tried DW(Dr Web) about two years ago, and had some problems with it

[Bunkhouse Buck]

{QUOTE-> bunk, I still ain't sure

Waiting for someone to find out if it is ;)

By either way, alot of malware is tested and drweb detects alot of it, so, so far I'm happy

I never rely on tests but some ppl do, to me ... I know from personal experience that drweb is better than most ppl think here on wilders. <-QUOTE}

CSJ, I just went by AV-Comparatives. I tried DW about two years ago, and had some problems with it. Probably ok now though. If this test is anywhere near accurate, I might give DrW a try. I am using Avira, it is light, but DrW may be lighter. I want to test it on my main laptop and see how it runs relative to Avira. If the detection is anywhere near similar, I'll give it a whirl.

[C.S.J]

you shouldn't use it for test results tho bunk, is it light? Yes,very.
Will it protect you? Most definatly

Those are the reasons you should look at.

[Bunkhouse Buck]

{QUOTE-> you shouldn't use it for test results tho bunk, is it light? Yes,very.
Will it protect you? Most definatly

Those are the reasons you should look at. <-QUOTE}

I am installing right now...

[C.S.J]

LOL ok, hide the tray icon in control panel and tell me if you even notice an antivirus running.

[Bunkhouse Buck]

{QUOTE-> LOL ok, hide the tray icon in control panel and tell me if you even notice an antivirus running. <-QUOTE}

I am running a full scan right now, but even with it on, webpages load faster than Avira or Nod32-no question. I'll let you know how light overall after scan is completed.

[trjam]

Hang on, while I get some popcorn. ::)

[Bunkhouse Buck]

{QUOTE-> Hang on, while I get some popcorn. ::) <-QUOTE}

Actually is scanning as fast on my laptop as Avira-perhaps slightly faster.

[trjam]

well, check back with me in a hour when it finishes. And you might want to double check what it finds before deleting.;)

[JasSolo]

{QUOTE-> well, check back with me in a hour when it finishes. And you might want to double check what it finds before deleting.;) <-QUOTE}


Tsk..tsk.. Don't hurt Chris' feelings ;D

[JasSolo]

......and the next day..PLING...:o ...what happened...:D ...ahhh it's finished...;D

Cheers

[C.S.J]

{QUOTE-> well, check back with me in a hour when it finishes. And you might want to double check what it finds before deleting.;) <-QUOTE}
u are hilarious jeff, but I believe more people report fps with avira than with drweb :)

Scanning speed is slow, but its a deeper more through scan.

After your initial scan bunk, you can disable archive and mail scanning, and this will dramatically improve the scan speed.

[trjam]

It might be awhile before he can answer you.:o

[computer geek]

I can't believe they put a discussion about doctor web in other anti malware section... The mods

[solcroft]

{QUOTE-> I can't believe they put a discussion about doctor web in other anti malware section... The mods <-QUOTE}
Maybe they think DW stands for DefenseWall.

[Peter2150]

{QUOTE-> Maybe they think DW stands for DefenseWall. <-QUOTE}

Bingo. I am moving it now.

Pete

[lodore]

hello,
nothing wrong with a slow scanning engine.
mostly a fast scan engine means it misses stuff.
slower scan engines are normaly more through.
no reason to diss something because its a bit slow.
ive seen a few fp's with dr web but the ones i sent got fixed quite quickly.
always look at the good things. for example recently people have been spreading rubbish about me but im happy because i know im better than they are:D
im sure version 5 of drweb will have a faster engine.
lodore

[trjam]

Geez, Bunkhouse. Still scanning?::) ;)

[Tommy]

{QUOTE-> Geez, Bunkhouse. Still scanning?::) ;) <-QUOTE}
You are a bad guy :)

[Bunkhouse Buck]

{QUOTE-> Geez, Bunkhouse. Still scanning?::) ;) <-QUOTE}

The bad news is the full initial scan took a little over 5 hours as compared to 2 hours for Avira. The good news is that the spam filter in Dr. Web is much better than Avira and the best I have ever tested and I have tested them all. In addition, Dr. Web runs lighter on my test machine than Avira. Web pages load faster, etc.

