Virus Scanners

[Jator]

Which one will use the least amount of resources?

 

[NOendINsight]

hmm, i use housecall.antivirus.com it doesnt use much as its not really on the machine.

NOend

 

[BadThad]

Personnally, I use Norton NAV...but I turn off the autoprotect feature to save resources and speed DC. Just be CAREFUL with new files (manually scan) and you don't really need the autoprotect feature.

 

[phatstyl]

ahh... i am a NAV user too!
thing is, it takes up just a musch rc5 resources disabled as when its enabled

 

[efun]

Ihave found that AVP is the best for being able to clean and protect files as well at having a small footprint where rc5 is concerned.

 

[gogeeta13]

NAV here as well. only thing that pisses me off is when it tries to auto update and/or auto scan my hdd's for virus's while playing cs🙁

 

[LeBlatt]

I luv macafee.

 

[Wellcky]

PC-Cillin 2000 here!! 😀

 

[Doomer]

Naked here. 😀

NAV just screwed up my Win2k install and it looks like I'm gonna have to reload. 🙁 I'll probably go with McAfee this time.

 

[Nohr]

I use Norton AntiVirus, I've turned off all the automatic crap. I turn it on, download updates, and scan for viruses once a week. Works fine for me.

 

[sciencewhiz]

I use mcafee, but would not buy it (It came free with my computer). I have had many problems with it and corrupted installations. It also uses way to many resources. Whenever the scanning program is open, whether or not the scanner is actually running, the dnet client grinds to a halt.

I've used NAV many times without a problem, but don't know how it affects the clients.

 

[SpaceWalker]

NAV 2k1 here on Win2k...I'm running on max seetings (autoupdate, autoscan, and heuristics at max) I haven't noticed any interference or performance drop...


MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..............

🙂

 

[BadThad]

phatstyl - Do you have it disabled at startup? i.e. autoprotect NEVER launches?

 

[phatstyl]

nope, autoprotect is on its in my sys tray and not ex'd out

 

[Assimilator1]

AVP here ,no probs with it 🙂 ,disabled back ground scanning.

Jator
Would you like to know how much resources AVP uses whilst scanning or background checking?

 

[vss1980]

PC-Cillin 2000 here.

Uses almost no resources while running even with the active scan enabled (but obviously not scanning files as your not using it). When it is actively scanning, you can see a noticeable performance hit so I am sure it will steal a fair amount of CPU time, but its the price you pay for security.

 

[Orange Kid]

PC-Cillin 2000 here 🙂

No real hit for me, but I do Seti.

😎 😎

 

[ViRGE]

I'm using NAV2k1, and the hit seems to be very minimal on my machine.