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Answer» Is AVG Free edition a good choice for an older COMPUTER. I have windows ME and use a dial-up modem..Will AVG overwhelm my system and make it slower?? Currently using ETrust INTERNET Security.no it should not it might even speed it up a bit because it is less resource intensive than most other antiviruses out there ulWarrior is correct...i have it running on my testbench machine that has 4 flavors of Windows on it including ME... You might want to contact a friend that is on high speed and have them DLoad it and burn it to CD or throw it on a thumb drive...while they are there tell them to also grab AVG Anti-Spyware which is a different program ( formerly Ewido and also free ) and a good compliment to AVG Free. Quote from: Alabaster Box on April 12, 2007, 10:09:20 AM Is AVG Free edition a good choice for an older computer. I have windows ME and use a dial-up modem..Will AVG overwhelm my system and make it slower?? Currently using ETrust Internet Security. I use it on every Windows system I maintain. It only slows down noticably when it's scanning. Quote from: Raptor on April 14, 2007, 08:30:50 AM Quote from: Alabaster Box on April 12, 2007, 10:09:20 AM Is AVG Free edition a good choice for an older computer. I have windows ME and use a dial-up modem..Will AVG overwhelm my system and make it slower?? Currently using ETrust Internet Security. I use it on every Windows system I maintain. It only slows down noticably when it's scanning. Although it will take longer, AVG can be set to SCAN without using as many resources. When you do this, you hardly even notice that it's running.I set mine up to update at 4AM and scan at 5AM so i don't notice at all...Psht, those are my peak usage hours.Quote from: CBMatt on April 15, 2007, 02:35:48 AM Psht, those are my peak usage hours. Same here. Quote from: CBMatt on April 14, 2007, 08:39:16 AM Although it will take longer, AVG can be set to scan without using as many resources. When you do this, you hardly even notice that it's running. Can you provide some details on that?Quote from: soybean on April 15, 2007, 07:12:26 AM Quote from: CBMatt on April 14, 2007, 08:39:16 AM Although it will take longer, AVG can be set to scan without using as many resources. When you do this, you hardly even notice that it's running. Can you provide some details on that? When you install AVG 7.5 it'll ask you what kind of scanning modus you want. Either LOW system resource usage and slower scanning or the opposite of that. Thank you, Raptor, you saved me about five or ten minutes of trying to remember how to set that up. Heh.Quote from: CBMatt on April 15, 2007, 08:31:53 AM Thank you, Raptor, you saved me about five or ten minutes of trying to remember how to set that up. Heh. I tried to do it from within AVG Free, but couldn't find what I was LOOKING for.

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Is AVG Free edition a good choice for an older COMPUTER. I have windows ME and use a dial-up modem..Will AVG overwhelm my system and make it slower?? Currently using ETrust INTERNET Security.no it should not it might even speed it up a bit because it is less resource intensive than most other antiviruses out there ulWarrior is correct...i have it running on my testbench machine that has 4 flavors of Windows on it including ME...

You might want to contact a friend that is on high speed and have them DLoad it and burn it to CD or throw it on a thumb drive...while they are there tell them to also grab AVG Anti-Spyware which is a different program ( formerly Ewido and also free ) and a good compliment to AVG Free.

Quote from: Alabaster Box on April 12, 2007, 10:09:20 AM

Is AVG Free edition a good choice for an older computer. I have windows ME and use a dial-up modem..Will AVG overwhelm my system and make it slower?? Currently using ETrust Internet Security.

I use it on every Windows system I maintain. It only slows down noticably when it's scanning. Quote from: Raptor on April 14, 2007, 08:30:50 AM

Quote from: Alabaster Box on April 12, 2007, 10:09:20 AM
Is AVG Free edition a good choice for an older computer. I have windows ME and use a dial-up modem..Will AVG overwhelm my system and make it slower?? Currently using ETrust Internet Security.

I use it on every Windows system I maintain. It only slows down noticably when it's scanning.

Although it will take longer, AVG can be set to SCAN without using as many resources. When you do this, you hardly even notice that it's running.I set mine up to update at 4AM and scan at 5AM so i don't notice at all...Psht, those are my peak usage hours.Quote from: CBMatt on April 15, 2007, 02:35:48 AM

Psht, those are my peak usage hours.

Same here. Quote from: CBMatt on April 14, 2007, 08:39:16 AM

Although it will take longer, AVG can be set to scan without using as many resources. When you do this, you hardly even notice that it's running.

Can you provide some details on that?Quote from: soybean on April 15, 2007, 07:12:26 AM

Quote from: CBMatt on April 14, 2007, 08:39:16 AM
Although it will take longer, AVG can be set to scan without using as many resources. When you do this, you hardly even notice that it's running.
Can you provide some details on that?

When you install AVG 7.5 it'll ask you what kind of scanning modus you want. Either LOW system resource usage and slower scanning or the opposite of that. Thank you, Raptor, you saved me about five or ten minutes of trying to remember how to set that up. Heh.Quote from: CBMatt on April 15, 2007, 08:31:53 AM

Thank you, Raptor, you saved me about five or ten minutes of trying to remember how to set that up. Heh.

I tried to do it from within AVG Free, but couldn't find what I was LOOKING for.

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