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A cynical yet secular shiny retrogamer, thread ressurector and fan of the word "gay".
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Reged: 01/28/12
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Loc: Freeport, PA
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Re: Installing Antivirus software then uninstalling it after the full scan will slow down the computer?
05/19/12 08:12 AM
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Exactly. How do you really know? Hassle. Do a little net research, pick the best-seeming one. Forget about it. At least for three months.
There's always the option of leaving your computer on while scheduling the antivirus to scan while you sleep. Of course that means having a better reason to leave your system on all the time. Like say being a peer within an anon and P2P net.
However I do find the idea of running the AV via a VM very intriguing. Is Micro$quish still allowing free downloads of Virtual PC? That is if you're running Windoze. Though it would get resource-intensive just to have that VM up and running, grab the latest AV updates, do a full system scan, then terminate the VM.
It would be K-RaD to figure out how to script all of that and have it all loaded and running when it's needed. Though I think the free AVG offers such scans on demand yet doesn't make itself resident. I could be wrong since I used AVG a few years ago and that's how it worked at the time.
--Bekki
Combating functional illiteracy with latex-clad drama since the '80s, because old video games rule!
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