There are trade-offs with all AVs. I weight "lightness" very highly, and if the next 30 days (trial period) works well, I will buy a license for Dr. Web. I have licenses for Nod32 and both the Avira Suite and the Personal Edition Premium which I can reinstall if need be.

Just a progress report from beautiful Las Vegas.

Best,

Bunkhouse Buck

[Bunkhouse Buck]

{QUOTE-> well, check back with me in a hour when it finishes. And you might want to double check what it finds before deleting.;) <-QUOTE}

As expected, there were some false positives (7) -and I have never had a fp with Avira or Nod32. That said, I did not delete the fp files as I knew what they were. I do not view false positives as necessarily a bad thing since I know something about computers.

[Bunkhouse Buck]

{QUOTE-> LOL ok, hide the tray icon in control panel and tell me if you even notice an antivirus running. <-QUOTE}

By far the lightest AV I ever used-and I have used them all. Lightning quick loading web pages and with my businesses I am on the net at least 14 hours a day. It is actually hard to believe.

[solcroft]

{QUOTE-> best I have ever tested and I have tested them all.

lightest AV I ever used-and I have used them all. <-QUOTE}
You're a bundle of laughs as always, Buck.

[Bunkhouse Buck]

{QUOTE-> You're a bundle of laughs as always, Buck. <-QUOTE}

I am glad you appreciate my good sense of humor! ;D

[C.S.J]

Untick archives in scanner settings to reduce scan speed dramatically bunk

[Bunkhouse Buck]

{QUOTE-> Untick archives in scanner settings to reduce scan speed dramatically bunk <-QUOTE}


I have-thanks.

I guess I pissed off some here (not a surprise-that is normal) but you were right about the lightness of Dr. Web. Running anything else is slowing down their machine-it is that simple. I sent my Avira key for a 50% 1 year discount. Cheap as well!

[trjam]

ok, I will bite. Have not used the newer version anyway, well I did but could not figure how to set the updating up in Vista, which I do now. . Sent them a copy of a email for my Eset license, which I am never going to use, for the 1 year 1 user license. I agree Bucko, that at that price, what the hell do I have to worry about. And I may be pleasantly surprised. As for the FPs, Avira finds the same ones on both of my computers after I do a reimage::) so I can’t complain if Dr Web finds some on initial install. I do know it offers the strength of cleaning that is really only available in Kaspersky and that is one thing I like about it.

[Malcontent]

{QUOTE-> I have-thanks.

I guess I pissed off some here (not a surprise-that is normal) but you were right about the lightness of Dr. Web. Running anything else is slowing down their machine-it is that simple. I sent my Avira key for a 50% 1 year discount. Cheap as well! <-QUOTE}

Welcome to the Dr. Web family. :)

[Bunkhouse Buck]

{QUOTE-> ok, I will bite. Have not used the newer version anyway, well I did but could not figure how to set the updating up in Vista, which I do now. . Sent them a copy of a email for my Eset license, which I am never going to use, for the 1 year 1 user license. I agree Bucko, that at that price, what the hell do I have to worry about. And I may be pleasantly surprised. As for the FPs, Avira finds the same ones on both of my computers after I do a reimage::) so I can’t complain if Dr Web finds some on initial install. I do know it offers the strength of cleaning that is really only available in Kaspersky and that is one thing I like about it. <-QUOTE}

They want business as well. Julia (Dir of Intl Sales) sent me a coupon for 50% off to migrate from any other AV. It was for the Anti-Virus only. I told her I wanted the +anti spam version. She told me I would have to pay full price, and I responded that was not a good deal. Her solution: she issued a 50% discount for the anti-spam version for me.

The price is right in US dollars, and you are right-what the hell if it offers reasonable protection. The program has been improved a lot in two years. If the new version offers faster scans, we are in business.

Best,

BB

[trjam]

yeah, she sent me mine to. Guess my Eset license was worth something after all. I am sure I will be bugging Chris for settings setup. But I still have 341 avatar changes I can make so,,,,,,,,,,,,;)

[C.S.J]

it will protect you bunk , dont listen to the bashers :)

Told ya it was light, also its probably the most stable'

[Bunkhouse Buck]

{QUOTE-> it will protect you bunk , dont listen to the bashers :)

Told ya it was light, also its probably the most stable' <-QUOTE}

Thanks Chris, that's all you can ask for.

[C.S.J]

U will see yourself now what it can do ;)

As blackcat said, most of the 'critics' have not even tried it.

[fredra]

{QUOTE-> U will see yourself now what it can do ;)

As blackcat said, most of the 'critics' have not even tried it. <-QUOTE}

I agree with you on that Chris..... they have not tried it.
IMHO we who use Dr. Web, never push it enough (Chris is the exception), and the "critics" get away with their biased "rabid", unfounded diatribe.
I have a two year lic, working great.
Cheers :)

[RandomP]

Hi there to all,

I have been reading this forum for over two years now, thought I get more involved now, and post a reply or two...

I used Dr.Web also for a year now, on and off I must say, and is indeed the lightest of all I have tried (the other being nod, kaspersky, avira). It has some FP's, but that doesn't bother me since everything is set on "report". I guess everyone does some trade-offs when using a product (any product); maybe DW doesn't have 99,99999% detection, but it is light, very good anti-spam, very good heuristics.

That's my two (euro)-cents, hope it's useful for anyone wanting to use Dr.Web.

Cheers to all.

[cdr]

:) I have to add my support and agreement to the comments here! I have also tested a whole bunch of other av programs, and I keep seeing that, on my computer, nothing runs as light or as smooth as Dr. Web. And for me, the Anti-Spam component works beautifully--independent of which e-mail client I want to use! It's nice to see Dr. Web appreciated!:D

[gates]

I must say that I'm also very happy dr.web user. Using it one of my laptops and it is lightest av that I have ever used. I have used it now almost two years and will renew soon.

They support is realy fast. I just send feedback to them and they answered in two minutes! :thumb:

I can't say even one reason why I should not renew. ;D

[C.S.J]

its nice to see the big bunch of drweb users on here and in this thread.

Happy users ;)

[computer geek]

Dr web is quite good, but the interface does not come up for me... :'(

[C.S.J]

{QUOTE-> Dr web is quite good, but the interface does not come up for me... :'( <-QUOTE}
why should a fancy interface matter when using the AV, sure.. it might be a request or something you would like to see developed, but surely its not enough to not use the software. :blink:

especially for drweb, as its sooo light and non-intrusive.

BUT... i actually do like drwebs UI, its clean, friendly and easy to access the settings.

however, i too... would still like to see a newer, 'more green' UI, hopefully which will arrive with v5.

[fredra]

{QUOTE-> its nice to see the big bunch of drweb users on here and in this thread.

Happy users ;) <-QUOTE}
Hi Chris
I suspect that there are many more, however, they/we are not as fanatical in comparision to SOME other AV users.
If I can remember, there is Bellgamin and shorty1, and those two were instrumental in getting me interested in Dr Web way back when 4.33 was in its infancy.
The interface may need updating, but that is a personal choice and not THE item to prevent me from using Dr Web.
My .000000002 cents worth.
Cheers :)

[lucas1985]

{QUOTE-> Scanning speed is slow, but its a deeper more through scan. <-QUOTE}
You know that "deeper/through scanning" is a very relative thing ;) Only ClamAV can be accused of weak scanning.

[Badcompany]

Welcome BunkHouse Buck,
And don't forget DR.Web as the best support.Use the support ticket and you will receive a answer very quickly.I normaly receive a reply within 30mins.
Badcompany.

