Icedrake Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 How good is it? Because thats what I have... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted May 6, 2008 Moderators Share Posted May 6, 2008 When I had tried out ThreatFire back when PC Tools acquired it I had nothing but trouble from it, as in applications that are perfectly clean and safe having all sorts of problems, hence I removed ThreatFire. But this experience was early on when PC Tools acquired it, they may have fixed the issues then again they may have not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icedrake Posted May 7, 2008 Author Share Posted May 7, 2008 Well, I really don't know about this. Anyway, I just switched to Avira! (wow, I've switched anti-viruses a lot of times. First AVG, next Norton, then McAfee, then avast! and then PCTools and now... Avira antivirus.) EDIT: I forgot to add BitDefender and Sophos to that list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted May 7, 2008 Moderators Share Posted May 7, 2008 I recently tried threat fire again and they have made it a lot better. It didn't cause any problems and for the three days that I ran it I didnt see a single notification, pop up, or anything. I really dont like those kinds of programs though so I got rid of it. PC tools AV uses the virus burster engine which has always been ranked sort of low on most tests. I think its a fine program that doesn't seem to cause any problems but I dont have any real knowledge into how effective it really is. PC tools is a pretty big company so I assume its probably kept as up to date as all the other AVs out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony A Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 Well, I really don't know about this. Anyway, I just switched to Avira! (wow, I've switched anti-viruses a lot of times. First AVG, next Norton, then McAfee, then avast! and then PCTools and now... Avira antivirus.) How you liking Avira? Whats the resource usage for it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted May 7, 2008 Moderators Share Posted May 7, 2008 PC tools AV uses the virus burster engine Are you talking about this? Can't be. I think you meant VirusBuster (no r in the name makes a huge difference). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted May 7, 2008 Moderators Share Posted May 7, 2008 Are you talking about this? Can't be. I think you meant VirusBuster (no r in the name makes a huge difference). Of course I meant the first one. They do that so you have to buy spyware doctor to remove it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted May 7, 2008 Moderators Share Posted May 7, 2008 Of course I meant the first one. They do that so you have to buy spyware doctor to remove it. Now you've got me confusing, or you're just pulling me leg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted May 7, 2008 Moderators Share Posted May 7, 2008 Doesn't matter I found all the info I needed elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted May 7, 2008 Moderators Share Posted May 7, 2008 Now you've got me confusing, or you're just pulling me leg. I was joking! Guess it wasn't funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted May 7, 2008 Moderators Share Posted May 7, 2008 I was joking! I though you were, wait you don't do jokes! And to turn that frown upside down here's a couple of smiley faces for you: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icedrake Posted May 7, 2008 Author Share Posted May 7, 2008 How you liking Avira? Whats the resource usage for it? The max amount of memory it's used so far is 10 mb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony A Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 The max amount of memory it's used so far is 10 mb. Very nice. Not as good as AVG 7.5 was bit 600% btter than AVG 8 is right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icedrake Posted May 7, 2008 Author Share Posted May 7, 2008 Yeah, it's also working really well for me too. And where's the nag screen that everyone is talking about? I only got it once when I first installed the program and it hasn't appeared since. When does it appear? And I heard that Avira has high detection rates; is this true? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted May 7, 2008 Moderators Share Posted May 7, 2008 The max amount of memory it's used so far is 10 mb. Don't forget it has multiple running .exe files: * avgnt.exe * avguard.exe * sched.exe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted May 7, 2008 Moderators Share Posted May 7, 2008 And where's the nag screen that everyone is talking about? I only got it once when I first installed the program and it hasn't appeared since. When does it appear? You should start seeing it about once per day. Edit: I've switched to it also and finally for some weird stroke of luck the Local Security Policy is blocking avnotify.exe as its blockage is now in the Event Log. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony A Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 You should start seeing it about once per day. Edit: I've switched to it also and finally for some weird stroke of luck the Local Security Policy is blocking avnotify.exe as its blockage is now in the Event Log. How many processes run with AntVir and what is the total MB of RAM? By the way the nag screen is easily disabled and so is the splash screen that appears on reboots of your system. The fix for the nag screen has already been posted here but here is the fix for the splash screen. Fix comes right from Avira http://www.avira.com/en/support/kbdetails.php?id=211 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icedrake Posted May 7, 2008 Author Share Posted May 7, 2008 I can't find an avgnt.exe; I can only find avguard.exe and sched.exe. Only two Avira processes (that I can see) are running, they both take up about 11mb memory. One more thing: I also don't have a Local Security Policy thing in my Administrative Tools and I use XP Home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted May 7, 2008 Moderators Share Posted May 7, 2008 How many processes run with AntVir and what is the total MB or RAM? By the way the nag screen is easily disabled and so is the splash screen that appears on reboots of your system. The fix for the nag screen has already been posted here but here is the fix for the splash screen. Fix comes right from Avira http://www.avira.com/en/support/kbdetails.php?id=211 Yeah the nag screen disable instructions I already had archived in a text document. This time when I blocked it I did so before AntiVir's first run immediately after it installed the files. The splash screen doesn't really bother me, however I'll save those instructions too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icedrake Posted May 7, 2008 Author Share Posted May 7, 2008 Nvm, avgnt.exe just appeared in my Processes list, right when I'm trying to update Avira. Also, I don't have the Local Security Policy thing in my Administrator tools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony A Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 I can't find an avgnt.exe; I can only find avguard.exe and sched.exe. Only two Avira processes (that I can see) are running, they both take up about 11mb memory. One more thing: I also don't have a Local Security Policy thing in my Administrative Tools and I use XP Home. You will have to boot into safe mode to fix the nag screen in XP home. Here are the instructions for all the different operating systems. http://www.elitekiller.com/files/disable_antivir_nag.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icedrake Posted May 7, 2008 Author Share Posted May 7, 2008 Well, the thing is, I haven't gotten a single nag screen after the one after the installation of Avira Antivir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony A Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 Well, the thing is, I haven't gotten a single nag screen after the one after the installation of Avira Antivir. It happens on updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icedrake Posted May 7, 2008 Author Share Posted May 7, 2008 Well I just updated again and I didn't get a nag screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony A Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 Well I just updated again and I didn't get a nag screen. Are you complaining? First time I have seen some one concerned about not getting nag screens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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