Did AVG suddenly get to be a resource hog?
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The 8.0 version of AVG is getting some poor reviews seems that it has become very bloated and slow. For free try antivir, for paid the new 2009 Norton antivirus is light years better than in the past and worth a look, very light on resources and on my three installs works great. Ther is some good discussion about it on the security forums at dslreports, virtualdr and wilderssecurity.
Shutting down AVG 8's Link Scanner is often a great improvement.
If you want similar I like McAfee SiteAdviser, IE or FF versions.
If you want similar I like McAfee SiteAdviser, IE or FF versions.
Yes you are right, mechBgone states that often. Some AV users may like using AVG or Avast because of user compatibility/likability.
After 5+ years of AVG use, I switched to Avast. I immediately felt a difference between AVG 8, which is now bloatware.
I have been using AVG for 7 years.
Recently, I was not happy with start-up time of AVG.
Switched to Avira. I hated the pop-ups.
I have been using AVAST for about a month now. It seems to be OK.
Recently, I was not happy with start-up time of AVG.
Switched to Avira. I hated the pop-ups.
I have been using AVAST for about a month now. It seems to be OK.
n7
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I've yet to find a free one i really like. Bitdefender is what i've found to be best of the free ones though if i have to pick.
I personally like One Care. Trial version for 90 days is free if you want to try it.
While it doesn't fare well in reviews, i've found in actual use, it tends to be very good at picking up infections, better than pretty much any firewall/virus/spyware combination suite actually.
OneCare + Super Antispyware = my preferred solution (Super i don't do realtime...just run occasionally).
I personally like One Care. Trial version for 90 days is free if you want to try it.
While it doesn't fare well in reviews, i've found in actual use, it tends to be very good at picking up infections, better than pretty much any firewall/virus/spyware combination suite actually.
OneCare + Super Antispyware = my preferred solution (Super i don't do realtime...just run occasionally).
You can turn the popups off, there was instructions on how to do it in here like two or three months ago. Haven't got one since.
I know changing the file permissions of the Avira pop-up executable, so that the program cannot run it, stops the pop-ups!
That is the type of scheme I don't mind using for making my games behave the way I like.
But, Anti virus is where I draw the line.
No, Thanks!
AVAST is fine for me. No pop-ups. I don't like the voice announcing the database has been updated. But, that can be disabled using an AVAST option setting.
That is the type of scheme I don't mind using for making my games behave the way I like.
But, Anti virus is where I draw the line.
No, Thanks!
AVAST is fine for me. No pop-ups. I don't like the voice announcing the database has been updated. But, that can be disabled using an AVAST option setting.
You guys are going to be surprised, but you'll find NIS/NAV 2009 the lightest product out there. We did *alot* to target speed/stability/footprint. There is a trial on the Symc site.
Norton seems to have come a long way back to being much lighter again, it was a horrible bloat fest there for a few years. I wish McAfee would clean up theirs a bit too....
I currently use Avast a home though.
I currently use Avast a home though.
I've been using Vipre (http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/) and it seems to be doing pretty good. Start up times are fast and its def not a resource hog. I've been using their counterspy program for a while and they offered users to upgrade to vipre(antispy and counterspy) for like 9 bucks so I jumped on it.
What bugs me most with AVG is the update server seems to be flaky and the program is constantly in warning status to be updated.
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AVG started giving me grief on updates. they kept failing, even when done manually. It was also very difficult to uninstall. I finally had to do a manual registry scrup to get rid of all vestiges of AVG. Then I installed Kaspersky. What a slick difference! System is now purring.
RoConno
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Computer MBR Prob description
My daughter was on my computer checking her Hotmail account and while she was cleaning out some emails she noticed one that she said "Someone has sent you a Halloween card". She opened the email and said that she saw something like an advertisement for Halloween festive, desktop adornments. She said she never opened the inner advertisement, but just deleted the email along with many others. She then shut-down the computer, as she was finished with it.
I turned on the computer the next day and all it did was Re-Boot, Re-Boot, Re-Boot, .... just prior to the Windows Multi-user sign on screen. A friend came over and said he has seen this problem before and it required the restore/replacement of the Master Boot Record on the HDD. We used the Windows XP install disk to get to the Recovery Console and executed "FIXMBR". This allowed us to do a dir C: and view the contents of the drive. All information in that directory listing was scrambled and un-readable. We then looked at the BIOS information and it indicated the HDD was formatted as FAT16 vice the NTFS that I know was the original format. Whatever happened to the primary HDD also happened to the slave HDD and made it un-useable.
The MB is an ECS RS-400a V1.0 with Award BIOS, the Pri HDD is a Seagate 160GB 7200.7 and the slave HDD is a Seagate 200GB 7200.7. The OS is Windows XP Home SP3.
I sure would like to be able to recover the data off that PRI HDD. I've been kicking myself in the butt for days because I didn't follow the wisdom I've passed on to all my friends and family, "Save your data often and make back-up copies of ALL the important files you don't want to lose.
Please help if you can!
i still have AVG7 running on my Win2000 box and it hasnt given me problems yet. once its license expires (Nov/Dec) i'll prolly try BitDefender. last time i checked they it had become a full and free antivirus with both On Demand and Real Time protection. my TabletPC runs on AVG8 and it's damn slow.... i will prolly replace it with AntiVir, which runs on my main PC and is great!
Mem
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Another reason not to use AVG,Update: AVG Virus Scanner Accidentally Removes Critical Windows Component.
Personally I use Avira(popup and splash screen disabled) and Avast on my PCs.
No reason why you can't use Avira or Avast on Vista x64 ,I do .
Personally I use Avira(popup and splash screen disabled) and Avast on my PCs.
No reason why you can't use Avira or Avast on Vista x64 ,I do .
secretanchitman
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still sticking with nod32 2.7.
nav 2009 is "good" apparently? might have to give it a try if i can find it cheap.
nav 2009 is "good" apparently? might have to give it a try if i can find it cheap.
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