[Ham-Computers] AVG Anti-Virus 8.0 - Memory hog?

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Maybe the old version and the new versions are both operating. AVG does not 
necessarily uninstall when you install a new version!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian K. Gaskamp" <ka5bkg at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Computers (or other) used for amateur radio, communications, or 
experimenting" <ham-computers at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 4:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] AVG Anti-Virus 8.0 - Memory hog?


>I have not noticed anything out of the ordinary.
> Now I don't have any ham radio programs on the computer with AVG on it, 
> but I have not noticed anything unusual.
>
> Brian
> KA5BKG
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dave 'Doc' Corio" <dcorio at zitomedia.net>
> To: <ham-computers at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2008 8:08 PM
> Subject: [Ham-Computers] AVG Anti-Virus 8.0 - Memory hog?
>
>
>>    Has anyone else noticed that this new version of AVG Free takes up a 
>> whole lot of memory? I noticed my RTTY program slowing down a lot just 
>> now, so I pulled up the Task Manager, and it shows avgrsx.exe with 
>> 36,452K of memory usage. That's more than explorer.exe and svchost.exe 
>> combined! Even worse, I can't end that process. Even with AVG terminated, 
>> that part of it remains running, and refuses to shut down.
>>
>>    If this is normal for AVG, maybe I need to look into a different 
>> anti-virus program. What seems to be the consensus  of a good FREE 
>> antivirus program? ( and yes, I know this is like asking which is better, 
>> Ford or Chevy)
>>
>>
>> Tnx es 73
>> Dave
>> KB3MOW
>>
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> Date: 6/7/2008 11:17 AM
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