You're right, Bob. I do have to do the full scan every so often, but that's a small price to pay considering the drawbacks of the other virus packages out there. Using Avast, Spambayes, and Adaware (all free, btw) I've kept my system running sweet and fast now for several years.
(Oh yeah, I better not forget Registry First Aid, which isn't free, but seems to be doing me a good job.) Thanks, Ken WR5H -----Original Message----- From: Robert McGwier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 7:28 AM To: Ken Klein Cc: 'Reflector Flex-Radio' Subject: Re: [Flexradio] CPU Percentage question Just be advised that free is not without cost. You will have to do regular scans MANUALLY as they do not schedule them unless you pay (at least the last time I bothered to look at the instructions!). Avast does work beautifully and they are as quick as any I have used on getting new wild virus, email bombs, etc. into the program. Bob Ken Klein wrote: > Jeff; > > I might have missed seeing someone suggest this, but I had a similar problem > that turned out to be an overactive virus detection program. I uninstalled > Symantec and installed the free Avast!. Voila, vastly reduced "periodic" > high cpu rates. Besides being free, it's a very good program. > > Ken WR5H > > > -- AMSAT Director and VP Engineering. Member: ARRL, AMSAT-DL, TAPR, Packrats, NJQRP, QRP ARCI, QCWA, FRC. ARRL SDR WG Chair "Taking fun as simply fun and earnestness in earnest shows how thoroughly thou none of the two discernest." - Piet Hine _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/
