Forrer
@emc.com |  reply to LadyL
Re: AVG 8 EXTREMELY slow?
Its not the SCAN that is slow, its the entire PC usuage after installation. The AVG works amazingly well, but nothing else gets by with the serious speed reduction.  |
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Mikeytron
@aol.com
| reply to rugmankc
Not a dumb question. The answer is yes and no. When you scan your P.C. the software just doesn't scan every file unless you tell it to do so. Virus software uses intelligence by the program and developer to scan the most effective way to find "known" viruses as identified by the program's database. By having the most updated virus database will take out many viruses in the "resident" portion of the program. It gets complicated on the software side but viruses are all about money and exploitation these days. We pay money to software companies to ensure that we are up to date with our virus definitions. Believe it or not no matter what program you pick and as long as you scan regularly and keep the Anti-virus program updated you are good to go. Its when you slack off that the problems occur. Also empty you Internet Explore cache and temp files regularly because that is where the general malware likes to reside. |
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Katman
@btopenworld.com
| reply to reef69
said by reef69 :
It looks nice but.....
Total Object Scanned: 527,702
Time Needed: 3 hour(s) 42 min(s)
AVG 7.5 took 1 hour
I realize AVG 8 scans for spyware as well (hence the longer scan time).Should be an option for scanning for viruses and another option just for spyware.
I have a mini ITX machine with Epia 5000 Motherboard that I use as a file server. Not a powerful machine but has served me well ans is extremely low power consumption.
Under 7.5 a full system scan used to take bout 4 hours so from 3am to about 7am the machine was very slow.
Since "upgrading" to version 8, the full system scan now takes 17 hours !!! This means the machine is now totally unusable and I will be looking for alternative AV software  |
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rugmankc
join:2007-11-26
Fairborn, OH | reply to Mikeytron
Excuse the dumb question.
But, won't unchecking that lower the effectiveness of your scan?
Ken |
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Mikeytron
@omcastbusiness.net
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Besides the Link Scanner issues I have noticed an improvment if you go to Tools, then Advanced Settings, then Resident Shield and UNCHECK "Scan Potentially Unwanted Programs and Spyware Threats". Only Boot sector and Hueristics and Resident Should should be checked. I went from 4.5 hours to 3.12 hours in scan time ON THE EXACT SAME p.c. and also resource losses were not as bad. It made a BIG DIFFERENCE! The link scanner issue and spyware detection going on along with the anti-virus check is the killer. If I ran Spybot while the old AVG 7.5 was running it was a killer as well, and that's why I wouldn't do it. One size fits all doesn't work here. I have seen some interesting posts how other users circumvent the AVG but that is far too much to do to make a program run O.K. When you have to do that it means the software has missed its mark. Again we don't need spyware checks in AVG. |
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Mikeytron
@sbcglobal.net
| reply to reef69
Yes, I agree. There should be a spyware option. I use spybot and that is good enough for me. AVG gives many false positives on the spyware check. Newbies think this is good because it "finds" something. What a laugh. I am made because I liked the OLD Avg. |
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reef69
@telus.net
| reply to Mikeytron
It looks nice but.....
Total Object Scanned: 527,702
Time Needed: 3 hour(s) 42 min(s)
AVG 7.5 took 1 hour
I realize AVG 8 scans for spyware as well (hence the longer scan time).Should be an option for scanning for viruses and another option just for spyware.
I've liked AVG for a long time,it was always lightweight,easy on resources,fast,and did what it was supposed to do.I'll now be looking elsewhere for an antivirus solution.
So long AVG |
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Mikeytron
@omcastbusiness.net
| reply to LadyL
I am not sure what OS you have but Windows xp alone has far more than 70,000+ "object"' because that is what the program is scanning. Typically most people have more like 300,000+ objects. The P.C. I am on now has been scanning for 3.5 hours and probably has another 2 to go. I am letting the program run to the end to see exactly how long it takes. It is configured to run the fasteset speed it can. The P.C. is not very good, and I wouldn't mind more time just not like this. I am deciding whether to deploy the new AVG 8 for my business and so far a resounding NO is the answer. We have been very happy with AVG 7.5 for years. I put the new AVG in the classes with Norton and all the other far too agreesive dogs with nothing more than a name. Just like Vista a shiny dog that cannot walk without assistance! A person or user should be able to still use the P.C. during a scan. Maybe the performance is slower but again SOFTWARE is supposed to work with us for productivity. We are not supposed to alter our work for it. A big loss for AVG! |
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falcon04
join:2005-03-03
| reply to LadyL
Yeah, the SCAN was quick enough ( along with the scary reg hacks " ActiveX Compatability " from SB S&D and SWB kill bits ), but it slagged the speed of my laptop on all sites - Weather.com even crapped out, fer C.S.!.
I like a quick and thorough on-demand SCAN, but the resident AV sluggardlyness ( I know, but it sounds good ) is a dealbreaker.
1.7 GHz Celeron
XP SP2
2 GB RAM
I have a faster desktop, but it too shall wait and see.
And having to delete Reg entries for Ewido / AVGAS to get 8.0 to load is piss poor - it just ain't ready - Sorry. |
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LadyL
Premium
join:2002-09-18
Lorain, OH
 ·RoadRunner Cable
1 edit | reply to Dagda1175
Hmmmm. It only takes 18 minutes to do a full scan of entire pc - 70,000+ files - don't see anything slow about that.
But when I had 7.5, it took 47 minutes to scan the exact same files.
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Lonnie
Did a scan...85,795 objects - 24 minutes and 41 seconds. Still, that isn't bad at all. |
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