Re: AVIRA vs AVAST vs AVG-- (David, et. al)

I just turned off the link scanner; I'll see if that helps.

Am I not subjecting myself to problems if I turn off the email scanner?

mel
"Big_Al" <BigAl@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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MB_ wrote:
Howdy:

I upgraded from AVG 7.5 (which worked great) to AVG 8.0 which has reduced
my computer to a crawl all the time. AVG 8.0 is using 89% of my CPU.

I've tried disabling the link scanner but that hasn't helped. Maybe there
is some conflict since I upgraded to AVG 8.0 on another computer and it
works fine.

So, I'm thinking of switching to Avira. DOES THAT HAVE A SMALLER
FOOTPRINT THAN AVG 8.0?

Any other suggestions. Again, I had no problems using AVG 7.5

Mel
I did not load the email scanner, and of course turned of the link
scanner.
The rest seems to work okay on my laptop. XP SP3 Windows Media Edition
2005.
But Avast worked fine, I just didn't like the 'feel' of it. Of course
that was before I felt AVG8.0. Never seen Avira.

HTH


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