OK -- I just could not get AVG 8.0 to work without slowing my computer to a
CRAWL. I have no idea why, after tweaking for days, I said hell with it.

So, now, I am trying the free version of Avira. It does seem to be working
okay without the bloat (I think -- I need to try more things).

My question is simple. When scanning it seems the default is:
"Use smart extensions"

Another option I can configure is to scan "all files."

Is the default good enough? I'm running it for the first time now and it
does take awhile!

Mel

MZB laid this down on his screen :
> OK -- I just could not get AVG 8.0 to work without slowing my computer to a
> CRAWL. I have no idea why, after tweaking for days, I said hell with it.
>
> So, now, I am trying the free version of Avira. It does seem to be working
> okay without the bloat (I think -- I need to try more things).
>
> My question is simple. When scanning it seems the default is:
> "Use smart extensions"
>
> Another option I can configure is to scan "all files."
>
> Is the default good enough? I'm running it for the first time now and it does
> take awhile!
>
> Mel

Have you visited the Forums? You might want to give it a try

http://forum.avira.com/wbb/index.php?langid=1

--
Zo
"Ladies, leave your clothes here and spend the afternoon having a good
time." -- A sign in a laundry in Rome.

Thank you for enlightening me.
I think I have the same settings you do (they are the default).

Mel


"VanguardLH" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> "MZB" wrote in <news:_Er1k.138$6%(E-Mail Removed)>:
>
>> OK -- I just could not get AVG 8.0 to work without slowing my computer to
>> a
>> CRAWL. I have no idea why, after tweaking for days, I said hell with it.
>>
>> So, now, I am trying the free version of Avira. It does seem to be
>> working
>> okay without the bloat (I think -- I need to try more things).
>>
>> My question is simple. When scanning it seems the default is:
>> "Use smart extensions"
>
> And what was the question?
>
>> Another option I can configure is to scan "all files."
>
> There are 2 scanners, each with its own configuration. You never
> mentioned if you were asking about the on-access (realtime) scanner or
> the on-demand scanner.
>
> Personally, I use the file extension list for the on-access scanner
> (Guard) and smart extensions in the on-demand scanner which is slower
> but I don't often use it (mostly when I download something). I really
> don't need the on-demand scanner interrogating .txt files if they don't
> contain execution headers (i.e., an executable hidden in a .txt file)
> since text files are not executable (and whatever might use code in the
> text file would have to be executable and that is what gets scanned).
>
>> Is the default good enough?
>
> Depends on what you define as good enough. Go through the options and
> read the help on each so you understand how they affect the program.
> More secure equates to more impact to the responsiveness of your host.
> It's up to you if you want the most security at the most impact or some
> more reasonable level of protection at less impact.
>
>> I'm running it for the first time now and it
>> does take awhile!
>
> Its on-demand scanner is one of the slower ones. The on-demand scan
> mostly gets executed as a scheduled event while I'm sleeping so it
> doesn't matter that it takes longer for it to scan.

From: "MZB" <(E-Mail Removed)>

| OK -- I just could not get AVG 8.0 to work without slowing my computer to a
| CRAWL. I have no idea why, after tweaking for days, I said hell with it.
|
| So, now, I am trying the free version of Avira. It does seem to be working
| okay without the bloat (I think -- I need to try more things).
|
| My question is simple. When scanning it seems the default is:
| "Use smart extensions"
|
| Another option I can configure is to scan "all files."
|
| Is the default good enough? I'm running it for the first time now and it
| does take awhile!
|
| Mel
|

Smart Extensions is a way of decreasing overhaed by decreasing the number of files actually
being scanned. Either you scan ALL files or you scan files with extensions most well known
to be used maliciously.

If you are unsure, select all files and see how much overhead it adds.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp