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Recommend anti-spyware, please?
Bamse:
There are pros can cons. See what Avast list in todays update
low priority scans now use much less CPU (but run accordingly longer)
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Result according to clock sucks then but may be you forget to click stop because scanning was almost unnoticable? :) Have to use program on own computer to get an idea. Some people like me cry over MSE usage of cpu and generally being way too active - others say it is lighest av ever.
Innuendo:
Some people like me cry over MSE usage of cpu and generally being way too active - others say it is lighest av ever.-Bamse (March 09, 2010, 02:50 PM)
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I'm waiting for some clever vendor to make a choice available in the program's preferences that will allow the user to choose between system-intensive and fast or light on resources and slower. Maybe a slider even so the user can fine-tune it between the two extremes to suit their preferences.
cmpm:
That would be cool. Even to make a slider for program choices, if it could be accurate.
I hardly ever run a full scan, it just sets in the tray doing it's job.
If I already did a full scan, why do another?
I suppose just 'cuz, and mostly if there's a problem or just run it overnight.
mwb1100:
I'm waiting for some clever vendor to make a choice available in the program's preferences that will allow the user to choose between system-intensive and fast or light on resources and slower. Maybe a slider even so the user can fine-tune it between the two extremes to suit their preferences.
-Innuendo (March 10, 2010, 09:09 AM)
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The thing is, I think that for the most part you have 2 sets of people:
1) the ones who just want to install the stuff and have it protect them without causing a noticeable set of delays (or other inconveniences). I think I'll make up a statistic and say that this accounts for probably 98% of the people out there.
2) the ones who want to tweak every last possible detail. This is a comparatively small group, but vendors consider them important because these are the 'experts' that are vocal about their opinions and expertise, and they have a pretty large influence on the impression that the people in group 1 might have about a product.
I think a simple slider control would be more complexity than people in group 1 want to think about (and they'd still rightly complain about when the software allowed malware through when the slider was set to 'lite-but-less-accurate' mode), and not enough control or detain about what's happening for the people in group 2.
And I think that the market size for people who aren't pretty firmly in one of those two groups is pretty small.
RedPillow:
Just a simple program called SpyBot.
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