beatlebryce Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 I have Avg anti-virus installed and sometimes when i open a folder, say My Documents, it will briefly hog the cpu, thus causing a minor stall for about 2-5 seconds. I think it's doing a small scan of the newly accessed files, but i'm not sure. I don't remember it doing this, but after i reinstalled everything after formatting my system partition, it does. is there any way to disable it? i have other antivirus/spyware programs, including another resident program, so i'm not too worried about security, especially when i'm opening files that are in my own folders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqua Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 i heard good reviews about a free IS ,,yes get comodo internet security.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted June 16, 2009 Moderators Share Posted June 16, 2009 beatlebryce what other security programs do you have installed? It is not a good idea to have more than one antivirus program installed on your machine at the same time. Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqua Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 btw..after installing avgIS ..like 6 more proccess are added to the list...wow too much.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatlebryce Posted June 16, 2009 Author Share Posted June 16, 2009 I use SUPER antispyware as the other active program. i've used it before but never had any conflictions with the two so i'm thinking it's just a setting that avg has to set files when opened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalj Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 including another resident program It's not recommended to have two or more AV programs running on memory at the same time. Why? AV programs have a lot of ways of protecting you, that's why they take so much memory. If you have two AVs running at the same time (with resident protection) your memory will fill up, slowing down the computer. It's cool to have two AVs on your computer, but only one of them should be running resident protection. You can use the other one as a backup AV in case you want to make sure there is no malware around. For example, I use Avira as my primary AV, and SuperAntiSpyware as a backup AV, since it has no resident protection. Piriform Software User Guides Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ishan_rulz Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 And it can also cause glitches and conflict with each other. Same goes for A-Spywares and Firewalls. Simplicity is hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatlebryce Posted June 20, 2009 Author Share Posted June 20, 2009 Ok then, i'll only use one. I figured i had enough memory since I have the XP max (3gb?) on 2x2gb sticks. But that makes sense only having one active. Which should I use though? I have SUPER Antispyware pro and AVG antivirus, which would be better to leave as active? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ishan_rulz Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 You can have 1 AntiVirus and 1 AntiSpyware. Firewall is optional, but recommended. Prevent Malware and safe computing Guide by our Spware Mod Simplicity is hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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