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Clysta
I've tried McAfee, AVG, and Bit Defender. Is there anything that doesn't
slow down a laptop?
slow down a laptop?
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Shenan Stanley
Clysta said:I've tried McAfee, AVG, and Bit Defender. Is there anything that
doesn't slow down a laptop?
eSet NOD32 and Avira AntiVir work pretty well with minimal impact - but the
truth is you have not given enough information about the laptop...
What is the CPU (manufacturer, speed and number of cores), how much memory
(RAM) do you have installed, how much free hard disk space do you have, what
are your virtual memory settings, is it a shared memory video device or does
the video device have dedicated memory, what specific operating system are
you running (edition and version) and what other maintenance do you perform
on the machine?
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Nil
I've tried McAfee, AVG, and Bit Defender. Is there anything that
doesn't slow down a laptop?
EVERY anti-virus program will slow down the computer. It has to, in
order to do its work.
I like the free Avast Antivirus. It seems to use less resources and
impact the system's operation less than most others I've tried.
<http://www.avast.com/>
Avira is also good:
<http://www.free-av.com/>
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Andrew E.
Most of the "slowing-down" comes from the software consistantly accessing
the web for updates,mcafee does this every 5 seconds...Turn off the auto
updater,& youre pc will run faster.Also,turn the service(s) to "manual-start"
from auto start,then enable the service as you need it..
the web for updates,mcafee does this every 5 seconds...Turn off the auto
updater,& youre pc will run faster.Also,turn the service(s) to "manual-start"
from auto start,then enable the service as you need it..
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PA Bear [MS MVP]
Did you run the McAfee removal tool before you installed AVG and/or Bit
Defender?
Did your McAfee subscription expire before you installed AVG and/or Bit
Defender?
Defender?
Did your McAfee subscription expire before you installed AVG and/or Bit
Defender?
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graviton
Andrew E. said:Most of the "slowing-down" comes from the software consistantly accessing
the web for updates,mcafee does this every 5 seconds...Turn off the auto
updater,& youre pc will run faster.Also,turn the service(s) to "manual-start"
from auto start,then enable the service as you need it..
"Clysta" wrote:
My God, Andrew E., is it really true that McAfee does those checks every 5
seconds? Where did you read that--I have McAfee and I had no idea!!
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VanguardLH
graviton said:My God, Andrew E., is it really true that McAfee does those checks every
5 seconds? Where did you read that--I have McAfee and I had no idea!!
Get SysInternal's TCPview and you can verify or disprove Andrew's claim.
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Jose
Did you run the McAfee removal tool before you installed AVG and/or Bit
Defender?
Did your McAfee subscription expire before you installed AVG and/or Bit
Defender?
What is the consequence of letting a McAfee or Norton subscription
expire and what would is the course of action if the subscription did
expire?
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Jim
I've tried McAfee, AVG, and Bit Defender. Is there anything that doesn't
slow down a laptop?
Avast ? ( audio and visual warning )
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Tom Willett
Your question isn't real, of course, you're just trolling?
You don't get any more virus definitions updates and you will become
infected. The course of action would be to renew the subscription or get
another antivirus program.
What is the consequence of letting a McAfee or Norton subscription
expire and what would is the course of action if the subscription did
expire?
You don't get any more virus definitions updates and you will become
infected. The course of action would be to renew the subscription or get
another antivirus program.
What is the consequence of letting a McAfee or Norton subscription
expire and what would is the course of action if the subscription did
expire?
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Toni
I've tried McAfee, AVG, and Bit Defender. Is there anything that doesn't
slow down a laptop?
I finished an antivirus analysis last month.
McAfee and AVG are some of the worst in terms of performance and reliability. McAfee is
the only antivirus I've ever encountered that was disabled by malware, on three separate
laptops I was asked to look at.
PC World recently did a comparison and concluded that Avira is hands-down the FASTEST
RELIABLE antivirus out there, with the absolutely least impact on your computer:
http://www.avira.com/
(there were faster antivirus, but they either crashed or were not reliable)
However, PC World did not award the top slot to Avira. Not surprisingly, PC World
awarded the top to antivirus manufacturers that advertise on PC World - and tweaked the
test rules to favor them.
Avira also has, by my analysis, the best free antivirus out there:
http://download.cnet.com/Avira-AntiVir-Personal-Free-Antivirus/3000-2239_4-10322935.html
NOD32 has people on the internet that relentlessly promote the product, but in reviews
it consistently comes up short and is middle-of-the-pack when it comes to performance:
http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/product/324714/review/nod32_antivirus_4.html
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ybS2okj
MSE - Microsoft Security Essentials or Avast Google for these two and you
will get the download links.
hth
will get the download links.
hth