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I'm running the free version of Bitdefender on my home machines and have not seen an impact. Bull guard has bit defender under the hood.
'coz they are usually more trouble than they are worth.
Holy Crap! Who in their right mind prints from Notepad? I never knew Notepad was an attack vector. I use Metapad as the default text editor, but Notepad is still in my system.
Holy Crap! Who in their right mind prints from Notepad? I never knew Notepad was an attack vector. I use Metapad as the default text editor, but Notepad is still in my system.
Interesting. I use Notepad more than all of Office and Google Apps combined. Great target for copy/paste procedures because it strips all formatting. Loads very fast so no waiting. Every computer has it so I can launch it very quickly.
Th reason expressed surprise at printing from Notepad is how crappy yhe printout is - large text in courier font. I too use Notepad's equivalent to strip off formatting, but paste back in Word or Excel, format it and print it out. I've used Metapad for years; I think someone here had written about it once. It's fast, can open large files, has limited search / replace functions, etc. I continue to use it in Win 7.
But when it comes to antivirus, have anyone tried Forticlient, we have a Fortigate firewall at work so I got the client to set up the VPN client. But now it contains antivirus and parental control. We'll see how it works out.
I installed the 32-bit Windows 8.1 release candidate on an Athlon 64 3400+ (754) with 2GB of RAM. Abit KV8-MAx 3 for those interested. MSE, now labelled Windows Defender, was an absolute hog. Installing the .NET 3.5/3.0/2.0 Framework saw the Antimalware Service (Defender) use between 60% and 70% of the CPU - whilst the files were being unpacked and installed. Turning off Defender gave an immediate and noticeable impact on the installation process.
I installed Avast with custom install, choosing only file, web and script shields + software updater and this seemed to have a minor impact on performance. No where near Defender.
FWIW.
Thanks, I've learned a lot in this thread. I'll lay low with Fortinets antivirus for now.I've tried to do pilot setups of Forticlient a few times but something-or-other always pulls me away from it. I know Forticlient has had a free AV option for at least four or five years now. Last time I tried to configure it at a client site, the system where I installed it was hosed in less than two weeks and I just dropped the idea.
Defender was probably scanning those files while they were being unpacked and installed. Was Avast doing the same thing?
I'm not sure how prudent that is, but I suppose it's an option.How about not using any AV software?
I don't bother with it on any of my systems but my main laptop and Surface Pro. I use Avast, but specifically the free version. The paid version is dildos.
Okay, someone is going to have to help me out with this one.The paid version is dildos.
Okay, someone is going to have to help me out with this one.
I'm not sure how prudent that is, but I suppose it's an option.
Which Real-time shields do you install? I don't really see any pieces beyond the File Shield being particularly useful.I use Avast, but specifically the free version.
Which Real-time shields do you install? I don't really see any pieces beyond the File Shield being particularly useful.
Not their Cloud product. I've seen their regular AV product on a few (normally infected) customer's boxes. Panda never impressed me. They also often dodge participating in performance reviews by sites like AV comparatives or VBulletin. Normally, when you don't want to show your product next to others, it's because you have nothing to brag about.Anyone been in contact with Pandas Cloud AV products?
I'm curious as to what could even possibly make a "cloud" security product better than a local one.
Of course, one thing that's probably true for almost all of us is that we only really get to see the things that are broken or awful or screwed up somehow. Which is why so many of us are willing to say that Norton and Mcafee are awful but perhaps don't have much experience with competent middle-of-the-pack products like F-prot or Panda AV.