Although I have over nine months left on my a-squared license I might go Avast!

Discussion in 'other anti-virus software' started by ratchet, Feb 14, 2010.

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  1. ratchet

    ratchet Registered Member

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    I think a-squared is great but their signature downloads take minutes on the desktop. My broadband is a pretty consistent 5mbps but their signature updates seem to take perhaps as much as a minute or more and during this period I can't do anything else on this old Pent4 with one gig of RAM. I dropped it for other A-V alternatives on the laptop because if you don't boot it for a couple of days it starts from scratch and installs "all" of the signatures every time. All quite annoying from an otherwise fine product!
     
  2. the Tester

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    The signature downloads (reloads) were the reason that I dumped A-Squared.
    I read that the massive signature reload is the Ikarus part of A-Squared.
    It's a pain regardless of connection speed!
     
  3. 19monty64

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    A shame too, as it made a good "stand-alone scanner" other than the update-issues...
     
  4. TheMozart

    TheMozart Former Poster

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    Patience is a virtue.

    I use a-squared, don't mind waiting.
     
  5. Sadeghi85

    Sadeghi85 Registered Member

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    I haven't had any issues with updates yet o_O
     
  6. mvdu

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    Avast is my favorite AV; I'm just trying to work out a couple issues I've been having.
     
  7. falkor

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    Wow . Never an issue here . Although I see you may not have a whole lot of power . But still . 5meg speed is a fast download speed and your computer should be able to handle it with little problem .o_O Send me the rest of your license . Lol .
     
  8. Blueshoes

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    Avira free can take up to 10 -12 minutes to finally get hooked up and down load definitions. Even after their so called fix.
     
  9. NoIos

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    It's true that Ikarus definitions slow down a-squared updates, but really having it to auto-update I never really notice the whole thing. Different thing if you use the free version...there you have to open a-squared and wait the definitions' download to finish...then for sure you notice the Ikarus slowdown. It's for sure much much better from Antivir free downloads speeds.
    IMHO Ikarus is a great engine and definitions set and really don't mind any slowdown since it's reallt added super value for a-squared.
     
  10. blacknight

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    I use A-Squared free, ok it needs a bit more two minutes to update, but it's not a problem. As others said here, Ikarus it's a great engine, I'm fully satisfied to use A-Squared. :)
     
  11. TheMozart

    TheMozart Former Poster

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    And I like the fact that I don't need to keep this AV running in RAM, saving me resources and it doesn't slow everything down when I am using the PC.
     
  12. Noob

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    I'm with you, don't matter a minute but knowing you're getting well protected :D
     
  13. biscuits

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    I've also experienced this reloads. 2 days ago I have to download 55 MB of Ikarus' (indicated in the update screen) signature files.
     
  14. cruelsister

    cruelsister Registered Member

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    I'm using the A2 paid version on a not all that powerful laptop and I can honestly say that I've never been aware of program updates (except for the version 4 to version 5 upgrade).
     
  15. Noob

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    I have never noticed those signature reloads xD
    I'll keep an eye on them now :p
     
  16. Fuzzfas

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    I also have a license for Vipre, but Avast 5 with only file shield and behaviour shield, is so light (CPU time extremely low) and effective that i have almost tears of joy in my eyes. :argh: Vipre is light, but this is even lighter :D I LOOOOVE the permanent cache. So little disk i/o reads. ANY AV should make its priority to implement a similar function. Scanning and rescanning the same file 100 times while it's unchanged is nowdays so obsolete.

    Avast Home being given for free is a STEAL.

    And the new GUI is also a huge improvement over v.4.

    Thank you Alwil! :thumb:
     
  17. 1timeuserrr

    1timeuserrr Registered Member

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    I'm using the paid version of A-Squared and never had a single problem! the updates are smooth and just once I had to download the whole database (50mb aprox.) eventhough I have 1MB it took just a few minutes :)

    But if your PIV freezes while updating... then I understand it must be annoying.
     
  18. 0strodamus

    0strodamus Registered Member

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    I had 18 months left on my subscription to F-Secure and switched to avast! 5. I have no regrets and I don't think you will either. :thumb:
     
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