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Posted by Gualtier Malde on May 29, 2008, 12:24 am
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Beachcomber wrote:
>> I dislike the feature where it checks website pages for
>> problems, as it means that if you open a google search
>> page, it visits all the links.
>>
>> However it can be turned off, although the tray icon
>> admonishes you for it with a little red exclamation.
>> --
>> Jim Watt
>> http://www.gibnet.com
>
> My PC is about 4 years old and I just installed the free version of
> AVG 8.
>
> I'm very displeased with the speed reduction. Whatever new features
> there are seem to have slowed down the browser to the point where it
> is not usable. Browser pages take longer to load and e-mail was
> noticably slower as well.
>
> I had to disable the autoload of AVG from the system tray because I
> just couldn't stand it anymore. I'm one of those who had used the
> previous freeware version of AVG for years without any problems.
>
> This new version seems to have a stanglehold over system resources
> unless perhaps, your computer is one of the newest and fastest models
> or perhaps the PAY version works better.
>
> Anyone know for sure? Anyone else see the slowdown?
>
> Beachcomber
>
>
As the OP of this thread: I finally did update and I have been quite pleased. I
missed the tray icon that shows when a scan is being done and wrote AVG about
it. While waiting for their reply I found that, during a scan only, the GUI
shows a tag for "Scheduled Scan" and that allows pausing or canceling of a scan.
Then I got the letter from AVG and they said that they were going to return
the tray icon, as well.
The scan takes longer for some reason but I'm rarely in a hurry and find other
things to do while it is going on.
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