Avast Pro or Bit Defender

It has slowed down my PC it slows it down for the first 10 minutes then it seems to runu OK. Avast didnt slow it down at all. Now i dont know what to do.

 

I guess it is a case that the best detection rates do not always equate to the best AV on a particular system.

Best,
Jerry

 

Jerry, i guess your right, i may have to put Avast back on i just dont want to use windows Defender is there something better i can use or should i just use CA internet Security?

 

always say no to CA,

try avg internet security or panda internet security 2007, i think they are both vista ready aswell.

infact, try a few, see which runs best with your vista and your computer.

 

WELL after trying bitdefender 10 & TrendMicro 2007 i had to switch back to Avast Pro. It slowed vista to a craw.

 

I ran Vista Ultimate Retail and BitDefender AntiVirus 10 for the first week I had Vista.

I have an EVGA 680i,2.66GHz Core 2, 4GB, and SATA II drives... it was so slow...

It appears (to me) sockspy.dll is much less efficient in Vista than on XP. It seems to scan everything, being tied up in scanning log entries Vista is writing, or pausing in the middle of some file. It's the hard drive churning that tripled the load time of my applications...

I've went through sending BitDefender system reports, screen shots, stability charts, etc... they were very eager to obtain information from me, so I assume they are working on it and will get back to me one of these days.

Couldn't take it... uninstalled BitDefender 10... installed Avast 4.7... I have a smokin system again. At least 30% faster. The scanning engine seems way faster, and not as many irrelevant files are scanned. Not stoked on the car stereo for a UI... but hey.

Just my experience...
Nord

 

no smoking unless you on fire