[ellison64]

I've been reading this thread with interest.I had a licence for drweb many years ago ,but unfortunately it wouldn't play nice with my then email client pimmy on os w98se.I now use w2000 pro ,so i thought what the heck im gonna try it.Im currently using the free avast and to be honest its an excellent no problem av ,which is very fast even when using the web scanner,and i dont notice any slowdowns at all on my low spec machine p3 733 392 ram.Anyway ive just installed drweb and here are my observations.
1.It doesnt seem any faster than avast (with http scanning activated i may add) when web browsing
2.Its actually quite a bit slower when opening files or using windows explorer to open things on my computer ,which is a minus for me.
3.Personally i like the simple gui and don't like unnecessary fancy ones (i currently use the iconic skin with avast which is simple and to the point).I do have an issue with drweb gui (see screenshot) which may be due to my screen resolution (800x600).Maybe someone can confirm this?
4. I enabled "other" and ticked both "run and open files" and "create and write files" in spider guard settings.I didnt expect my computer to practically lock up ,and not be able to do anything.I had to just all other apps off (i was experiencing 100% cpu) and untick those options and use the "smart setting " again.This was a minus for me with this av.
5.I didnt like that drweb spider mail scanned port119.When i opened my newsreader i had to wait an absolute age while dr web scanned all my newsgroups.I then found the setting and deleted port 119 in the spider guard,so that it wouldnt scan newsgroup.
Im sure detection and cleaning is perfectly adequate ,so i have no qualms there.At the moment though im not sure whether it gives me any more than avast .Ill use it for a while and see how it goes.
ellison

[Bunkhouse Buck]

{QUOTE-> Welcome BunkHouse Buck,
And don't forget DR.Web as the best support.Use the support ticket and you will receive a answer very quickly.I normaly receive a reply within 30mins.
Badcompany. <-QUOTE}

Thank you. It is an awesome AV. Could not be lighter on my machine.

[C.S.J]

Ellison:

Its not a gui problem, although maybe it should say 'detection of:'

The end of that sentance is left open for the menu on the left, ie. ' detection of joke programs' etc

4. Isn't recommend to turn that option on, its only to be used in situations, you will lose zero protection with the default setting.

5. This is because drwebs spidermail can scan mail using ANY client, no plugins needed, newsgroups come into that category, but as you rightly said, this can be easily altered in spidermail settings.

Bunk:

I agree, I really doubt they could make it any lighter, this is because of great coding, and not being lazy asses to try and get products released quickly.

Because of this, you will even find drwebs beta versions to be more stable than a vast majority of the released products right now.

[ellison64]

{QUOTE-> Ellison:

Its not a gui problem, although maybe it should say 'detection of:'

The end of that sentance is left open for the menu on the left, ie. ' detection of joke programs' etc

4. Isn't recommend to turn that option on, its only to be used in situations, you will lose zero protection with the default setting.

5. This is because drwebs spidermail can scan mail using ANY client, no plugins needed, newsgroups come into that category, but as you rightly said, this can be easily altered in spidermail settings.

Bunk:

I agree, I really doubt they could make it any lighter, this is because of great coding, and not being lazy asses to try and get products released quickly.

Because of this, you will even find drwebs beta versions to be more stable than a vast majority of the released products right now. <-QUOTE}

Yes ive left it on smart now.Any ideas about the gui error?.Is it ok on your pc?

EDIT.....oops...i see you have already replied to that question.
thank you
ellison

[cdr]

{QUOTE-> Any ideas about the gui error?.Is it ok on your pc?
ellison <-QUOTE}
:) Ellison, this gui "error" that you show appears the same on my computer--it's not just on your computer! I tend to think that it's just as Chris explained in his post above. And if it's not what Chris says, maybe at a future date or in a future version Dr. Web will "polish out" this "error." :D
Edit: Actually, now when I look at that screen and click on one of the options in the left-hand column, I can see the tiny "dots" under the words "detection of" actually change. So, it looks as if it is indeed a gui error! Under the words "detection of" it is supposed to show the word you clicked on in the left, but it seems as if the gui doesn't allow that line to be displayed! It's kind of cutting off all but the very tips of the letters at the top! Son of a gun!

