That appears to be installed on the computer, but is not enabled (possibly because it knows that I have Avast running). Does anyone have any views on whether Windows Defender would be a good choice as an anti-virus program?
Mike
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