Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 11:30:40 +0100
From: Philip Nienhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] AVG Free Issues
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 22:22:29 EST
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [LIB] AVG Free Issues
>
> In a message dated 1/24/2005 1:34:00 PM Mountain Standard Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> > .....question: what has WAN to do with AVG-Free?
>
> That would be a question for AVG - I have no idea (see below)
>
> >
> > > preventing it would appear. I would Shut Down the L100 at that point. On
> > the
> > > next boot-up, hibernation would work. Then, after resuming and attempting
> > to
> > > hibernate, the error message appears and prevents hibernation.......Even
> > after
> > > de-activating - but not uninstalling - AVG, the error appeared. I've
> > finally
> > > uninstalled it. FWIW, this also occurs on my daughter's Portege 7010CT.
> > >
> > > Any advice is welcome!
> >
> > Well, my (IE-stripped) Win2K hibernates fine running AVG-Free (7.0 I
> > think) & wifi LAN. (The other -full- Win2K on the Lib runs McAfee.)
> >
> > I suppose your problem has little to do with AVG-Free.
> > Win2K hibernation can be hampered by hardware drivers which do not
> > properly shut down the HW before and reinitialize it after hibernation.
> > The NT driver for the L10/L110 Neomagic video is a fine example.
> > In your case, I'd suggest there's something wrong with your network
> > drivers or network connections ("WAN"). The fact that uninstalling AVG
> > does not help is a clear indication of this.
> >
> > Philip
> >
> You've misunderstood my (granted, abbreviated) explanation. Uninstalling AVG
> does, in fact, solve the WAN driver interference with W2K hibernation
Sorry, I didn't grab that.
> problem. And as I said, the same behavior occurs with a Portege 7010CT:
> prior to
> AVG-Free installation, problem-free W2K hibernation; afterwards, WAN driver
> interference. BTW, there is mention of this problem on the AVG site, with the
> recommendation to buy the commercial version, where the problem is "solved."
Got a link for that? I searched on www.grisoft.com but couldn't find it.
> Guess it may be time to pony up for AV software.
Sure, there are other free AV-products, e.g.:
http://www.freeware.freeweb-hosting.com/av.html
http://www.thefreesite.com/Free_Software/Anti_virus_freeware/
Admittedly, AVG Free v. 7.0 performs a bit less in some respects than v.
6.0. Manually updating the av-definitions often takes a long time, if
the server can be reached at all. Automatic updating-while-booting
always goes fast and flawless.
But it is free and otherwise works well, I don't complain.
What would concern me more is whether AVG Free can catch enough viruses.
I have the impression that it performs a bit less in this respect than
McAfee, but McAfee really slows down Windows on the Lib110.
P.
