symantec Anti-Virus 9 and win98

#1 Minus Human

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Posted 03 September 2004 - 05:50 AM

has anybody encountered the problem that symantec antivirus ver9 slows down your windows 98 Machine ?

we replaced it with 9 after running 8.1 without problems and it just hogs system performance by atleast 70% .

what is up with that ??

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Posted 03 September 2004 - 11:27 AM

Well, I'd say:

1. SAV9 is newer - so expects more resources to be available.
2. Its recommended for win2k/XP machines, better don't use it for the 9x series.

@moderators-
Maybe a change of topic title is appropriate?
"symantec Virus 9 and win98" could be changed to "symantec Anti-Virus 9 and win98". Because a virus is not the same as Anti-Virus, LOL.

#3 Stanislavs

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Posted 25 September 2004 - 01:03 PM

My doesnt have anti-virus system, and therefore it runs fast
(if without the CPU problem i have)
I just download trial anti-virus software each few months. :yes:

I never had a virus before ever :w00t:

#4 Stanislavs

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Posted 07 October 2004 - 08:28 AM

Just now, when i have Win 2000, it's clogged up with viruses on the first week

Why do they make viruses at all??? :realmad:

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