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Anti-Virus programs that dont slo down your comp?
is there such thing
Replies: 15 — Last Post Oct. 22, 2008 2:44pm by mwymer01
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are their any (decent) anti-virus programs that dont slow your comp down heaps

i bought mcaffe today it slowed down the computer to a damn near stand still computer and it took me 2 hours to uninstall it

then i tried a free alternative (avg) i had used it before and i worked fine but this time it slowed down my comp a fair bit (not as bad as mcaffe) but still not good.

any way, are their any decent programs that hardly or preferably dont slow down your comp



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Are you on Mac or PC?  And what version?
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xp pro

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i use AVG. on old pcs u will lag a bit, but it is a good program. Dont schedule a PC scan for when you are using it and it shouldnt be too slow...
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Quote: from bigredron at 8:01 pm on Sep. 30, 2008
i use AVG. on old pcs u will lag a bit, but it is a good program. Dont schedule a PC scan for when you are using it and it shouldnt be too slow...

my comps about a year old and i didnt schedule the daily scan

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they all slow down ur comp, they take alot of processing power to run, set them to scan while ur not using it

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Quote: from senorita smirnoff at 8:03 pm on Sep. 30, 2008
they all slow down ur comp, they take alot of processing power to run, set them to scan while ur not using it

yeh i know and i wasnt scanning and i have never had this problem before (except for when i used norton)

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They all will but just keep away from Norton. It's good but it takes up a lot.

I have NOD 32 Buisness Edition and it works great.

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Quote: from john cena54 at 8:10 pm on Sep. 30, 2008
They all will but just keep away from Norton. It's good but it takes up a lot.

I have NOD 32 Buisness Edition and it works great.

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k i might look at that and yeh i had norton and yeh i learnt my lesson

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Avast runs well enough on any system I have used.  Is available for free and does not significantly slow down a 1.3ghz soc.423 P4 with 384mb PC800 RAM.

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Avast runs well enough on any system I have used. Is available for free and does not significantly slow down a 1.3ghz soc.423 P4 with 384mb PC800 RAM.

wow thats a shit pc lol

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Quote: from espresso8097 at 10:50 pm on Sep. 30, 2008
Avast runs well enough on any system I have used.  Is available for free and does not significantly slow down a 1.3ghz soc.423 P4 with 384mb PC800 RAM.

yeh it used to for me

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Quote: from bigredron at 8:09 pm on Sep. 30, 2008
Quote: from espresso8097 at 5:50 am on Sep. 30, 2008
Avast runs well enough on any system I have used.  Is available for free and does not significantly slow down a 1.3ghz soc.423 P4 with 384mb PC800 RAM.

wow thats a shit pc lol

That is a decent PC from 2001.  The only problem is that the price of PC800 RAM never went down, still costs a shit-load to add just 256mb to it.  As it has to be dine in pairs and was only popular with servers and workstations.    

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Try Avast! The home version is free - it's reliable and doesn't slow down or freeze your PC.

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Due to the nature of anti-virus programs, especially those that have on access protection, your computer will be slowed down when using them. The more features an anti-virus has, the higher the chance of it slowing down your computer. However, Avast seems to be able to do a decent job and do it to an extent that you may forget it is even there.

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