I was finding that AVG slowed my system to a crawl when scanning. Avast runs as a screensaver and only scans when you're not doing anything else.
alanrf wrote: > There have always been alternatives (at least in the current version) > to the old fashioned default media player scanner. However, the whole > thing will change in the last part of the year with their new version > avast! release 5. > > As I recall ...even the moderators who were die-hard AVG proponents in > the main Thunderbird forum became avast! advocates after the last > major update of AVG. > > Nevertheless, your system and your choice, of course. > > Alan > > On Aug 6, 1:25 am, Tamás <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Avast? Hm... I think I have tried it once, but then I stopped using >> it, I think I have found it eating up too much memory or something >> like that...besides, as I recall, I its "glossy, media-player-like" >> outlook didn't arise my confidence in it (however, I know this >> shouldn't be a consideration when choosing antivirus software, but I >> just remember I didn't like it somehow). >> So maybe it is time to give it another try and see how it performs >> compared to AVG as far as memory usage is concerned... >> Thank you again for yout tips, best regards, >> Tamás >> > > > > -- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thunderbird Webmail Extension" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/thunderbird-webmail-extension?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