[C.S.J]

{QUOTE-> Yes ive left it on smart now.Any ideas about the gui error?.Is it ok on your pc?

EDIT.....oops...i see you have already replied to that question.
thank you
ellison <-QUOTE}
or are you referring to the dots... that shouldnt be there.

i can report if for you if you like?

[trjam]

chris, can you walk me through how to set up a scheduled full scan in Vista. I know or see the updater already creates itself in task scheduler but I think you once showed me how to set up a scan from there.

[ellison64]

{QUOTE-> or are you referring to the dots... that shouldnt be there.

i can report if for you if you like? <-QUOTE}

Yes the dots.It looked like there is some other writing there thats not showing.
ellison

[C.S.J]

{QUOTE-> chris, can you walk me through how to set up a scheduled full scan in Vista. I know or see the updater already creates itself in task scheduler but I think you once showed me how to set up a scan from there. <-QUOTE}

ellison - your error is reported here (http://bugs.drweb.com/bug_view_advanced_page.php?bug_id=0017119)

Jeff -

1. Open Task Scheduler

196709

2. Click Create Task.

196710

3. The rest of the tabs should be pretty simple for you to do, add arguments /full or /fast depending if you want a complete/express scan scheduled.

196711

196712

196713

the last screenshot is probably the one you needed Jeff.

[ellison64]

{QUOTE-> :) Ellison, this gui "error" that you show appears the same on my computer--it's not just on your computer! I tend to think that it's just as Chris explained in his post above. And if it's not what Chris says, maybe at a future date or in a future version Dr. Web will "polish out" this "error." :D
Edit: Actually, now when I look at that screen and click on one of the options in the left-hand column, I can see the tiny "dots" under the words "detection of" actually change. So, it looks as if it is indeed a gui error! Under the words "detection of" it is supposed to show the word you clicked on in the left, but it seems as if the gui doesn't allow that line to be displayed! It's kind of cutting off all but the very tips of the letters at the top! Son of a gun! <-QUOTE}

Thanks for confirmation.Im not sure whether its a screen res error?
ellison

[cdr]

{QUOTE-> Thanks for confirmation.Im not sure whether its a screen res error?
ellison <-QUOTE}
I'm not sure. My laptop screen resolution is usually set to 1440x900; I changed it to 800x600, and the gui error still shows up. It would be nice if it were something as simple as that, but I don't think it is!;) Dr. Web will fix it eventually, I'm sure--especially if Chris gets after them!:P :P

[C.S.J]

it will be fixed, dont worry.

i posted the bug a few posts above, they fixed the russian text on the splash screen to 'version 4.44' in the same way.

just dont expect an immediate fix, although they might :)

im sure they have more important things to do right now :)

[Espresso]

{QUOTE-> By far the lightest AV I ever used-and I have used them all. Lightning quick loading web pages and with my businesses I am on the net at least 14 hours a day. It is actually hard to believe. <-QUOTE}

You use Avira Premium with the http filter? I use Avira free and I can't tell any difference between running with the AV on or off, performance-wise. I only run the avguard.exe as well - no interface of any kind.

[Bunkhouse Buck]

{QUOTE-> it will be fixed, dont worry.

i posted the bug a few posts above, they fixed the russian text on the splash screen to 'version 4.44' in the same way.

just dont expect an immediate fix, although they might :)

im sure they have more important things to do right now :) <-QUOTE}

Chris,

How often do you run a complete scan?

