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Old August 23rd 15, 11:08 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8,alt.windows7.general
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On 23 Aug 2015, Drew wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

Question: Which do you feel runs better on your machine? What
others besides Norton or Mcafee do you run.


These programs change over time, so this might not reflect their
current state...

I used to use AVG Free, but discontinued it a few years ago because it
seemed to be using too much system resources and was bogging my
computer down.

I used to use Avira Free, but at some point it's advertising became too
intrusive. I seem to recall that they backed down on that afterward,
but it was too late - I had dumped them by than.

I've been using Avast Free ever since. I think it does an adequate job
and it's nags were tenable, and it seemed to affect system performance
a bit less than the others. However, this year's version has ramped up
the advertising and removed any controls for reducing the frequency or
length of time the nag screens. I'm still putting up with the
annoyance, but it wouldn't take much more to get me to move.

AVG and Avira may be different now then when I last used them.
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Old August 23rd 15, 11:48 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8,alt.windows7.general
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Throwing my hat in the ring.

I still run (oh my gosh) Win XP Pro on several PCs.

On XP:
Avast was too annoying. A year ago, so now ????
Panda was also rather annoying although highly rated. Recently
removed.
Panda needed a removal tool to get rid of.
Avira is annoying but so far tolerable. Currently installed on XP.

On my Win 7 PCs I run MS Security Essentials.

I also run on all (all free):
Malwarebytes
Spybot
Spyware Blaster.
as necessary AdAware

Never had a virus ever and I surf all day.
I have had a few webpages disabled with warnings but nothing bad
happened.

The best way I know of to determine what any of the anti-virus apps are
doing is to get:
SysInternals - Process Explorer
and select
Options / Always On Top
Click CPU column to get the high % usage to the top
and make it small but visible of the side of the screen.

It will be obvious what app is sucking the CPU dry.

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Old August 24th 15, 12:51 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8,alt.windows7.general
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On 8/23/2015 6:48 PM, OldGuy wrote:
Throwing my hat in the ring.

I still run (oh my gosh) Win XP Pro on several PCs.

On XP:
Avast was too annoying. A year ago, so now ????
Panda was also rather annoying although highly rated.


How is Panda annoying? I install it on friends and family computers that
want something that will not nag them.

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Old August 24th 15, 02:02 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8,alt.windows7.general
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Ed Cryer wrote:

I was struck by what you say about floppy drives. I haven't come across
one of them for years and years. And I can't think of a single use I'd
have for one beyond copying data from old floppies prior to throwing
those in the bin.
It's a similar situation with, say, musicassettes.


Some folks still have VCRs and Betamaxes, Laserdisc player, cassette and
8-track players, and vinyl record players so they can continue
supporting media old formats. Just because you decided to purge all the
old hardware platforms doesn't mean everyone did. Audiobooks from the
library still come as cassettes. There is still that old media floating
around, just not in your home.

Out of my 3 cars, one is 24 years old. Still works. There other 2 are
12 and 15 years old. They still work, too. Lots of users are still
using Windows XP and even Windows 98 or MS/IBM-DOS.

You don't want to support old formats. I build my own computers. If,
as I said, the mobo has a floppy header, geez, yeah, I'm in the poor
house for buying a $8 floppy drive. Of course, and a builder, you never
have salvaged parts from old setups, uh huh. If you are that tight in
your build's budget (and no salvaged parts) then you also have the
cheapest and crappiest PSU in it.

Even USB-attached floppy drives are available because there are still
folks that have data on that media, especially for laptops where floppy
drives were often omitted even back when diskettes were still in demand.
Between me and a buddy, we probably enough old gear to support his
customers with old computers. Not everyone throws away working
hardware. I think my oldest PC is a Pentium 100 MMX but I have parts
from even older PCs.

So in less than a decade from now, what are you going to do with all
those music CDs and movie DVDs when those players cease availability in
new builds? Why include "superfluous" optical disc devices in a new
build by then even external mSATA ports and SSD drives are passe? Yeah,
burn your bridges and hope you don't have to come back.

You do know there are groups that relish in ancient hardware, right?
That's more about naustalgia. I'm not that much enamored of vintage
hardware but I have some. With diskette sales still ongoing, I'm not
the only one with devices to use them. I don't have anything on
diskettes for myself but that doesn't mean I will waste a mobo header.
Even if I don't eat a whole pizza for just myself, I save it and eat it
cold for breakfast the next day. Waste not, want not, as long as you
have the space. When I get the next new[er] car, that 22-year old one
will have to go. No space for 4 cars.
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Old August 24th 15, 08:26 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8,alt.windows7.general
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"Ron" wrote in message
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On 8/23/2015 6:48 PM, OldGuy wrote:
Throwing my hat in the ring.

I still run (oh my gosh) Win XP Pro on several PCs.

On XP:
Avast was too annoying. A year ago, so now ????
Panda was also rather annoying although highly rated.


How is Panda annoying? I install it on friends and family computers
that want something that will not nag them.


I know this is a Win7 group but having just installed the free version
of Panda (2016) on my XP Pro I have yet to see the same annoying
behaviour as OldGuy.

As yet, no excessive CPU usage and no nag pop ups to buy the pro
version.

During installation I unticked/unchecked "install Toolbar etc".

I haven't entered my email address to "manage your services etc.." and
just click on "Select account later".

Possibly this stops the nagging pop ups?

If so, I can live with one-click when I open the interface.

