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Art wrote:

> I've tested KAV version 6 Betas on my Win 2K PC which has far less
> resources than what you have:
>
> 1.6 ghz AMD cpu
> 256 meg RAM
>
> and after a initial drive scan it was as if the realtime monitor(s)
> weren't even there. KAV generates a checksum on files it scans so it
> doesn't waste time scanning them again. Applications start
> quickly and there is minimal waste of resources.

Art,

I've heard good things about KAV 6 beta in terms of being much lighter
on resources. What's the memory usage when _not_ doing an on-
demand/scheduled scan or an update?

TIA

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"Befunge Sudoku" <daviddotbudd.RemoveThis@manchester.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:MPG.1e36ccfca1ad720f98a4a1@localnews.mcc.ac.uk...
> In article <Ju_yf.5549$ng3.4840@fe11.lga>, asdf.RemoveThis@asdf.com
> says...
> > running mcafee 8 enterprise on my windows 2000 pro.
> > Great program and catches nearly everything I come up against.
> > But it's incredibly slow to the point where I have to disable
> > on-access scan in order to be able to use my machine. This
> > sort of defeats the purpose of having scanner at all.
> >
> > What other programs there which have good track record
> > of catching viruses, spyware, coming with new defs on daily basis
> > as well as being easy on system resources?
> >
> > My system's specs are as follows:
> > OS: Win2000pro
> > 1Gb RAM
> > system installed on 80Gb WD HD.
> > ASUS p4pe mobo.
> > 2.4 GHZ intel.
> >
> > thanx
> >
> >
> >
> I've got half that RAM and a slower processor on my 2000 box
> and VirusScan8enterprise is fine for me. How do you have it
> configured? I've seen it slow down a lot if you let it watch
> network drives (Novell network here and I have a lot of
> mappings). And I have 'scan inside archives' off for the on-
> access scan, but on for the on-demand scan.

Yes scan inside archives i enabled on access scan.

>
> Thought: is it running a boot-time scan? That's often set to be

Not sure about boottime scan but it's slow not just when i start using my
system.

> invisible, and can make the machine sluggish. Check in the
> Console. I switch the boot-time scan off and rely on the on-
> access scan.
>
> Also do you have VirusScan patched? And when did you last clean
> up your disk? (delete temp files, defrag, etc)

all the latest defs are installed and its set to download all the latest
stuff on a daily basis.
I do set my Mcafee to the most secure settings. everything that it can scan
is scanned. Would
you say the default settings are the best?

> --
> Even a biologist can do physics,
> if you teach them to think about
> electrons as tiny animals.
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what other setting do you have enabled/disabled to optimize macafee
performance?
Is it really safe to stop AV from scanning inside archives. Or is reasoning
here
that nothing can be done by viruse while it's archived anyway and for it to
be
scanned when it's extracted?

"Befunge Sudoku" <daviddotbudd.RemoveThis@manchester.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:MPG.1e36ccfca1ad720f98a4a1@localnews.mcc.ac.uk...
> In article <Ju_yf.5549$ng3.4840@fe11.lga>, asdf.RemoveThis@asdf.com
> says...
> > running mcafee 8 enterprise on my windows 2000 pro.
> > Great program and catches nearly everything I come up against.
> > But it's incredibly slow to the point where I have to disable
> > on-access scan in order to be able to use my machine. This
> > sort of defeats the purpose of having scanner at all.
> >
> > What other programs there which have good track record
> > of catching viruses, spyware, coming with new defs on daily basis
> > as well as being easy on system resources?
> >
> > My system's specs are as follows:
> > OS: Win2000pro
> > 1Gb RAM
> > system installed on 80Gb WD HD.
> > ASUS p4pe mobo.
> > 2.4 GHZ intel.
> >
> > thanx
> >
> >
> >
> I've got half that RAM and a slower processor on my 2000 box
> and VirusScan8enterprise is fine for me. How do you have it
> configured? I've seen it slow down a lot if you let it watch
> network drives (Novell network here and I have a lot of
> mappings). And I have 'scan inside archives' off for the on-
> access scan, but on for the on-demand scan.
>
> Thought: is it running a boot-time scan? That's often set to be
> invisible, and can make the machine sluggish. Check in the
> Console. I switch the boot-time scan off and rely on the on-
> access scan.
>
> Also do you have VirusScan patched? And when did you last clean
> up your disk? (delete temp files, defrag, etc)
> --
> Even a biologist can do physics,
> if you teach them to think about
> electrons as tiny animals.
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"asdf" <asdf DeleteThis @asdf.com> wrote in message news:i1hzf.639$Cr.515@fe09.lga...

> Is it really safe to stop AV from scanning inside archives.

Only if you don't run a program that allows decompression and execution
on the fly of the archived content. The Java Virtual Machine (JVM) might
do this if I'm not mistaken.
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In article <bWgzf.635$Cr.264@fe09.lga>, asdf DeleteThis @asdf.com says...
> > I've got half that RAM and a slower processor on my 2000 box
> > and VirusScan8enterprise is fine for me. How do you have it
> > configured? I've seen it slow down a lot if you let it watch
> > network drives (Novell network here and I have a lot of
> > mappings). And I have 'scan inside archives' off for the on-
> > access scan, but on for the on-demand scan.
>
> Yes scan inside archives i enabled on access scan.

I have 'scan inside archives' OFF for the on-access scan - but
that would only affect it when you accessed an archive anyway,
so it's not that.
>
> >
> > Thought: is it running a boot-time scan? That's often set to be
>
> Not sure about boottime scan but it's slow not just when i start using my
> system.

The boot-time scan could be taking up to an hour, of course.

