Dave Seven wrote:
> Gaz wrote:
>
>> Try installing avg 8.0 on an older machine, you will see why. I
>> could quite confidently take norton 06/07/08 off a win xp machine
>> with 256/512 mb of memory, and replace it with avg 7.0/7.5 and see a
>> visible and clear improvement in speed of a system. That is no
>> longer the case. I will ahve to start using Avira Antivir, i am trying it
>> out now, so
>> far ok, seems pretty limited though.
>>
>> Gaz
>
> I never run any AV software with a resident shield for this reason. If
> they don't have an option to disable the resident shield I don't use
> it. I would never trust any AV software to heal an infected machine
> either. All they are good for is reporting if you have a virus or
> not. If it reports positive then you wipe the drive and re-install the OS.
> Or preferably just restore an image file using a prog like
> Acronis True Image. I scan all files I download and now and again do
> a system scan. Never been infected yet but that is because I know how
> to set up my PC with some pre-emptive protection. I don't need a
> resident AV prog slowing my web browsing down to the speed of a 486
> when I pay big bucks for a fast PC.

However, most people do need protection......

Gaz