OK, I admit I'm posting a lot these days, ever since I installed a multiple anti-everything protection. Feeling much safer is a good thing, but now I'm facing another extreme...machine is painfully slow in everything I do - mouse pointer, typing, windows opening, websites downloading. The source of this is Winpatrol application - everything works fine until "Scotty" (icon on desktop bar) starts to chew this Ying&Yang ball or what ever that is, then everything starts to work with jerking action, letters just crawling on display while I type, in short - the machine is hardly usable for any serious work.

If someone knows what can be done about it, please advise. If there's no workaround, I'll be better off if I uninstall Winpatrol.

Thanks in advance !

Sebastian

Hmm, I would uninstall Winpatol, and stick with only one AV, as more than one can just cause problems as you have seen. I would go with AVG Free.

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1

Thanks, that's what I thought..too many guards makes crowd at the gates.

I already have Norton Anti Virus 5.02.04 installed and regulary updated. Can you point out with few words what would I benefit from replacing NAV with AVG ?

AVG Is:

1. Free
2. Light Wieght
3. Performs the same as NAV
4. Doesn't steal 90% of your system resources like Norton.
5. Did I mention free?

Now I'm curious I might give it a try, can't be worse than once-upon-a-time NAV for Win98, as a bonus it's available in Windows and Linux - perfect marriage for my new double OS machine.

Thanks !


One more thing (sorry to jump in!); I've just been through some readings, some of which are suggesting double-check setups, like having AVG as resident and Avast for manual double check-ups..or vice versa, I don't think it's completely irrelevant which one you use for what role. Any comments or different suggestions for such twin configurations ?

Heh sorry for a late reply, but I personally would go with AVG as the resident, and Avast as the manual second.

Thanks.

Done already, but thanks !

I also used WinPatrol. Now I’m using AnVir Task Manager, it’s the best solution for my PC. It manages startup programs and active processes, removes spyware. It shows full information about each process including command line, inbound and outbound traffic, disk load, tray icon, performance graph, internet connections.
http://www.anvir.com