AVG 8 - what a bore - bring back v7.0

Fixador_2

All these new features on AVG8.0 are such a nusiance, tying up pc resources for hours

Why couldn't it just be like AVG 7.0 - just do the virus scan , and then shutdown.

AVG 7.0 ran for an hour - AVG 8.0 - 3 hrs - so not impressed ! :mad:

Is there anyway - to shut off the 'extra' scanning ??

aliEnRIK

Did you try the slider to max? It has 3 settings, virtually idle, normal, and fast (using most of the computers resources to scan)

As for settings, there ARE settings but after just looking I really dont recommend changing them ~ sorry

Fixador_2

thanks - 4 yr swift reply . Its on mid setting - and significantly slowing everything else down

think its time to try other software - might try avg forum first - will come back

mymatebob

I was a big AVG fan but have now switched to Avast - I now prefer it and it runs happily in the background nice and efficiently

aliEnRIK

Fixador wrote: »

thanks - 4 yr swift reply . Its on mid setting - and significantly slowing everything else down

think its time to try other software - might try avg forum first - will come back

yeah, if your computers not a fast one it does use a lot of resources. My 3 gig dual core barely registers, but my 2.2 gig single core on xp did struggle at times for sure

Fixador_2

Read up a few posts on AVG forum - phew ! ......and i thought i has something to gripe about ... a guy there reports 5 hrs for AVG 8 and 1.5 hrs for AVG 7.5 !

I have been using AVG for years - definitely time to switch

Thanks Bob - will check out Avast