AVG Free; The Buffer Slayer?

MVP's et.al.;

I am finding that I need to reboot more often with AVG Free (Dec 9/04) than
I did with AVG 6/7. It seems that my buffers require purging after 3-4 hours
of googling or site-hopping in order to keep site access~ page u/l~ d/l
times reasonable. With AVG7, I only did this once or twice a week. Since I
am running (so to speak) with 16MB@ 133MHz, my cpu's performance margin is
easily challenged and very quick to complain if a background app starts
running unbidden, or when the buffers need a new shift to punch in.

I am not bothered about doing more frequent restarts; the protection
afforded more than offsets the minor incovenience. But I do have one concern
born of being both an 'ingenubie' and being afflicted with 2 identical kinds
of noid. I adduce that some alien predators; (a) cause performance
degradation fairly soon after infection. and (b) some of them are only fully
activated *after* a reboot.

Hence, a dilemma: If I become by a sudden slowdown that I might have been
bitten by a bug, or even if AVG does alert to a stinker, do I run a 'stale'
scan immediately or do I recharge the buffers with a reboot before scnning?
The problem with a 'stale' scan is that AVG Free can take up to 2 hours to
complete when the buffers are maxed up, vs. about 24 minutes when buffers
are 'neat'.

The onliest program I have installed in a long time is AVG Free

Regards,

rooster
boundary bay, bc

Have you tried the free Anti-Vir program?

"rooster" wrote in message
...
MVP's et.al.;

I am finding that I need to reboot more often with AVG Free (Dec 9/04)
than
I did with AVG 6/7. It seems that my buffers require purging after 3-4
hours
of googling or site-hopping in order to keep site access~ page u/l~ d/l
times reasonable. With AVG7, I only did this once or twice a week.
Since I
am running (so to speak) with 16MB@ 133MHz, my cpu's performance margin
is
easily challenged and very quick to complain if a background app starts
running unbidden, or when the buffers need a new shift to punch in.

I am not bothered about doing more frequent restarts; the protection
afforded more than offsets the minor incovenience. But I do have one
concern
born of being both an 'ingenubie' and being afflicted with 2 identical
kinds
of noid. I adduce that some alien predators; (a) cause performance
degradation fairly soon after infection. and (b) some of them are only
fully
activated *after* a reboot.

Hence, a dilemma: If I become by a sudden slowdown that I might have
been
bitten by a bug, or even if AVG does alert to a stinker, do I run a
'stale'
scan immediately or do I recharge the buffers with a reboot before
scnning?
The problem with a 'stale' scan is that AVG Free can take up to 2 hours
to
complete when the buffers are maxed up, vs. about 24 minutes when
buffers
are 'neat'.

The onliest program I have installed in a long time is AVG Free

Regards,

rooster
boundary bay, bc

While AVG 7 Free is supported in Win9x, not all users find it troublefree, O
Cocky One.

AVG Free Support Forum
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/Forum/lng/us/tpl/v5

AVG Free FAQ
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/FAQ/lng/us/tpl/v5
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE)

rooster wrote:
MVP's et.al.;

I am finding that I need to reboot more often with AVG Free (Dec 9/04)
than I did with AVG 6/7. It seems that my buffers require purging after
3-4 hours of googling or site-hopping in order to keep site access~ page
u/l~ d/l times reasonable. With AVG7, I only did this once or twice a
week. Since I am running (so to speak) with 16MB@ 133MHz, my cpu's
performance margin is easily challenged and very quick to complain if a
background app starts running unbidden, or when the buffers need a new
shift to punch in.

I am not bothered about doing more frequent restarts; the protection
afforded more than offsets the minor incovenience. But I do have one
concern born of being both an 'ingenubie' and being afflicted with 2
identical kinds of noid. I adduce that some alien predators; (a) cause
performance degradation fairly soon after infection. and (b) some of them
are only fully activated *after* a reboot.

Hence, a dilemma: If I become by a sudden slowdown that I might have been
bitten by a bug, or even if AVG does alert to a stinker, do I run a
'stale' scan immediately or do I recharge the buffers with a reboot
before scnning? The problem with a 'stale' scan is that AVG Free can take
up to 2 hours to complete when the buffers are maxed up, vs. about 24
minutes when buffers are 'neat'.

The onliest program I have installed in a long time is AVG Free

Regards,

rooster
boundary bay, bc

from Grisoft Freeweb: FAQ 1.6: Minimal system requirements for AVG Free:
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5469/lng/us/tpl/v5

"AVG Free is fully compatible with Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/W2000/WXP operating
systems."

