stopping AVG checking

[Andy]

Anyone else had this problem? - I have AVG7 Free Edition and when its doing
a full PC scan and I decide I want to stop scanning I press on stop and a
box comes up saying 'do you really want to stop scanning' I reply yes but
then it still carries on scanning. If I press Stop again it comes up with
'do you really want to stop scanning' I press yes and it continues scanning
again. - The only way I can stop it is to End Task the process in my WinXP
home.

I tried uninstalling and reinstalling AVG 7 but it does not sort the
problem. Anyone having the same problem or know what the solution is?

Thanks,

Andy.

 

[Frank Booth Snr]

Anyone else had this problem? - I have AVG7 Free Edition and when its doing
a full PC scan and I decide I want to stop scanning I press on stop and a
box comes up saying 'do you really want to stop scanning' I reply yes but
then it still carries on scanning. If I press Stop again it comes up with
'do you really want to stop scanning' I press yes and it continues scanning
again. - The only way I can stop it is to End Task the process in my WinXP
home.

I tried uninstalling and reinstalling AVG 7 but it does not sort the
problem. Anyone having the same problem or know what the solution is?

Erm. Don't use it.

 

[dave]

i use AVG, and for a free prog its very good, better than Nortan memery hog
that i payed for then deleted.
The only prob i have is when it scans e-mail, the scan window will not shut
down, reboot then all fine

dave

 

[Frank Booth Snr]

i use AVG, and for a free prog its very good, better than Nortan memery hog
that i payed for then deleted.
The only prob i have is when it scans e-mail, the scan window will not shut
down, reboot then all fine

As a relative newcomer to AVS, a week ago I wrestled with a colleague's PC
that refused to download NAV 2005. After spending a considerable time
deleting various registry entries, a sober worm and Trojan Ascetic C
(whatever that might be), the awkward NAV 2005 finally downloaded without
giving me an error message. My questions are this :
(1) NAV is sarcastically termed 'bloatware', because of the amount of RAM
consumed. Is that right? If so do you actually know how much extra RAM is
consumed while it is running?

(2) The program - 'Live Update', runs concurrently within NAV, so presumably
any new virus 'fingerprints' are automatically added to NAV virus database
on ones PC. Is that right?

 

[Roger Wilco]

memery not
As a relative newcomer to AVS, a week ago I wrestled with a colleague's PC
that refused to download NAV 2005. After spending a considerable time
deleting various registry entries, a sober worm and Trojan Ascetic C
(whatever that might be), the awkward NAV 2005 finally downloaded without
giving me an error message. My questions are this :
(1) NAV is sarcastically termed 'bloatware', because of the amount of RAM
consumed. Is that right?

This might be a part of the resource consumption that leads to cries of
bloat, but memory footprint is not the only reason. Bloat can also refer
to inefficiency of code - resulting in use of too many cycles to do the
same amount of work as a more efficiently written program. Some even use
the term bloat to refer to the addition of features that are not
needed - thus adding to the disk storage footprint size.

If so do you actually know how much extra RAM is
consumed while it is running?

There are utilities you can use to determine this, but you also need a
good scientific method to make your results meaningful.

(2) The program - 'Live Update', runs concurrently within NAV, so presumably
any new virus 'fingerprints' are automatically added to NAV virus database
on ones PC. Is that right?

Yes, but they are almost always lagging behind the release of the
malware by some amount of time - this is why safe practices include a
'cooling off' period before scanning newly obtained suspect programs.

 

[Gaz]

i use AVG, and for a free prog its very good, better than Nortan memery hog
that i payed for then deleted.
The only prob i have is when it scans e-mail, the scan window will not
shut down, reboot then all fine

dave

Norton is so awful it makes me weep............. I like AVG, but the seven
series has problems the six didnt.
i) If it finds a virus in a daily unattended scan and it cant auto fix it,
without going into the list of scan results you would never know. crap.
ii) It takes a really long time to scan, an average system can take from 20
mins to an hour to scan, not much cop if you doing it on the job.
iii) It gives you no idea of how close it is to completion, unlike avg6.

I do like the fact that you can download regular updated entire executables
though.

Gaz

 

[Gaz]

As a relative newcomer to AVS, a week ago I wrestled with a colleague's PC
that refused to download NAV 2005. After spending a considerable time
deleting various registry entries, a sober worm and Trojan Ascetic C
(whatever that might be), the awkward NAV 2005 finally downloaded without
giving me an error message. My questions are this :
(1) NAV is sarcastically termed 'bloatware', because of the amount of RAM
consumed. Is that right? If so do you actually know how much extra RAM is
consumed while it is running?

NAV2005 on XP will cripple a machine on 256mb of memory, as well as add
significantly to the boot time.

(2) The program - 'Live Update', runs concurrently within NAV, so
presumably
any new virus 'fingerprints' are automatically added to NAV virus database
on ones PC. Is that right?

Presume nothing with norton.

Gaz

 

[Andy]

Norton is so awful it makes me weep............. I like AVG, but the seven
series has problems the six didnt.
i) If it finds a virus in a daily unattended scan and it cant auto fix it,
without going into the list of scan results you would never know. crap.
ii) It takes a really long time to scan, an average system can take from 20
mins to an hour to scan, not much cop if you doing it on the job.
iii) It gives you no idea of how close it is to completion, unlike avg6.

I do like the fact that you can download regular updated entire executables
though.

Gaz

I would rather them split up large downloads/updates into separate files for
people with Dial-up connection though. The other day it was a 4mb update -
it would be fine on BB but ages with dial-up and if it cuts off near to the
end.......

I wish it did advise in percentage how long left it had to scan or tell in
mb / gb how much it has checked too, its stupid calculating it in number of
files like it does.

And yes 7.0 is a lot longer than 6 and there are really too many settings in
7.0 as well making it confusing. 6 was basic but done a good job in my
experience.

 

[Andy]

I would rather them split up large downloads/updates into separate files for
people with Dial-up connection though. The other day it was a 4mb update -
it would be fine on BB but ages with dial-up and if it cuts off near to the
end.......

I wish it did advise in percentage how long left it had to scan or tell in
mb / gb how much it has checked too, its stupid calculating it in number of
files like it does.

And yes 7.0 is a lot longer than 6 and there are really too many settings in
7.0 as well making it confusing. 6 was basic but done a good job in my
experience.

Although I don't like AVGAS 7 as much as 6 I still prefer it better than
Norton though.

 

[Bill Gates]

Anyone else had this problem? - I have AVG7 Free Edition and when its doing
a full PC scan and I decide I want to stop scanning I press on stop and a
box comes up saying 'do you really want to stop scanning' I reply yes but
then it still carries on scanning. If I press Stop again it comes up with
'do you really want to stop scanning' I press yes and it continues scanning
again. - The only way I can stop it is to End Task the process in my WinXP
home.

I tried uninstalling and reinstalling AVG 7 but it does not sort the
problem. Anyone having the same problem or know what the solution is?

I have seen this. Usually you are scanning a large file. Like the
kernel. It will only stop AFTER it scans the current file.

If it's a short file it stops right after it scans it. Short files
will take a sec to scan.

Bill