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Old August 24th 15, 11:18 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8,alt.windows7.general
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On Sun, 23 Aug 2015 19:25:23 +0100, Ed Cryer wrote:

Avast seems about the same level, but it sometimes nags and pesters.


Yes, annoying.
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Old August 24th 15, 06:26 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8,alt.windows7.general
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On Mon, 24 Aug 2015 11:18:39 +0100, mechanic wrote:

Avast seems about the same level, but it sometimes nags and pesters.


Yes, annoying.


One word: Silent/Gaming Mode.

(Ok, that was three...)

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Old August 24th 15, 06:57 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8,alt.windows7.general
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Alek avait énoncé :
Drew wrote on 8/23/2015 1:42 PM:
Yeah I know , This has probably been asked a gazillion times but I am
not really finding the answer I am looking for. I cannot find a clear
answer on which one runs better or is the better product. Currently
running Avast free on this Win 8.1 machine as well as on some win7
machines and Avira free on other win7 machines

Question: Which do you feel runs better on your machine? What others
besides Norton or Mcafee do you run.


I don't think there is an answer. I'm currently running Bitdefender and
I have no complaints. In the past, I've tried AVG, Avast and Avira.


Hello,

I too, on win 8 and 8.1.

With kind regards
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Old August 24th 15, 10:19 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8,alt.windows7.general
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Ran on Win XP Pro.

I kept getting nags to upgrade!

And Panda would get stuck using 50% of my CPU.

I had to kill it all the time.

It never found a problem and all other anti-virus apps never found any
problems.

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Old August 24th 15, 10:21 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8,alt.windows7.general
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I installed Avira on a Win XP and Win 7 PC.

On the Win 7 PC I get an Avira sales comparison bar in the web browser.

It wants me to look at another product that costs more than the one I
am currently looking at.

How do I turn this crap feature off?

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Old August 24th 15, 11:48 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8,alt.windows7.general
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On 8/24/2015 5:19 PM, OldGuy wrote:
Ran on Win XP Pro.

I kept getting nags to upgrade!

And Panda would get stuck using 50% of my CPU.


I've never seen a nag from Panda, and I never had eat up the CPU.

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Old August 25th 15, 08:52 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8,alt.windows7.general
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Drew wrote:
Yeah I know , This has probably been asked a gazillion times but I am
not really finding the answer I am looking for. I cannot find a clear
answer on which one runs better or is the better product. Currently
running Avast free on this Win 8.1 machine as well as on some win7
machines and Avira free on other win7 machines

Question: Which do you feel runs better on your machine? What others
besides Norton or Mcafee do you run.

I know I am going to hear the response of run them and decide yourself
but occasionally I would like a second opinion.

Thanks in advance
Drew.

Why what is wrong with windows defender?
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Old August 25th 15, 10:14 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8,alt.windows7.general
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F Murtz wrote:

Drew wrote:

Question: Which do you feel runs better on your machine? What others
besides Norton or Mcafee do you run.


Why what is wrong with windows defender?


Poor detection coverage. Or were you making a joke?
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Old August 25th 15, 02:38 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8,alt.windows7.general
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F Murtz wrote in news:55dc1ead$0$1531$c3e8da3
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Drew wrote:
Yeah I know , This has probably been asked a gazillion times but I am
not really finding the answer I am looking for. I cannot find a clear
answer on which one runs better or is the better product. Currently
running Avast free on this Win 8.1 machine as well as on some win7
machines and Avira free on other win7 machines

Question: Which do you feel runs better on your machine? What others
besides Norton or Mcafee do you run.

I know I am going to hear the response of run them and decide yourself
but occasionally I would like a second opinion.

Thanks in advance
Drew.

Why what is wrong with windows defender?



Nothing is "wrong" with it, but it was basically a token gesture from
Microsoft. If you think of any well-known anti-virus (Avast! and Avira
are two typical examples), and picture that AV program as a fully tricked
out SUV, Windows Defender by comparison is a subcompact car.

Tony
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Old August 25th 15, 06:43 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8,alt.windows7.general
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"Drew" wrote in message
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Yeah I know , This has probably been asked a gazillion times but I am not
really finding the answer I am looking for. I cannot find a clear answer
on which one runs better or is the better product. Currently running Avast
free on this Win 8.1 machine as well as on some win7 machines and Avira
free on other win7 machines

Question: Which do you feel runs better on your machine? What others
besides Norton or Mcafee do you run.

I know I am going to hear the response of run them and decide yourself but
occasionally I would like a second opinion.

Thanks in advance
Drew.


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Can't help too much, but I sent this to the XP group today.
Anybody?

I've been using AVG since ------------------ I can't remember but I've been
on line for 16 years.
I may scan only 3 times per week as I trust / trusted it. Last scan was
about 3 days ago.
I did a scan yesterday.
21 trojans!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and I'm careful.
AVG could not solve the threats, hmmmmmmmmmmmm. Deleted AVG, re- downloaded
it and
tried again. It was then rebooting seconds into the scan.
This pi**ed me me off big time. Deleted AVG, downloaded Avast, ran
deep scan and NO threats detected!
Earlier I had ran Superantispyware = 0 threats and
Malwarebytes = 0 threats.

I'm not the suspitious type, but I recently I used the free trial of AVG
dog's bo**ocks super duper, I could not see any differance.
I've been getting nagged that my free trial is about to expire and that I
REALLY should give them some money.
Thing is that the super duper version was still valid.

I just don't get it.





 




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