joeMan
03-24-2005, 01:18 PM
I have been using this non-intrusive anti-virus program called AVG. I'm sure some of you have already heard of it. It is very good, free, and can be tweaked so as to not be a resource hog - you can run it fully manually, or leave it on auto pilot. I like to manually do stuff as I hate things running in the background.
Anyway,
Read about it here (http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5)
Download it here (http://free.grisoft.com/softw/70free/setup/avg70free_308a468.exe) ~ this link might be dead after they update it, by the time some people read this so just use the link above to go to the free page and download it from there.
Then, follow these steps to make it totally manual, non-intrusive:
Download and install AVG Antivirus Free Edition ~ NOTE: if you want to go manual/non-intrusive mode you should choose the "Custom" installation option during install, where you can completely skip installing a few of the automated features entirely. Then, once it is installed and executed:
• Select the Scheduler box, and in the bottom of the screen click the ʹScheduled Tasksʹ button. Double‐click on each of the scheduled tasks listed and in the box that opens, untick all available options to disable regularly scheduled scanning, updates etc.
• Click once on the Shell Extension box in the Control Center, and on the bottom of the screen select the Deactivate button to remove AVG from Windows context menus etc.
• Double‐click on the Email Scanner box in the Control Center, and click the ʹDisable Pluginʹ button.
• Double‐click on the Resident Shield box in the Control Center and untick all the options under the Properties tab to disable background scanning.
The final step in removing all the background tasks is to disable the unnecessary AVG‐related Services and startup items. These take up a great deal of resources even after you have disabled much of the background functionality in AVG itself.
• Remove the ʹAvgccʹ item (avgcc.exe) from your startup, and disable the ʹAVG7 Alert Manager Serverʹ service (these can be done via msconfig).
• IMPORTANT NOTE: Under "Services" in XP you should set the ʹAVG7 Update Serviceʹ to Manual for AVGʹs Internet Update functionality to work, otherwise you will not be able to successfully update AVG.
Once all the background and system‐intrusive features of AVG have been disabled, you must now manually scan for viruses regularly. Make sure to update the virus definitions often (at least once a week), and run the ʹComplete Testʹ in AVG once a week or more to ensure a clean system.
~ THE WINDOWS XP TWEAKING COMPANION Copyright © 2005 Koroush Ghazi
Anyway,
Read about it here (http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5)
Download it here (http://free.grisoft.com/softw/70free/setup/avg70free_308a468.exe) ~ this link might be dead after they update it, by the time some people read this so just use the link above to go to the free page and download it from there.
Then, follow these steps to make it totally manual, non-intrusive:
Download and install AVG Antivirus Free Edition ~ NOTE: if you want to go manual/non-intrusive mode you should choose the "Custom" installation option during install, where you can completely skip installing a few of the automated features entirely. Then, once it is installed and executed:
• Select the Scheduler box, and in the bottom of the screen click the ʹScheduled Tasksʹ button. Double‐click on each of the scheduled tasks listed and in the box that opens, untick all available options to disable regularly scheduled scanning, updates etc.
• Click once on the Shell Extension box in the Control Center, and on the bottom of the screen select the Deactivate button to remove AVG from Windows context menus etc.
• Double‐click on the Email Scanner box in the Control Center, and click the ʹDisable Pluginʹ button.
• Double‐click on the Resident Shield box in the Control Center and untick all the options under the Properties tab to disable background scanning.
The final step in removing all the background tasks is to disable the unnecessary AVG‐related Services and startup items. These take up a great deal of resources even after you have disabled much of the background functionality in AVG itself.
• Remove the ʹAvgccʹ item (avgcc.exe) from your startup, and disable the ʹAVG7 Alert Manager Serverʹ service (these can be done via msconfig).
• IMPORTANT NOTE: Under "Services" in XP you should set the ʹAVG7 Update Serviceʹ to Manual for AVGʹs Internet Update functionality to work, otherwise you will not be able to successfully update AVG.
Once all the background and system‐intrusive features of AVG have been disabled, you must now manually scan for viruses regularly. Make sure to update the virus definitions often (at least once a week), and run the ʹComplete Testʹ in AVG once a week or more to ensure a clean system.
~ THE WINDOWS XP TWEAKING COMPANION Copyright © 2005 Koroush Ghazi