I have always used AVG but version 9 appears to have slowed my nasty knackered pc to the point it hardly works at all.. so its re-install XP (yes I need windows for the database) but what AV do I use now?
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Sorry another computer question. What free AV?
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I've always used avg with no problem. - why do you think it's avg causing the issue?
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switch to avira them. I find it fairly good too
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I have also used AVG with no issues for years as well. better than paid for macafee or norton.
Does it run loads quicker without AVG?Posted 2 years ago # -
Avast here (when I have to use a Windoze box).
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Microsoft Security Essentials. Free, light on resources, excellent.
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Microsoft Security Essentials.
+1
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+1 for Avast
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MSE
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The pc is 5 years old & I think new progs & all the ancilliary bits they run had just got too much for it. The latest update I applied was AVG 9.0 & I suspect that was the final nail in the current configuration.
A start from scratch re-install appears to be working, its not crashing every 30 mins & even the ads on the side of this page are not causing hickups
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I have used AVG for a while but AVG 9.0 seems to be bit more hungry than previous releases and can tip some computers over the edge especially if they have a small amount of memory such as 512MB (XP O/S obviously, slightly too small for Vista).
I have also had problems installed version 9.0!!
Personally I would run with at least 2GB of memory!
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Another vote for Avast here.
I used to be an AVG user but found Avast to be a much better solution for me.Posted 2 years ago # -
Microsoft Security Essentials.
+1
And again.
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I've just swtiched to MSE as well. Seems very light on resources and my pooter starts and runs way quicker now. Impressed.
Free as well!
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Avast same here tried AVG found it a bit poo and did slow my system down but that was a good few years back.
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