Don <dsallen69@gmail.com> wrote in news:9969e334-027d-48de-949c-
d3035258a78a@k37g2000hsf.googlegroups.com:
> I installed AVG Free 8.0 on a 1.8GHz Pentium M with 1GB RAM running XP
> Pro, and the laptop acted as if it was running as a 500Mz PIII with
> 256BM RAM - SLOW. Support for Free 7.5 ends on May 31, but I
> understand you may still receive updates manually. If this is the
> case, I'll keep AVG Free 7.5. However, if indeed all support ends on
> May 31, I'm moving all of my computers to Avast!
>
> I've installed Avast!'s free home edition on one of my other computers
> as a test bed, and I'm impressed. If anything, it has a smaller
> footprint than AVG Free 7.5. Virus definition updates are not as
> frequent as AVG's, but if it works and is transparent to the operation
> of the computer, I'll keep it. So far, it's been excellent.
>
> I certainly don't need an anti-virus programs that's overkill, and AVG
> 8.0 seems to be such a program. If an anti-virus program requires a
> dual-core or Core 2 CPU and tons of RAM, I'll look for other options.
> One thing is for sure, I'm not buying a new tower or laptop just to
> run AVG.
>
>
I've got the fix for you. Haven't tried Avira yet myself but have
downoaded it and will be testing it out later. I've read it is good
though and is light on resources. Detection of virii is supposedly better
than AVG too. I don't care much for the AVG 8 either and I don't like
Avast much so will probably be be switching all my PC's to free Avira. I
don't find AVG 8 slow, I just don't like the obtrusive pop up **** they
have put into it to try and get me to buy it.
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