question about f-secure start up scan

well okay 2 questions. first does f-secure use the same cache system as kaspersky does?

second i know it puts a strangle on the system mostly when starting up for around 5 min or so on my system. can this start up scan be disabled? i wonder if that would improve things for me if i can i may give it another go and see what happens.. thankssorry to ask so many questions but i need all the answers i can get and this usually is the best place to ask.

 

i dont belive f-secure does a startup scan.
f-secure 2008 took less than 2mins to fully startup on on old system with a pentium 3 processer and 256mb of ram.
the 2007 version took like 8mins on same hardware.
what spec system have you got?
and what other software installed?
lodore

 

p4 northy 3.2 oc'ed to 4.1 on water with great temps..

ms office
vista 32 bit ultimate
9800pro gpu
dual raid array 2 drives in raid 0 2 in raid 1
2gb ram
abit motherboard etc..

all the software is pretty standard stuff nothing out of the ordinary.

it was near 5 min before i could even open up my computer everything was almost like locked up till it got done starting what f-secure was working on, i tried this numerous times. i uninstalled it restarted a number of times and problem was gone. re-installed f-secure problem is back again

 

with f-secure installed have you run fsdiag.tar?
i think its in start,programfiles,f-secure
its a diagnostic tool for f-secure
it might allow you to send it to f-secure automatically.
if not email f-secure and explain the problem.
lodore

 

If I recall correctly the 2007 FSIS took about 2 - 2.5 minutes to start. I never minded all that much, but like most I always prefer that things work fast.

Regards,
Jerry

 

LOL, 2.5 minutes to start. That hurts

 

2008 is at least 100% better regarding system performance, so in your case.... 1 minute or slightly above

2008 is a really good suite that isnt too bad regarding system resources, a massive improvement over 2007 so i suggest you all at least try it.

i certainly like it.

 

You won't ever know until you try it. The experiences of others will not necessary be the same as your.

Best,
Jerry

 

I said before... I can't use 2007 (and previous) version in my computer because it slow down PC. Now 2008 version is ok... with no slow down...
Try it.

 

so def no way to eliminate this crazy start up time? nothing i can turn off or change to make it go any quicker?? im so torn between av's right now arghhhhh i cant keep switcing them out im going to end up having to a full format to get thing back to normal after trialing all these over and over again ...

 

these are the key words. Looks like something of remnants from your previous apps is causing the issue.
Double check them, 5 minutes for system startup is impossible

 

i installed it on a totally fresh vista system after a full format today and while boot up was better it still took forever to startup, i really want to like f-secure i do.. i just wish it didnt run like crap on my system i had 13 procc running for this suite...

 

you did your best, maybe FS is conflicting with something into vista os, who knows..

 

its fine on vista.