That is simply not true. It is definitely NOT "fully" compatible with Windows 95 on
the installations I have tried, or heard about. Makes me wonder if Grisoft actually
tested it on that platform.

BTW....cockadoodle-doo, Happy Gnu Year to both of you.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
While AVG 7 Free is supported in Win9x, not all users find it troublefree, O
Cocky One.

AVG Free Support Forum
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/Forum/lng/us/tpl/v5

AVG Free FAQ
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/FAQ/lng/us/tpl/v5
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE)

rooster wrote:
MVP's et.al.;

I am finding that I need to reboot more often with AVG Free (Dec 9/04)
than I did with AVG 6/7. It seems that my buffers require purging after
3-4 hours of googling or site-hopping in order to keep site access~ page
u/l~ d/l times reasonable. With AVG7, I only did this once or twice a
week. Since I am running (so to speak) with 16MB@ 133MHz, my cpu's
performance margin is easily challenged and very quick to complain if a
background app starts running unbidden, or when the buffers need a new
shift to punch in.

I am not bothered about doing more frequent restarts; the protection
afforded more than offsets the minor incovenience. But I do have one
concern born of being both an 'ingenubie' and being afflicted with 2
identical kinds of noid. I adduce that some alien predators; (a) cause
performance degradation fairly soon after infection. and (b) some of them
are only fully activated *after* a reboot.

Hence, a dilemma: If I become by a sudden slowdown that I might have been
bitten by a bug, or even if AVG does alert to a stinker, do I run a
'stale' scan immediately or do I recharge the buffers with a reboot
before scnning? The problem with a 'stale' scan is that AVG Free can take
up to 2 hours to complete when the buffers are maxed up, vs. about 24
minutes when buffers are 'neat'.

The onliest program I have installed in a long time is AVG Free

Regards,

rooster
boundary bay, bc

Hello Rooster,
I am new to computers also. I have AVG free. I recently downloaded AD-Aware
SE Personal, It is Free and found at www.lavasoft.com. This has helped with
my system greatly. Give it a try and let me know what you think.
Lost Again

"rooster" wrote:

MVP's et.al.;

I am finding that I need to reboot more often with AVG Free (Dec 9/04) than
I did with AVG 6/7. It seems that my buffers require purging after 3-4 hours
of googling or site-hopping in order to keep site access~ page u/l~ d/l
times reasonable. With AVG7, I only did this once or twice a week. Since I
am running (so to speak) with 16MB@ 133MHz, my cpu's performance margin is
easily challenged and very quick to complain if a background app starts
running unbidden, or when the buffers need a new shift to punch in.

I am not bothered about doing more frequent restarts; the protection
afforded more than offsets the minor incovenience. But I do have one concern
born of being both an 'ingenubie' and being afflicted with 2 identical kinds
of noid. I adduce that some alien predators; (a) cause performance
degradation fairly soon after infection. and (b) some of them are only fully
activated *after* a reboot.

Hence, a dilemma: If I become by a sudden slowdown that I might have been
bitten by a bug, or even if AVG does alert to a stinker, do I run a 'stale'
scan immediately or do I recharge the buffers with a reboot before scnning?
The problem with a 'stale' scan is that AVG Free can take up to 2 hours to
complete when the buffers are maxed up, vs. about 24 minutes when buffers
are 'neat'.

The onliest program I have installed in a long time is AVG Free

Regards,

rooster
boundary bay, bc

Y'all;

I checked the AVG Free [Dec. 9/04] FAQ's & Bumph before installing. The
reason I jumped at the "Fix", as AVG meekly calls it, was v.7 was
arbitrarily randomizing/editing Windows Selective Startup Lists for many
faithful v.6 users, me included.

AVG Forum Folk have begun querying slowdown issues as they are just now
beginning to appear; e.g. AVG Free bogging down before completing, spyware
scans bogging down and one poster complaining that with 80%+ of system
resources free, and all temp & etc. files purged, her Win ME O/S is close to
meltdown. No doubt some of these are run-of-the-mill installation/tweaking
issues. Oh yes, and some jerk who signs in over there as 'irod' seems to be
having the same problem as me. Go figure.

Since I started this thread, I discovered (with 88% resources free and after
a fresh boot) that Ad-Aware 6.0 SE, a² free, & SpyBot-S&D 1.3 [advanced]
scan rates plunge to near stagnation in mid scan. I haven't completed a scan
with any of them.

