re: Many machines slowing down lately, why?
Sunday, July 27, 2008 at 8:03 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by ApprenticeDave
(48 messages posted)
I've switched from AVG 8.0 to Avast on a couple of machines since making this post
and have found that they do open applications quicker now. I have one old machine
that I do a lot of playing around with, just to test things out on. And with AVG
it took 8 minutes to open up Quick Books, and only 4 with Avast. Keep in mind its
an old machine, and under no circumstances would you want to take it seriously.
But a newer machine responded well to the switch as well, just last night.
On Sunday, July 27, 2008 at 5:01 am, Spexx wrote:
>Avast! does have a noticeable performance hit when operating in the default configuation.
>The "Standard Shield" is the one that seems to cause the most trouble. This module
>scans all executables and program libraries as they are launched, which gives a
noticeable
>lag. If all the programs already installed on your PC are trusted, this module may
>be turned off without compromising security. With any anti-malware program there
>are bound to be performance issues from time to time, but adopting the "shields
up"
>and "shields down" approach i.e. managing the resource as required, is the way to
>go. If all you want is to "set and forget" then there is a price to pay for the
laziness.
>Cheers. Spexx.
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