Mikeytron
@sbcglobal.net
| reply to reef69
Re: AVG 8 EXTREMELY slow?
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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Mikeytron
@omcastbusiness.net
| 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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rugmankc
join:2007-11-26
Fairborn, OH | Excuse the dumb question.
But, won't unchecking that lower the effectiveness of your scan?
Ken |
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Mikeytron
@aol.com
| 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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