[Bunkhouse Buck]

{QUOTE-> You use Avira Premium with the http filter? I use Avira free and I can't tell any difference between running with the AV on or off, performance-wise. I only run the avguard.exe as well - no interface of any kind. <-QUOTE}

I currently am using Dr. Web. As light as Avira is, Dr. Web is lighter on my machine. Avira with or without http scanning is about the same speed in terms of web pages loading.

[C.S.J]

I run a complete scan every week bunk.

I use express only when I'm bored. ;)

[Bunkhouse Buck]

{QUOTE-> I run a complete scan every week bunk.

I use express only when I'm bored. ;) <-QUOTE}

As you know, a complete scan takes about 2.5X longer than Avira. I agree it is probably more thorough. As you mentioned, perhaps the next version will have faster scanning. I did reinstall Avira on Saturday to see if it slowed things down compared to Dr. Web. It did-enough so that I removed it and reinstalled Dr. Web.

[C.S.J]

express is sufficent enough after you do a full system scan bunk, that should be much quicker or you

complete only takes 50 mind on mine, so I just do them ;)

[xandros]

can you write for us how much Dr Web take from the ram (memory)
can you put a pic to let us see the task manager after you install Dr Web

thanks

i love the light antivirus

[C.S.J]

task manager can be misleading regarding how light an antivirus is, but in this case... its not. :)

without spidermail installed on vista...........

196778

196779

[xandros]

{QUOTE-> task manager can be misleading regarding how light an antivirus is, but in this case... its not. :)

without spidermail installed on vista...........

196778

196779 <-QUOTE}


wow
its very light on the pc
i will try it today and i will tell you if its good on my pc today or tomorow

[xandros]

i just finish try dr.web now
scaning the complete computer not working i dont know why ?
any way i scan the computer by the custom scan and its exellent

the option very nice in dr.web
its very very very very very very light on my computer
i use it now and i think i will never leave it couse its very light and the browsing very fast and every thing in my computer fast

thank you Dr.web

i love it

i use comodo firewall pro with Dr.web antivirus and every thing exellent

[djohn]

Ok you guys got me to try drweb you all are correct it sure is lite more like extra lite

[deanmartin]

You got me wanting to try it too. i'll download tue and if it's that lite i'll buy it.

[Solaris]

I don’t understand why it’s considered an antivirus light by its memory consumption.
The CPU consumption, and more, the throughput will influence the behavior of the PC.
An antivirus which considerably reduces the HD I/O Data Stream can’t be considered light.

I like Doctor Web (and I have the license for months), but at least for me, it generates time access on my PC with programs that are much longer than other antivirus.

I want to see an image with “Irfan View” (a light graphic viewer), it takes more than one second before opening with DrWeb ‘On Access’ enabled.
Without (or with some other antivirus), it is almost ‘instantaneous’.

Testing on a recent Windows XP install- HD Raptor - Core2 Duo.

So for me, it's not so light as that.

[C.S.J]

you dont think drweb is light?

Care to suggest one that betters it?

[Cerxes]

I´m not a DrW user myself (Avast), but I´m very interested of light AV's uses of CPU resources. So please check your I/O data stream as Solaris mentioned by using Process Explorer or some similar tool, and comment your results which would be highly appreciated.

/C.

[larryb52]

I'm easy ;-) so I may load it up tonight as well & see how light it is, my default has been ESS so it'll have to be pretty light , we'll see...

[C.S.J]

I will do when I get home, trying to earn some pennys at the moment ;)

I know vista shows an average of 0% CPU for each drweb process

[ellison64]

{QUOTE-> I don’t understand why it’s considered an antivirus light by its memory consumption.
The CPU consumption, and more, the throughput will influence the behavior of the PC.
An antivirus which considerably reduces the HD I/O Data Stream can’t be considered light.

I like Doctor Web (and I have the license for months), but at least for me, it generates time access on my PC with programs that are much longer than other antivirus.

I want to see an image with “Irfan View” (a light graphic viewer), it takes more than one second before opening with DrWeb ‘On Access’ enabled.
Without (or with some other antivirus), it is almost ‘instantaneous’.

