Why AVG 2008 takes up so many resources

neo_bahamut1985 · Post by **neo_bahamut1985** » Mon May 26, 2008 9:30 pm

Okay, I have AVG 2008 and it kills viruses pretty dang well. The problem? It's killing my resource, something called "avgrsx.exe" and takes up around 82,444KB or system RAM. Programs that usually run fine, like Bsnes, now are affected noticeably. Now, here's what doesn't make sense; I just gave my PC 2 extra gigabytes of RAM (making it 3GB total; DDR2 SDRAM/PC2-6400 to be precise) and that doesn't help! I try to close it via the taskbar and it doesn't close at all. Should I switch to a less resource-demanding antivirus software or what? The thing though, is I like AVG's resident shield, which I think is bogging the resources down, but again, I'm not sure.

funkyass · Post by **funkyass** » Mon May 26, 2008 9:37 pm

its only use 30 megavbytes here.

tho, 82 megabytes out of 3 gigabytes is a drop in the bucket man.

tho, if the background virus scan is going runing(ie its checking every file on your HD) ,it will slow things down a tad, or many.

neo_bahamut1985 · Post by **neo_bahamut1985** » Mon May 26, 2008 9:38 pm

So, what do I do about it?

funkyass · Post by **funkyass** » Mon May 26, 2008 9:49 pm

neo_bahamut1985 wrote:So, what do I do about it?

cancel the virus scan, and disable it in AVG's Computer Scanner.

neo_bahamut1985 · Post by **neo_bahamut1985** » Mon May 26, 2008 9:53 pm

I know how to disable it, but doesn't that leave the PC vulnerable?

funkyass · Post by **funkyass** » Mon May 26, 2008 10:09 pm

im not talking about the resident shield. im talking about AVG's computer scanner.

neo_bahamut1985 · Post by **neo_bahamut1985** » Mon May 26, 2008 10:26 pm

Then you must mean this

Funny thing is, I get into the Antivirus section and doesn't give me any options to switch it off. Maybe I'm not looking in the right place?

funkyass · Post by **funkyass** » Mon May 26, 2008 11:22 pm

No, I mean where it says "Computer Scanner" second tab on the left.

neo_bahamut1985 · Post by **neo_bahamut1985** » Mon May 26, 2008 11:33 pm

Yeah, I go into the scan settings and I see a long list of enabled settings;
which ones do I need to turn off, since I don't see a general "disable scanner" option?

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Tue May 27, 2008 1:02 am

Post a picture, Trend Micro ate about 80~mb of ram but the latest edition (2008) only eats about 40mb.

neo_bahamut1985 · Post by **neo_bahamut1985** » Tue May 27, 2008 3:32 am

This is what the taskbar shows me. With 3GB of RAM (let alone DDR2-SDRAM) this problem should be irrelevant.

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Tue May 27, 2008 4:06 am

DesktopWeather for 56MB? What junk you do insta-IE agree to?

neo_bahamut1985 · Post by **neo_bahamut1985** » Tue May 27, 2008 4:38 am

I don't care about desktop weather; that I can see being 56MB, but AVG being 83!?

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Tue May 27, 2008 4:45 am

I meant a picture of the "Computer Scanner" tab.

neo_bahamut1985 · Post by **neo_bahamut1985** » Tue May 27, 2008 5:03 am

Sorry! My bad!

funkyass · Post by **funkyass** » Tue May 27, 2008 6:05 am

did you delete the scheduled scans there?

Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Tue May 27, 2008 7:17 am

neo_bahamut1985 wrote:I don't care about desktop weather; that I can see being 56MB, but AVG being 83!?

I can't.
But then, I can't see mouse drivers being a 60MB download, and Logitech's are.

Of course, my Kensington trackball is a relatively svelte 4MB.

paulguy · Post by **paulguy** » Tue May 27, 2008 11:28 pm

HID devices need drivers since when? It's a standard protocol supported by Windows, linux and Mac. As for your memory issue. I see no problem. It probably just keeps definitions loaded in memory. Just turn off any scheduled/background scans or anything, it shouldn't slow down anything other than loading/saving files.

neo_bahamut1985 · Post by **neo_bahamut1985** » Wed May 28, 2008 1:26 am

Ffft! Wouldn't you know, the part of AVG that shouldn't have turned off just turned off and XP's giving me the whole "your system may be at risk" BS. Any good free Antivirus?

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Wed May 28, 2008 1:53 am

paulguy wrote:HID devices need drivers since when? It's a standard protocol supported by Windows, linux and Mac. As for your memory issue. I see no problem. It probably just keeps definitions loaded in memory. Just turn off any scheduled/background scans or anything, it shouldn't slow down anything other than loading/saving files.

Have you not heard of software mouse courser acceleration, more then 2 buttons and a wheel, fancy macro's and other shit no one needs? (except the extra buttons)

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Wed May 28, 2008 3:10 am

neo_bahamut1985 wrote:Ffft! Wouldn't you know, the part of AVG that shouldn't have turned off just turned off and XP's giving me the whole "your system may be at risk" BS. Any good free Antivirus?

Give Anti-Vir a try.

Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Wed May 28, 2008 4:41 am

paulguy wrote:HID devices need drivers since when? It's a standard protocol supported by Windows, linux and Mac.

Franpa covered it, sadly.

But he threw his opinions in as facts. And missed the current state of mouse button support while he was at it(middle-click/wheel-click, button 4, and button 5 have default functionality in Windows XP).
So... I think it balances out.

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Wed May 28, 2008 5:50 am

snkcube wrote:
neo_bahamut1985 wrote:Ffft! Wouldn't you know, the part of AVG that shouldn't have turned off just turned off and XP's giving me the whole "your system may be at risk" BS. Any good free Antivirus?
Give Anti-Vir a try.

I'll second this recommendation

http://www.free-av.com

works tens of thousands of times better than AVG ever could

alexz721 · Post by **alexz721** » Wed May 28, 2008 6:00 pm

NOD32!

Oh wait, that's not free...legally.

funkyass · Post by **funkyass** » Wed May 28, 2008 7:35 pm

i doubt another AV would solve his issue.

this is what I was talking about earlier:

beyond that, do you do any P2P(emule, bittorrent, etc) neo?