> > Also do you have VirusScan patched? And when did you last clean
> > up your disk? (delete temp files, defrag, etc)
>
> all the latest defs are installed and its set to download all the latest
> stuff on a daily basis.

Even when you tell it to get everything, it doesn't always get
the patches. If you go to the About section, do you have engine
4400 and patch level 10 or 11?

> I do set my Mcafee to the most secure settings. everything that it can scan
> is scanned. Would
> you say the default settings are the best?

Mine is set to pretty much do everything - except network
drives, so check that: can be a problem sometimes.

What else do you have running fulltime?
My VirusScan gets along OK with ZoneAlarm Pro and Microsoft
AntiSpyware running. What's your email client? I've got
Outlook2003 and it seems OK with that, but it's using IMAP not
POP3. I also have a couple of Firefox windows open most of the
time and the Gravity 2.6 news client is usually loaded. None of
this seems to cause trouble.
--
Even a biologist can do physics,
if you teach them to think about
electrons as tiny animals.
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"Befunge Sudoku" <daviddotbudd DeleteThis @manchester.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:MPG.1e38209f75ec915f98a4a4@localnews.mcc.ac.uk...
> In article <bWgzf.635$Cr.264@fe09.lga>, asdf DeleteThis @asdf.com says...
> > > I've got half that RAM and a slower processor on my 2000 box
> > > and VirusScan8enterprise is fine for me. How do you have it
> > > configured? I've seen it slow down a lot if you let it watch
> > > network drives (Novell network here and I have a lot of
> > > mappings). And I have 'scan inside archives' off for the on-
> > > access scan, but on for the on-demand scan.
> >
> > Yes scan inside archives i enabled on access scan.
>
> I have 'scan inside archives' OFF for the on-access scan - but
> that would only affect it when you accessed an archive anyway,
> so it's not that.
> >
> > >
> > > Thought: is it running a boot-time scan? That's often set to be
> >
> > Not sure about boottime scan but it's slow not just when i start using
my
> > system.
>
> The boot-time scan could be taking up to an hour, of course.
>

Is you boottime scan off?

> > > Also do you have VirusScan patched? And when did you last clean
> > > up your disk? (delete temp files, defrag, etc)
> >
> > all the latest defs are installed and its set to download all the latest
> > stuff on a daily basis.
>
> Even when you tell it to get everything, it doesn't always get
> the patches. If you go to the About section, do you have engine
> 4400 and patch level 10 or 11?

scan engine is 4400
patch versions is none. Where do i download the updated ones.?
>
> > I do set my Mcafee to the most secure settings. everything that it can
scan
> > is scanned. Would
> > you say the default settings are the best?
>
> Mine is set to pretty much do everything - except network
> drives, so check that: can be a problem sometimes.

Have no network drives to scan

>
> What else do you have running fulltime?
> My VirusScan gets along OK with ZoneAlarm Pro and Microsoft
> AntiSpyware running. What's your email client? I've got

Outlook.
using OE for newsgroups

> Outlook2003 and it seems OK with that, but it's using IMAP not
> POP3. I also have a couple of Firefox windows open most of the
> time and the Gravity 2.6 news client is usually loaded. None of
> this seems to cause trouble.
> --
> Even a biologist can do physics,
> if you teach them to think about
> electrons as tiny animals.
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any idea where i can download patches for my mcafee enterprise 8?


"Befunge Sudoku" <daviddotbudd.TakeThisOut@manchester.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:MPG.1e38209f75ec915f98a4a4@localnews.mcc.ac.uk...
> In article <bWgzf.635$Cr.264@fe09.lga>, asdf.TakeThisOut@asdf.com says...
> > > I've got half that RAM and a slower processor on my 2000 box
> > > and VirusScan8enterprise is fine for me. How do you have it
> > > configured? I've seen it slow down a lot if you let it watch
> > > network drives (Novell network here and I have a lot of
> > > mappings). And I have 'scan inside archives' off for the on-
> > > access scan, but on for the on-demand scan.
> >
> > Yes scan inside archives i enabled on access scan.
>
> I have 'scan inside archives' OFF for the on-access scan - but
> that would only affect it when you accessed an archive anyway,
> so it's not that.
> >
> > >
> > > Thought: is it running a boot-time scan? That's often set to be
> >
> > Not sure about boottime scan but it's slow not just when i start using
my
> > system.
>
> The boot-time scan could be taking up to an hour, of course.
>
> > > Also do you have VirusScan patched? And when did you last clean
> > > up your disk? (delete temp files, defrag, etc)
> >
> > all the latest defs are installed and its set to download all the latest
> > stuff on a daily basis.
>
> Even when you tell it to get everything, it doesn't always get
> the patches. If you go to the About section, do you have engine
> 4400 and patch level 10 or 11?
>
> > I do set my Mcafee to the most secure settings. everything that it can
scan
> > is scanned. Would
> > you say the default settings are the best?
>
> Mine is set to pretty much do everything - except network
> drives, so check that: can be a problem sometimes.
>
> What else do you have running fulltime?
> My VirusScan gets along OK with ZoneAlarm Pro and Microsoft
> AntiSpyware running. What's your email client? I've got
> Outlook2003 and it seems OK with that, but it's using IMAP not
> POP3. I also have a couple of Firefox windows open most of the
> time and the Gravity 2.6 news client is usually loaded. None of
> this seems to cause trouble.
> --
> Even a biologist can do physics,
> if you teach them to think about
> electrons as tiny animals.
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In article <VshAf.3397$e9.772@fe12.lga>, asdf DeleteThis @asdf.com says...
> any idea where i can download patches for my mcafee enterprise 8?

I forget where they are a day after every time I go and find
them ;->
You need to use your Prime Portal login, iirc. Somewhere on the
McAfee support forums there'll be a link.


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myself.
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