Testing on a recent Windows XP install- HD Raptor - Core2 Duo.

So for me, it's not so light as that. <-QUOTE}

Its perhaps specific to individuals setup?.Dr web for me to ,is not lighter than avast when opening files ,menus etc on my pc and i experience the delay too..For browsing it is not faster than avast again (also avast has http scanner running),i would say they are equal on my system.Maybe drwebs heuristics would naturally take a bit more cpu/time scanning than avast which doesnt have the same heuristics?.That said Dr web would probably be my choice if i needed anything other than avast at present.I do like its simplicity.For my system though it needs to be fine tuned a little ,so that i dont get those slight delays/pauses when opening stuff.
ellison

[Solaris]

An antivirus which take 0% CPU when there is no 'On Access' activity on the PC, it seems normal.
On the contrary, it is direct to the garbage for the antivirus in question.


Now I prefer an antivirus take a little more CPU but check programs 'On Access' quickly rather than take virtually nothing in CPU but take more time to check files.
To make a caricature: 0% CPU (for the antivirus) but 2 minutes to open Photoshop or 30-50% of CPU and Photoshop opened in 6 seconds. It is a caricature, of course.;)

Now, if your PC is old, so with a less powerful CPU and hard discs not really fast, actually, I think that Doctor Web will be certainly the lightest.

In any case, for the update, Doctor Web is the lightest in my opinion.

If I look at the full PDF VB100 Virus Bulletin of June 2007 on Windows XP, DrWeb had one of the most important score for the “File access lag time” (shorter is the better), and the “On demand scanning speed” one of the shorter ( the greatest is the better).

An important “File access lag Time” and a poor throughput: Bad combination for a light antivirus; no ?

[C.S.J]

seriously, i really dont know what you mean.

ive tried all AV programs, yes ... all of them.

and none even come close to drwebs lightness.

this includes all operations, boot times, loading files, transfering files, encoding files, opening pdfs, browsing speed, gui/options speed, etc etc.

[mrhero]

In my opinion VBA32 with "scan only new files" enabled is lighter than Dr.Web.

[C.S.J]

whats the problem?

196813

[dNor]

Just to provide some more feedback on Dr Web, it's definitely a well-written program. As others have said, it's ridiculously light - really one of the only AVs you don't notice. There were a couple issues I had with it, namely the GUI and scan speed, but it's low price and footprint make it worth anyone's time. Reading test sites and seeing Dr Web not coming in at the top 3 may deter some, but it's one of those programs you should try before condeming.

[Solaris]

I don’t criticise DrWeb. In fact, at this moment, I am with. I cannot find better at the moment (Avira is not bad either), but it is true that I have some lag time and some long I/O with the HD.
Updating the GeForce driver, it takes more than 15 minutes on my computer (!). Maybe 2-3 minutes without antivirus, and checking over 250,000 files (!!) (It is a particular case that I met). I cannot explain this delay and the number of files scanned.
On the other hand, for regular and smooth upgrade, the interface and the effectiveness of interceptions, DrWeb, yes, I like it. But not the lightest on my setup.

[xandros]

{QUOTE-> I don’t criticise DrWeb. In fact, at this moment, I am with. I cannot find better at the moment (Avira is not bad either), but it is true that I have some lag time and some long I/O with the HD.
Updating the GeForce driver, it takes more than 15 minutes on my computer (!). Maybe 2-3 minutes without antivirus, and checking over 250,000 files (!!) (It is a particular case that I met). I cannot explain this delay and the number of files scanned.
On the other hand, for regular and smooth upgrade, the interface and the effectiveness of interceptions, DrWeb, yes, I like it. But not the lightest on my setup. <-QUOTE}


what is the lightest avtivirus on your computer ?
avast ??

