rcranium Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 I just installed Avast, I had Norton before and read how good it seemed to be,well I just ran a pit test and I used to have an uncached speed of 53 which was 226% over similar machines and now it runs at maybe 30. the standard is 23 but how would installing or changing AV have anything to do with this? Link to post Share on other sites
luluhifi Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 I just installed Avast, I had Norton before and read how good it seemed to be,well I just ran a pit test and I used to have an uncached speed of 53 which was 226% over similar machines and now it runs at maybe 30. the standard is 23 but how would installing or changing AV have anything to do with this? DID YOU UNINSTALL Norton 100% ? or you still have it on your system :crash: Link to post Share on other sites
wsrider Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 u might need to defrag. or avaist was scanning your harddrive whewn u ran the test. Link to post Share on other sites
Chris951 Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 u might need to defrag. or avaist was scanning your harddrive whewn u ran the test. Is there some type of program to totally get rid of Norton? I'm having the same problem Link to post Share on other sites
rcranium Posted January 8, 2006 Author Share Posted January 8, 2006 (edited) I just went through all drives and I believe I got rid of al NA and symantec.When I run a search I can only find 1 reference to symantec and that is the homepage? I have defragged numerous times. This is amazing. But starting to p*** me off! EDIT: you are correct Avast is scanning while I run the test?? Norton never did. Is the setting too high or should I disable it for the testing? Chris951: try this http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgen...=&osv_lvl=&seg= Edited January 8, 2006 by rcranium Link to post Share on other sites
essexboy Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 (edited) The reason Avast is scanning is that webshield is checking all the data being downloaded to your computor, web pages etc. this is to stop anything even reaching your hard drive, also as your list of add/remove programmes is being accessed avast is again scanning. As for the uncached speed avast should not affect that. I have had avast for a fair few years now and my pitstop speeds are generally 120 to 130%. All my settings are on high, although I only use four providers. As for norton that is a B**ch to get rid of, if you look on the avast forums a search will give you the links to the norton removal tool Edited January 8, 2006 by essexboy Link to post Share on other sites
rcranium Posted January 8, 2006 Author Share Posted January 8, 2006 hope this link works: http://www.pcpitstop.com/techexpress.asp?id=ZRY9NWJSB6QS0VSR Link to post Share on other sites
essexboy Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 (edited) Just done a test on my system Pitstop test Ignore the internet result I put the wrong speed in Edited January 8, 2006 by essexboy Link to post Share on other sites
rcranium Posted January 8, 2006 Author Share Posted January 8, 2006 see the difference between the 7th and the 8th. only difference is norton and avast? strange? Also do you use the VRBD option? Link to post Share on other sites
essexboy Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Yes but I leave it on the system setting of 21 days. Unless thinking about it a vrdb is being generated whilst you are testing, is the i whirling Link to post Share on other sites
kd5 Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 I usually tell VRDB to update its database immediately after installing Avast! so it gets done and I don't have to worry about for awhile. Also set VRDB to run while the computer is idle as I don't usually use screensavers. -kd5- Link to post Share on other sites
rcranium Posted January 8, 2006 Author Share Posted January 8, 2006 Thanks Kd5 . did you happen to see how slow my drives got after avast. should i lower my setting to normal from high? Link to post Share on other sites
essexboy Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Probably because high will check every file that is accessed whereas normal will only scan critical files Link to post Share on other sites
rcranium Posted January 8, 2006 Author Share Posted January 8, 2006 will lower settings and run tests again. That $#@%^ symantec keeps popping up in my Zone alarm list? I thought I got it all? searching files/folders and onl 1 reference comes up((for the homepage)? I think they factor in a frustration level so you finally just break down and put in the new Norton Link to post Share on other sites
kd5 Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Norton is a royal PITA to get rid of. -kd5- Link to post Share on other sites
rcranium Posted January 8, 2006 Author Share Posted January 8, 2006 (edited) lowered the level of security and the speeds came up considerably. Just curious what others have for their settings High or Normal? Edited January 8, 2006 by rcranium Link to post Share on other sites
kd5 Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Because the internet is such a dangerous place to be these days, and because my customers aren't the most security-minded individuals on the face of the planet, I usually set it to High... -kd5- Link to post Share on other sites
rcranium Posted January 9, 2006 Author Share Posted January 9, 2006 Is there supposed to be a scan at the start up? I have had a scan run 2 times today on start up? Sorry for all the questions and thanks for your patience. Link to post Share on other sites
kd5 Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 I kind of like it when it schedules a boot time scan after install, gives me peace of mind knowing the computer is free of viruses. But 2 of them? Sounds a bit odd to me that it would take it upon itself to schedule a 2nd boot time scan unless perhaps it found something the first time around. But even then I've never had it want to schedule a 2nd scan on its own. -kd5- Link to post Share on other sites
rcranium Posted January 9, 2006 Author Share Posted January 9, 2006 so it only should do 1 boot time scan ater the intial install and that is it. i was trying to set a VBRD and it was running at a high cpu so i shut it down. That may be why it did another scan? Link to post Share on other sites
mrdithers Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 If one installs Avast and removes Norton would there be any benifit from removing any symantec/ norton exe's in the task manager? (when you click on task manager and it shows all the processes in a list.) Link to post Share on other sites
bambunny Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Isn't Norton a virus? LOL Link to post Share on other sites
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