AVs and cpu usage

Discussion in 'other anti-virus software' started by WSFuser, Jun 23, 2007.

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  1. WSFuser

    WSFuser Registered Member

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    Do all antivirus use up the cpu (>90%) when extracting archives or similar?

    Sometimes WinRAR will stall for a few seconds as my av takes up the cpu. Its rather annoying :mad:
     
  2. dan_maran

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    Depends on the settings of your AV, size of the archive, and contents of the archive.
    I have ran a few tests with VBA32(latest beta) and I am yet to have the scan process to use over 65% of the cpu during extraction just FYI :)
     
  3. lodore

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    WSFuser are you using kis7.0?
    if so what settings do you have for fileav?
    lodore
     
  4. WSFuser

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    One computer has ESS and the other NOD32.

    Strange thing is I never seemed to have problems before.
     
  5. InfinityAz

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    You may want to check out process tamer. I run it at the default settings on all my computers and it runs great.

    BTW - It's free (don't know if it works with Vista).
     
  6. The Hammer

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    This really should be in the NOD forum as the problem is vendor specific.
     
  7. Marcos

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    It depends on the type of the file, sometimes it takes a couple of seconds to emulate the code. You can disable runtime packers and (or) advanced heuristics, but doing so will affect the ability to catch new threats to a large extent.
     
  8. WSFuser

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    @The Hammer - I was posting about all AVs in general, but I wanted to correct lodore that Im using ESS/NOD32 and not KAV/KIS.

    @Marcos - Since youve replied, do you know if any missing Windows components could affect an AVs (not just NOD32) cpu usage?

    I use nLite to create a very slim WinXP install.
     
  9. osip

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    Tnx for that tip...very handy indeed!
     
  10. WSFuser

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    It didnt work with my nLited XP, so I gave Process Lasso a try instead. Lets see how well it works.
     
  11. trjam

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    Not Avira.
     
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