As of yesterday, the AVG 'savvy set' hadn't articulated a cogent response
and I honestly can't say whether these problems are widespread or only
affect a few users. Perhaps there aren't any answers yet and I'll just have
to be a little patient.

I don't have the wetware to understand just what "compatability issues"
might actually entail; blaming the buffers is just my best guess. Perhaps I
should have named this thread: "Buffer the Spyware Slayer" .... but no....
that might have seemed a little cocky, eh?

......and "Guppy Gnu Deer" to you, too, O august and wizened Majestrates O'
the Peerage, may temperance, wisdom and honour be 'rampant' upon your noble
escutheons, a symbol of condign benignity and puissance to us humble folk
abiding in your surfdom[sic] as you sit upon your estimable and prodigious
assizes in the coming twelve-month..
wassail & huzzah!

rooster

Thanks Lost Again, & Happy New Year;

We posted simultaneously so you couldn't have seen that I have Ad-Aware 6.0
SE already. But thanks for the consideration.

rooster
boundary bay. bc

Advice for the New Year: "Never slap a man who chews tobacco."
From: The Boundary Bay Morning Steamer January 1, 2005

reinstall adaware, 6.0 is dead and buried and hasnt had an update release
for ages gotoget SE

--
Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de
spybot http://security.kolla.de
AVG free antivirus http://www.grisoft.com
Etrust/vet/CA 12 Month free trial (till Feb 2005)
http://www.my-etrust.com/microsoft/
Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.pandasoftware.com/ActiveScan/
Catalog of removal tools (1)
http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/
Catalog of removal tools (2)
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/n...aspx?CID=40387
Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before use
Grateful thanks to the authors/webmasters
_


"rooster" wrote in message
...
Thanks Lost Again, & Happy New Year;

We posted simultaneously so you couldn't have seen that I have Ad-Aware
6.0
SE already. But thanks for the consideration.

rooster
boundary bay. bc

Advice for the New Year: "Never slap a man who chews tobacco."
From: The Boundary Bay Morning Steamer January 1, 2005

1. There is (outdated) 'Ad-aware 6' and then there's 'Ad-aware SE'. There
is not an 'Ad-aware 6 SE': You either have one or the other.

2. Many Win9x users have found that Ad-aware and Spybot work much more
effectively and scan more quickly with anti-virus (*any* anti-virus, not
just AVG) disabled. Careful! If you choose to do so, you should be
physically disconnected from the internet.
--
~PA Bear

rooster wrote:
Y'all;

I checked the AVG Free [Dec. 9/04] FAQ's & Bumph before installing. The
reason I jumped at the "Fix", as AVG meekly calls it, was v.7 was
arbitrarily randomizing/editing Windows Selective Startup Lists for many
faithful v.6 users, me included.

AVG Forum Folk have begun querying slowdown issues as they are just now
beginning to appear; e.g. AVG Free bogging down before completing, spyware
scans bogging down and one poster complaining that with 80%+ of system
resources free, and all temp & etc. files purged, her Win ME O/S is close
to meltdown. No doubt some of these are run-of-the-mill
installation/tweaking issues. Oh yes, and some jerk who signs in over
there as 'irod' seems to be having the same problem as me. Go figure.

Since I started this thread, I discovered (with 88% resources free and
after a fresh boot) that Ad-Aware 6.0 SE, a² free, & SpyBot-S&D 1.3
[advanced] scan rates plunge to near stagnation in mid scan. I haven't
completed a scan with any of them.

As of yesterday, the AVG 'savvy set' hadn't articulated a cogent response
and I honestly can't say whether these problems are widespread or only
affect a few users. Perhaps there aren't any answers yet and I'll just
have to be a little patient.

I don't have the wetware to understand just what "compatability issues"
might actually entail; blaming the buffers is just my best guess. Perhaps
I should have named this thread: "Buffer the Spyware Slayer" .... but
no.... that might have seemed a little cocky, eh?

.....and "Guppy Gnu Deer" to you, too, O august and wizened Majestrates O'
the Peerage, may temperance, wisdom and honour be 'rampant' upon your
noble escutheons, a symbol of condign benignity and puissance to us
humble folk abiding in your surfdom[sic] as you sit upon your estimable
and prodigious assizes in the coming twelve-month..
wassail & huzzah!

rooster

Almost;

Good party last nite??? Things a little blurry today?? Eh? Maybe a cup o'
'lectric java to pitch that pesky ol' horizon back on bubble?

Me, I'm barely sentient at the best of times.... so I'm loathe to assume,
but didn't I write "... I have Ad-Aware 6.0 SE already." in my post to
LostAgain?

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