can you put for us a pic for the task manager of ur compute to see how much its take from the resours ?? plz
thanx

and if you have avg antimaleware plz tell us if its light on the computer ? i mean how much its take from the memorey , plz put for us a pic from the task manager

thanx

[ellison64]

I think its already been stated that its nothing to do with memory.Dr web is definitely slower opening files on my computer than avast or quite a few other avs actually.I did have dr web to scan all files where avasts scan created/modified files default is not to.However setting avast to scan all files ,still sees avast faster for me.Im sure its faster for many ,but i wouldnt say its faster for everyone.
ellison

[disinter1]

offtopic about dr web:

Ok well, I have had this problem before with dr web now it's at it again, I would download it and once everything was done with that I would go to the taskbar and right click it to set dr web at "always show" since I like seeing only my security products at all times in my task bar, but everytime I restart my computer in the moring dr web would be at "hide when inactive" ALL the time which haunts me cause like I said this has happened to me before, this has to be a bug and it can't just be my computer becuase since the last time I used dr web I have been through a couple of reformats etc.

So anyone help me please because this was enough for me to uninstall dr web in the first place, thanks.

[C.S.J]

{QUOTE-> offtopic about dr web:

Ok well, I have had this problem before with dr web now it's at it again, I would download it and once everything was done with that I would go to the taskbar and right click it to set dr web at "always show" since I like seeing only my security products at all times in my task bar, but everytime I restart my computer in the moring dr web would be at "hide when inactive" ALL the time which haunts me cause like I said this has happened to me before, this has to be a bug and it can't just be my computer becuase since the last time I used dr web I have been through a couple of reformats etc.

So anyone help me please because this was enough for me to uninstall dr web in the first place, thanks. <-QUOTE}
it is not a bug, its drwebs preference.

i tried to get them to change their mind, but failed.

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but now, things have changed for myself... and i dont even show the icon at all now :D

[C.S.J]

{QUOTE-> I'm easy ;-) so I may load it up tonight as well & see how light it is, my default has been ESS so it'll have to be pretty light , we'll see... <-QUOTE}
how did you manage Larry? ;)

[Bunkhouse Buck]

{QUOTE-> how did you manage Larry? ;) <-QUOTE}

ESS was at 100% cpu and hung up my system for 60 seconds dozens of times. Dr. Web has never hung up my system-just shakes, rattles, and rolls a bit when the update baloon does it's thing. ;D

[JasSolo]

{QUOTE-> ESS was at 100% cpu and hung up my system for 60 seconds dozens of times <-QUOTE}

ESS did the same on my system, until I unchecked "Advanced Heuristics" in realtime protection. It's not on by default, but maybe you "messed" with it, like I did?! ;D


Cheers

[Bunkhouse Buck]

{QUOTE-> ESS did the same on my system, until I unchecked "Advanced Heuristics" in realtime protection. It's not on by default, but maybe you "messed" with it, like I did?! ;D


Cheers <-QUOTE}

I tried all combinations/permutations. On my system it caused some problems unlike Dr. Web.

[JasSolo]

Funny how some AV's just won't behave on certain systems :(
But heck, if The Doctor is on your system, you're well protected ;D


Cheers

[C.S.J]

{QUOTE-> Funny how some AV's just won't behave on certain systems :(
But heck, if The Doctor is on your system, you're well protected ;D


Cheers <-QUOTE}
by the sounds of it, he un-installed mcafee right before installing drweb.

the big 2 don't have a good un-install usually, this is why they usually have removal tools.

however,

if it was a confliction of some kind, drweb should still know about it.

but they will need as much info as possible, and preferably your logs too.

[computer geek]

{QUOTE-> by the sounds of it, he un-installed mcafee right before installing drweb.

the big 2 don't have a good un-install usually, this is why they usually have removal tools.

however,

if it was a confliction of some kind, drweb should still know about it.

but they will need as much info as possible, and preferably your logs too. <-QUOTE}
I think, you may be mixing my problem up with somebody else?
Edit: Oh damn, can't post no more today.