"windowz6" <windowz6@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1179712256.107105.130930@a26g2000pre.googlegr oups.com...
>I downloaded and installed Prevx again this weekend, about a year
> after trying it for the first time. I had high hopes that this
> program would work well after the 2nd installation.
>
> I was wrong.

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different
results. - Albert Einstein

cmsix

>
> Just as occurred the first time around, immediately after installing
> Prevx my computer's CPU zoomed to 100% and rarely went below that. As
> I burn lots of DVD's -- which takes enough processing power itself --
> my only recourse after several reboots (to see if the problem would
> recur, which it did) I ultimately uninstaled Prevx and now my
> computer's CPU usage is in reasonable range again.
>
> I can't imagine that this program is SUPPOSED to overload the
> processor to the extent that the user can hardly do anything else on
> the computer while its running.
>
> I wonder if Prevx conflicts with Comodo Personal Firewall?
>
> Any other Prevx users/critics comments welcomed!
>
> My computer's specs:
>
> Compaq Presario
> AMD Sempron 3500+
> 1.99 GHz
> 1.43 GB RAM
> XP Home, Service Pack 2
>
> Also running:
>
> Avast antivirus
> Comodo Personal Firewall
> SuperAntiSpyware (paid user -- it finds tracking cookies but has never
> found anything more serious, so I don't recommend it -- it's NOT
> nearly as robust as the "Find's ALL the spyware, not just the easy
> ones" hype would suggest)
> A-Squared Anti-Malware
> The Cleaner
>