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Posted by Tom Cole on June 18, 2008, 6:16 pm
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On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:10:45 -0500, "Tommy McClure"
<tmDELccDEL72AThalDASHpcDOTorg> wrote:
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>First time I have used Avast. I have been using AVG 7.5 I just installed
>Avast 4.8 free and performed pattern updates. I used the standard install,
>the program uses 45mb in memory when idling. When I perform a scan it loads
>another module of 10mb.
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>1. How does this compare with AVG 7.5 and 8.0?
>2. I also could not find a scheduling option. Does any exist?
>3. If not can I use Windows scheduler to do this?
>4. Does scanning perform in the background as in McAfee, Norton, etc?
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>Several questions here. TIA
Have you tried the free Avira AntiVir at http://www.free-av.com/ ? I
found it much lighter on resources than AVG 8.0.
It has scheduling options for scanning and the configuration options (in
expert mode) are more extensive than AVG 8.0.
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