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Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 6:42 pm Post subject:

Slymer wrote:
AVG-free 8.0 will be out thursday

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/22/avg8_free/

Its out and being installed on some of the PC's I care for. They also offer a free security toolbar in limited mode that ensures the sites your visiting are OK

Butt Sniffer Joined: 26 Aug 2004 Posts: 1617

Am I the only one that is experiencing a performance hit with AVG 8.0 free edition?
So far it seems bloated to me Crying or Very sad

Mutt Joined: 09 Sep 2004 Posts: 140 Location: TX

Will AVG 7.5 run on Windows 3.1? Twisted Evil

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 8:01 pm Post subject:

littleblackduck wrote:
Will AVG 7.5 run on Windows 3.1?

only if win32s will support it enough, but I severely doubt it. (Ok, so I've tried it and no, it doesn't work)

would be kewl though

and I've experienced a BIG performance hit with version 8. the biggest problem is when I open any multimedia directory with files over 100meg as the average. It bloody scans each one, each time. AVG advertises that it's faster than version 7... umm... NOPE!

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 8:46 pm Post subject:

I installed the free version 8... and I didn't like. I switched to avast! to see if I likes it better.

Butt Sniffer Joined: 26 Aug 2004 Posts: 1617

Rahhstah wrote:
I installed the free version 8... and I didn't like. I switched to avast! to see if I likes it better.

I was thinking of doing the same, let us know how it goes.

Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 5:49 am Post subject:

[quote="Slymer"]

littleblackduck wrote:

and I've experienced a BIG performance hit with version 8. the biggest problem is when I open any multimedia directory with files over 100meg as the average. It bloody scans each one, each time. AVG advertises that it's faster than version 7... umm... NOPE!

sounds more like a configuratuion issue.

disable scanning of all files under resident shiled? if that doesn't work try adding the directory to the exceptions list.

I've been using 8 since release and could not be happier.

Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 1:09 pm Post subject:

[quote="Olive"]

Slymer wrote:
littleblackduck wrote:

and I've experienced a BIG performance hit with version 8. the biggest problem is when I open any multimedia directory with files over 100meg as the average. It bloody scans each one, each time. AVG advertises that it's faster than version 7... umm... NOPE!

sounds more like a configuratuion issue.

disable scanning of all files under resident shiled? if that doesn't work try adding the directory to the exceptions list.

I've been using 8 since release and could not be happier.

also have the issue of boot-up (locks up explorer so that no other systray icons will show up until it's icon is loaded) unless I give the computer 3-5 minutes to think about it... only had to wait about 20 seconds with version 7. I'll try disabling scanning of all files and see what happens though.

edit: it's already unchecked.