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AmIdYfReAk
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PostPosted: 06-04-2008 08:43 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


i've got the "crap lap" here, and i've recently updated to AVG 8 ( got sick of the nagging ) and honestly, when i am brawsing networked folders, trying to watch movies ( through the network ) AVG takes up to 60% Cpu scanning shit, and honestly, this laptop cant afford to be out that Mhz :)

So anyone ran into a small is key kinda Anti-virii app? want somthing that will be minimal with the CPU, and try to only eat about 20-30mb of ram ( considering this lap only has 256 )

Thanks for the suggestions,
*back to uninstalling AVG8*
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PostPosted: 06-04-2008 11:28 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Avast is lighter on resources than AVG, especially if you disable the optional components and just go with the main app.

Also turning off file read scanning and just having file write scanning helps a lot in any AV.... so make that tweak if you can find the option.
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PostPosted: 06-05-2008 02:32 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


AmIdYfReAk wrote:
i've got the "crap lap" here, and i've recently updated to AVG 8 ( got sick of the nagging ) and honestly, when i am brawsing networked folders, trying to watch movies ( through the network ) AVG takes up to 60% Cpu scanning shit, and honestly, this laptop cant afford to be out that Mhz :)

So anyone ran into a small is key kinda Anti-virii app? want somthing that will be minimal with the CPU, and try to only eat about 20-30mb of ram ( considering this lap only has 256 )

Thanks for the suggestions,
*back to uninstalling AVG8*



yeah, not too happy with the new AVG with all the extra shit on it.
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PostPosted: 06-05-2008 01:01 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I rolled back to 7.5 after less than a day of "experiencing" 8.0. What a pile of wank, seriously.
Good thing that nagging pop-up hasn't appeared for a few days now.
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PostPosted: 06-05-2008 03:39 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Updates to 7.5 will not be available after June 25.
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PostPosted: 06-06-2008 11:59 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


indeed, and i must say the boot up time for this laptop has been cut in half, and surfing and everything has improved..

i'm yet to put another Anti-virus in this computer again ( Avast mostlikly ) and i'll post an update when i do.
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PostPosted: 06-06-2008 05:24 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I hear Avast misses a lot of shit, but it might be the only choice post-25th...
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PostPosted: 06-06-2008 10:10 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


i'm om AVG 7.5, get nags every other day dunno if i should go to AVG 8. i've used avast before and like spazda said it misses shit ALOT actually.



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PostPosted: 06-06-2008 10:30 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Yeah, I've been disappointed with 8.0. The interface is better, but then they added all sorts of intrusive stuff that makes it feel more like some sort of hijacking in itself.

Currently using Avast. It isn't bad, haven't found anything to complain about yet.
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PostPosted: 06-06-2008 10:37 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I'm not getting nag screens at all from avg 7.5, unless I do manual updates (auto updates are nag-free)

And it's been a solid product for many months now... Such a thing is "too good to be true" so I'm not suprised to hear support is ending and the new version is, umm, less good.

I used to be a die hard NAV fan until they got insane about licensing, and customer PCs were causing me headaches. After that I went bareback for a couple of years and then got AVG. Dunno what I'll do now.
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PostPosted: 06-06-2008 10:54 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


anyone been using bitdefender lately ? how are they now ?



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PostPosted: 06-07-2008 01:54 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


obsidian wrote:
Yeah, I've been disappointed with 8.0. The interface is better, but then they added all sorts of intrusive stuff that makes it feel more like some sort of hijacking in itself.

Currently using Avast. It isn't bad, haven't found anything to complain about yet.


i couldn't get that annoying icon to stop spinning (yes, i unchecked or checked that option to turn it off) so out it went. currently testing AntiVir and so far so good.
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