+Warwagon MVC Posted November 22, 2013 MVC Share Posted November 22, 2013 Tonight I was repairing a customers XP machine and I saw he Had AVG 2014 so I snapped a photo of the memory usage. I then uninstalled AVG Free and installed Avast and snapped another photo of the memory usage of Avast. AVG Free 2014 Total : 142 Megs Total Processes 7 Avast Free 2014 Total: 7.4 Megs???? Total Processes 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleNeutrino Veteran Posted November 22, 2013 Veteran Share Posted November 22, 2013 system resource usage has been one of the defining factors for my usage of avast for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoochieMamma Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 I always use Avast for when I do work on peoples computers. Always had issues with AVG/MSSE, 2 of the worst programs you can install on your computer. Just 2 days ago I had to fix a computer that kept getting BSOD errors, thought it was RAM or the HDD, ending up being AVG! Had to use a removal tool and it booted up fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted November 22, 2013 Author MVC Share Posted November 22, 2013 I always use Avast for when I do work on peoples computers. Always had issues with AVG/MSSE, 2 of the worst programs you can install on your computer. Just 2 days ago I had to fix a computer that kept getting BSOD errors, thought it was RAM or the HDD, ending up being AVG! Had to use a removal tool and it booted up fine. Most of the repair people I know SWEAR by AVG. That's all they put on their computers. In fact my competitor always had (maybe still does) XP machines in his window for sale with 512 megs of ram and AVG 2013 (then). I mean my god, does he not look at mem usage? If the AVG he is giving them is using up 142 megs out of the 512 gives the user 372 to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helpifIcan Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Strange just checked my AVG and it showed one process and using 7204K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted November 22, 2013 Author MVC Share Posted November 22, 2013 Strange just checked my AVG and it showed one process and using 7204K. tell it to show all processes. goretsky 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc302 Veteran Posted November 22, 2013 Veteran Share Posted November 22, 2013 I never liked our recommended avg ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helpifIcan Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Yep missed that show all processes but some of those processes can be stopped they extra protection that is optional. I've been using AVG like forever, and only had issues when about 4 years ago they came out with a version that just ate the CPU & memory. But each to their own. Thanks for the tip I knew that but us old guye forget stuff like if I did it 2 days ago it's gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alwaysonacoffebreak Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Most of the repair people I know SWEAR by AVG. That's all they put on their computers. In fact my competitor always had (maybe still does) XP machines in his window for sale with 512 megs of ram and AVG 2013 (then). I mean my god, does he not look at mem usage? If the AVG he is giving them is using up 142 megs out of the 512 gives the user 372 to use. Most of the "repair people" who use AVG should quit their job. No buts, not questions. The so called "repair people" should never use nor recommend free AV's in the first place, end of story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted November 23, 2013 Author MVC Share Posted November 23, 2013 Most of the "repair people" who use AVG should quit their job. No buts, not questions. The so called "repair people" should never use nor recommend free AV's in the first place, end of story. What's wrong with Free AV's? Avast is great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alwaysonacoffebreak Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Sure it is but as you can see Avast is not in the business to make free anti-virus as well. The free version is missing components of the paid one, as always and the "repair people" should still but their "customers" under maximum protection, free av's never offer maximum protection unless you install 2-3 other programs for the same thing one paid AV can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badb0y Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 system resource usage has been one of the defining factors for my usage of avast for years. That factor also contribute to let a few Viruses & Trojans slip in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabz0r Veteran Posted November 24, 2013 Veteran Share Posted November 24, 2013 I never liked our recommended avg ever. +1.. IMO Microsoft is much better.. And if you are buying ESET is the best. :) goretsky 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John.D Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Had MSE on these the latest version. It doubled the time it took to get into windows. With it installed it took a min 5 for it to get to the desktop. Without it 32 secs. Byebye MSE. At first, i thought the prob was with the netbook, since its not that fast (1.6 ghz). But, it was just as slow on a 2.4 / 2.8 system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonlang Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 :rofl: microsoft... first mainstreaming an os which is unsafe per default and open to all trojans and viruses and then offering an anti virus software for it :D do they still want money for their suite? :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeylove Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Related, from a few months ago: "Memory Usage Test to See Which is the Lightest Antivirus Software" http://www.raymond.cc/blog/which-free-antivirus-is-the-lightest-on-system-memory-usage/ You can also look at performance. For example, http://www.av-test.org/en/tests/home-user/windows-7/julaug-2013/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goretsky Supervisor Posted November 24, 2013 Supervisor Share Posted November 24, 2013 Hello, The Process Monitor program from Microsoft Sysinternals' is quite a bit more useful for looking at memory consumption because it shows you additional details not immediately visible from within the default Task Manager provided with Microsoft Windows. Regards, Aryeh Goretsky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted November 26, 2013 Author MVC Share Posted November 26, 2013 Here is something to ponder. Why doesn't the AVG Tune up software remove AVG Antivirus? :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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