Problems with Kaspersky

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Hi all,
I just bought Kaspersky AV because it was in the top two ratings for
detecting viruses. My system is XP Pro, AMD XP2000+, 1 gig RAM; I seem to
have a problem with memory. Kaspersky's monitor seems to take over my
processing way too much. For example, I was installing a game last night
and was not able to finish several times. During the install the process
for Kaspersky was frequently over 80%. Finally I killed the AV and
installed.

I've used several AV programs in the past and have never had the monitor do
this. Anyone have any insight on this? I'd like to know if there is an
alternative that is easier on the processing yet provides adequate
protection. How does AntiVir, AVG and Avast compare? Being all free I'd
rather use one of them of course having just "wasted" $50 on KAV.

TIA for any help.
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RJB
9/26/2003 8:07:16 AM

Si vis pacem, para bellum - If you want peace, prepare for war
--Latin Saying
 
Are you sure you have the latest version? The earlier versions of Kav
4.0 and even 4.5 were buggy memoryhogs. But they fixed them and the
newest ones work just fine. Download the latest versions from
ftp.avp.ru/products
jari
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Thanks for the reply. Yes, I just bought it two days ago and immediately
ran the updates. Said the program was up to date but downloaded and
installed new signatures fine.
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RJB
9/26/2003 8:21:10 AM

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm
not sure about the former."
-Albert Einstein
 
Hi all,
I just bought Kaspersky AV because it was in the top two ratings for
detecting viruses. My system is XP Pro, AMD XP2000+, 1 gig RAM; I seem to
have a problem with memory. Kaspersky's monitor seems to take over my
processing way too much. For example, I was installing a game last night
and was not able to finish several times. During the install the process
for Kaspersky was frequently over 80%. Finally I killed the AV and
installed.

I've used several AV programs in the past and have never had the monitor do
this. Anyone have any insight on this? I'd like to know if there is an
alternative that is easier on the processing yet provides adequate
protection. How does AntiVir, AVG and Avast compare? Being all free I'd
rather use one of them of course having just "wasted" $50 on KAV.

TIA for any help.
Click to expand...
Are you sure you have the latest version? The earlier versions of Kav
4.0 and even 4.5 were buggy memoryhogs. But they fixed them and the
newest ones work just fine. Download the latest versions from
ftp.avp.ru/products
jari
 
Thanks for the reply. Yes, I just bought it two days ago and immediately
ran the updates. Said the program was up to date but downloaded and
installed new signatures fine.
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Which Kav do you have? Personal or Personal pro? Maybe you have chosen
the option "scan compound files" with the online monitor? If the
packlage is very big it will certainly take time to scan. You can
limit the size how big archives etc are scanned o-the-fly.

Jari
 
Which Kav do you have? Personal or Personal pro? Maybe you have chosen
the option "scan compound files" with the online monitor? If the
packlage is very big it will certainly take time to scan. You can
limit the size how big archives etc are scanned o-the-fly.
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Jari
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I have personal. Hmm I didn't think of that. I'll check that and see. I
know since it was a game that some of the packages are huge so that might
be a cause. Thanks for the help. :)
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RJB
9/26/2003 12:55:51 PM

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RJB said:
Hi all,
I just bought Kaspersky AV because it was in the top two ratings for
detecting viruses. My system is XP Pro, AMD XP2000+, 1 gig RAM; I seem to
have a problem with memory. Kaspersky's monitor seems to take over my
processing way too much. For example, I was installing a game last night
and was not able to finish several times. During the install the process
for Kaspersky was frequently over 80%. Finally I killed the AV and
installed.

I've used several AV programs in the past and have never had the monitor do
this. Anyone have any insight on this? I'd like to know if there is an
alternative that is easier on the processing yet provides adequate
protection. How does AntiVir, AVG and Avast compare? Being all free I'd
rather use one of them of course having just "wasted" $50 on KAV.

TIA for any help.
--
RJB
9/26/2003 8:07:16 AM

Si vis pacem, para bellum - If you want peace, prepare for war
--Latin Saying
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RJB said:
Being all free I'd
rather use one of them of course having just "wasted" $50 on KAV.
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No, you didn't wast $50. _Completely_ uninstall the old version. Then
install the newest one:

ftp://ftp.kaspersky.com/products/release/4.5/English/HomeUser/KAVPersonal

Install it user-defined: *just* Updater, Monitor, Scanner and Rescue Disk.
 
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