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Jekyll and Hyde

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Hi all,

I am a bit puzzled about which Anti-Virus is best, I used to have Avira, and its still installed, but for some reason it will just not update at all, I managed only just to get the first update after installing it, but since then nothing, so I am thinking of going back to AVG as recommended by Norm, but I have always got into a routine of before playing any game or installing anything, I go into Ctrl-Alt-Del and end all processes of the Anti-Virus and Search and Destroy, just incase, it may not be neccessary but I do it as its become false of habit now.

Thing is that with Avira its not a problem, but with AVG which I used to have, I found that its an age before I can end a process of AVG, as I end one only for it to come back again and again, this goes on for a long time and as Avira will not update I am a bit undecided about which to go with and how to overcome those issues.

Anyone got any ideas about what to do or do I not need to end them via Ctrl-Alt-Del for playing games and installing stuff?

I need to get a Virus program that is no bother or at least not much :)

Jekyll and Hyde
 

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Hi Jekyll and Hyde,

you may want to have a look at avast, not saying it's better than any other but it does have the option to pause it's various modules from the tray icon, which is great for installs etc
 

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Hi Barman,

Yes I do recall Avast, and infact I had it for XP, but for reaosns I cannot remember I reverted to AVG for XP, but I am yet to try Avast on Vista, my memories of Avast were good though, so I'll go look it up again.

Just can't understand why on earth Avira is behaving so badly at present, I did read on their forums that the servers in Germany are always very busy in the day and its best to update at night or evenings, but I tried that and it was still hopeless

But thank you for reminding me of Avast.

Jekyll and Hyde :D
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Intel Pentium
    CPU
    Core 2 Duo @ 2.40 GHz
    Motherboard
    Abit AW9D
    Memory
    4 Gig DDR 2
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    19" Belinea
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 1024
    Hard Drives
    500 Gig Barracuda
    PSU
    No idea
    Case
    Cooler Master
    Cooling
    a few fans and a Zalman something or other.......
    Keyboard
    Logitech G15
    Mouse
    Logitech G9 Laser Mouse
    Internet Speed
    Broadband at around 750kb's
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