Avast 4.8 free ver VS AVG 8.0

On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:10:45 -0500, "Tommy McClure"
<tmDELccDEL72AThalDASHpcDOTorg> wrote:

>
>First time I have used Avast. I have been using AVG 7.5 I just installed
>Avast 4.8 free and performed pattern updates. I used the standard install,
>the program uses 45mb in memory when idling. When I perform a scan it loads
>another module of 10mb.
>
>1. How does this compare with AVG 7.5 and 8.0?
>2. I also could not find a scheduling option. Does any exist?
>3. If not can I use Windows scheduler to do this?
>4. Does scanning perform in the background as in McAfee, Norton, etc?
>
>Several questions here. TIA

Have you tried the free Avira AntiVir at http://www.free-av.com/ ? I
found it much lighter on resources than AVG 8.0.

It has scheduling options for scanning and the configuration options (in
expert mode) are more extensive than AVG 8.0.

Ernie B. wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:38:01 -0500 "Tommy McClure"
> <tmDELccDEL72AThalDASHpcDOTorg> wrote:
>
>> I found out you have to get the pay version to do scheduling, or
>> command line capability.
>
> Bells & whistles that I, personally, wouldn't use.
>

You have those for free with AVG. My pc is automatically scanned late at
night while I sleep. With the command line options , I use Task Scheduler,
and scan everyother day. That way I don't have to use the pay version.

>> Also, with poptray it scans all the email, even the stuff
>> I'm planning to delete. Takes a long time.
>
> Have you thought of checking your email with webmail and deleting the
> junk from the server? Avast only scans what your email client
> downloads, if you delete the spam from the server then Avast never
> sees it and doesn't spend time on it.
>
I use Poptray to do this because it saves time and reduces errors from human
interaction. Plus it takes much longer to do.


>> Also I had to enable skins to see
>> the entire menu so I did schedule a boot scan, found no more virus
>> problems.
>
> Good! I don't understand your comment about the skins though, the
> default silver skin has the menu selection ^ arrow in the upper LH
> corner.
>
Before I enabled skins, I could not schedule a boot scan. The pull down menu
did not have many important selections , such as boot scan.

>> It scans everything coming off the internet. The options to disable
>> any of this stuff are quite limited.
>
> For on-access scanners I have Internet Mail, Standard Shield and Web
> Shield enabled, the remainder disabled. You could explore the custom
> settings for each of the scanners to see what best meets your needs.
>
Things like the Web Shield are nice for pc novices that wander onto virus
laden sites. The prices for this is very heavy use of time and resources.
[ see my process list on another post]. They have extensive advanced options
which I couldn't figure out, much less a new pc user.

>> May as well do an online Panda or McAfee
>> scan. Seems they should be building a mp3 player.
>>
> I think Avast would make a poor mp3 player, prefer Winamp.

Why waste time on kidde stuff like skins?

I took Avast free off. I am now going to try AVG free 8.0. Hoping that the
footprint is much lighter. Stay tuned if you want to know what I find.

Kaspersky Internet Security only uses about 10-20 MB of RAM in the
background. There is also an option to have it concede resources to
applications that require a lot of RAM. I think it is much better than
AVG or Avast. You can activate a thirty day trial to see if you like it.

http://www.kaspersky.com

JM


>
> Have you tried the free Avira AntiVir at http://www.free-av.com/ ? I
> found it much lighter on resources than AVG 8.0.
>
> It has scheduling options for scanning and the configuration options (in
> expert mode) are more extensive than AVG 8.0.

On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:27:02 -0500, Tommy McClure wrote:

> I had Avast running a full scan last night. Good news, it is finding things
> that AVG missed. Bad news : it froze up, and I had to do a warm reboot.
> Seems like the vastness is the problem. AVG 8 may also be infected. Or
> maybe I just need a new pc with 40gb ram and 2000gb hd and 5 ghz quad core
> processor.

I use Avast on an older pc running WinXP, 1GB RAM, 120GB HD, and AMD
AthlonXP 2500+ processor. I have no problems running it.

Patty

Patty wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:27:02 -0500, Tommy McClure wrote:
>
>> I had Avast running a full scan last night. Good news, it is finding things
>> that AVG missed. Bad news : it froze up, and I had to do a warm reboot.
>> Seems like the vastness is the problem. AVG 8 may also be infected. Or
>> maybe I just need a new pc with 40gb ram and 2000gb hd and 5 ghz quad core
>> processor.

Do you mean a 2TB HD?

Anyhow, I suspect that AVG isn't happy with with the quad core CPU,
and/or Vista isn't doing as good a job as it should apportioning threads
to those four processors. AFAIK, current software** is not written to
take advantage of four cores, and Vista's threading technology is
essentially the same as WinNT/2K/XP - not really built for multi-core CPUs.

** Data crunching and simulation software written for and used by
physicists and such excepted.

> I use Avast on an older pc running WinXP, 1GB RAM, 120GB HD, and AMD
> AthlonXP 2500+ processor. I have no problems running it.
>
> Patty

A nice plain vanilla machine, well suited for current software.

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wolf k.

Wolf Kirchmeir wrote:
> Patty wrote:
>> On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:27:02 -0500, Tommy McClure wrote:
>>
>>> I had Avast running a full scan last night. Good news, it is
>>> finding things that AVG missed. Bad news : it froze up, and I had
>>> to do a warm reboot. Seems like the vastness is the problem. AVG 8
>>> may also be infected. Or maybe I just need a new pc with 40gb ram
>>> and 2000gb hd and 5 ghz quad core processor.
>
> Do you mean a 2TB HD?
>
> Anyhow, I suspect that AVG isn't happy with with the quad core CPU,
> and/or Vista isn't doing as good a job as it should apportioning
> threads to those four processors. AFAIK, current software** is not
> written to
> take advantage of four cores, and Vista's threading technology is
> essentially the same as WinNT/2K/XP - not really built for multi-core
> CPUs.
>
> ** Data crunching and simulation software written for and used by
> physicists and such excepted.
>
>> I use Avast on an older pc running WinXP, 1GB RAM, 120GB HD, and AMD
>> AthlonXP 2500+ processor. I have no problems running it.
>>
>> Patty
>
> A nice plain vanilla machine, well suited for current software.

Sorry, WK, I was being facitious. I just need a newer machine if I want to
run AVG 8 free. I like your information though. I have been on this machine
for several years and it was 3 yrs old when I got it. Money solves most
problems hate to say.


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