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[Eli]

I have the s.d starter edition 5.1 ,does anybody know if the 5.5 starter edition is any better ?
If yes ,is the antivirus in it optional ?
Thank you in advance .

[Chris Wiles]

Eli, on Mar 24 2008, 09:02 AM, said:

I have the s.d starter edition 5.1 ,does anybody know if the 5.5 starter edition is any better ?
If yes ,is the antivirus in it optional ?
Thank you in advance .

5.5 is slightly more 'lightweight' it its use of system resources. The original 5.0 release was fairly heavy on system resources and didn't get a lot of positive feedback. This was the main improvement in the 5.5 release.

Yes, the anti-virus module is optional. You can just turn it off.

We also have Spyware Doctor 5.5 Starter Edition, which I've not bothered putting online yet. I'll stick that up soon. I had assumed that everyone would just go for the SD 5.5 with AV Starter Edition!

Chris/vnunet.com

[slowday444]

Chris Wiles, on Mar 25 2008, 02:02 PM, said:

5.5 is slightly more 'lightweight' it its use of system resources. The original 5.0 release was fairly heavy on system resources and didn't get a lot of positive feedback. This was the main improvement in the 5.5 release.

Yes, the anti-virus module is optional. You can just turn it off.

We also have Spyware Doctor 5.5 Starter Edition, which I've not bothered putting online yet. I'll stick that up soon. I had assumed that everyone would just go for the SD 5.5 with AV Starter Edition!

Chris/vnunet.com

Chris, I actually had to uninstall "with anti-virus". I turned the anti-virus off immediately after installation but my pc all but froze. Was about ready for a restore when it finally opened the uninstall file. This was probably a 10 minute event. It didn't like NOD32 at all I suppose, even though the anti-virus was disabled. I'll certainly give Spyware Doctor a run though. Thank You!

[cisco]

Spyware Doctor is a really good Spyware Program I've been using it for a long time now but also with ppl with slower pcs it dose lag on there pc some what witch not a lot of ppl can afford newer pc's

[Chris Wiles]

slowday444, on Mar 25 2008, 06:33 PM, said:

Chris, I actually had to uninstall "with anti-virus". I turned the anti-virus off immediately after installation but my pc all but froze. Was about ready for a restore when it finally opened the uninstall file. This was probably a 10 minute event. It didn't like NOD32 at all I suppose, even though the anti-virus was disabled. I'll certainly give Spyware Doctor a run though. Thank You!

Good point, never thought that the AV module may cause issues with other AV software. I'll try and get the basic SD 5.5 Starter online by Friday morning.

Chris/vnunet.com

[Chris Wiles]

Just a quick note to say that I've just put Spyware Doctor 5.5 Starter Edition online, this morning:

www.vnunet.com/2213005

Chris/vnunet.com

[slowday444]

Chris Wiles, on Mar 28 2008, 06:55 AM, said:

Just a quick note to say that I've just put Spyware Doctor 5.5 Starter Edition online, this morning:

www.vnunet.com/2213005

Chris/vnunet.com

Thank you Chris, running great!