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    Anyone using NOD32 ?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by ikaris, Apr 22, 2006.

  1. ikaris

    ikaris Notebook Consultant

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    Does your SZ get REALLY slow right after logging in after installing NOD32 ?

    Any idea how to fix this ?

    Thanks !
     
    ikaris, Apr 22, 2006
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  2. Kyoshiro

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    maybe disable active file scan?
     
    Kyoshiro, Apr 22, 2006
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    yandh1983 Notebook Guru

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    I run NOD32 and mine's fine. Does it go slow and stay slow or hang for a little while at first boot?
     
    yandh1983, Apr 22, 2006
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    where do you see that option, Kyoshiro ?
     
    JohnNL, Apr 22, 2006
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  5. Kyoshiro

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    under threat protection module
    turn off AMON
    if your interent is slow
    turn off IMON
     
    Kyoshiro, Apr 22, 2006
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  6. ikaris

    ikaris Notebook Consultant

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    I'm wondering if maybe it is confliciting with the Trend Micro antispyware ?

    I already uninstalled Norton, but there's something in my MSCONFIG startup section called "NvCtl" or something, and it seems like a Norton thing... I disabled it.

    I tried disabling NOD in the startup and it didn't help, but uninstalling it did.

    I should maybe try un-installing Trend first, then re-installing NOD...
     
    ikaris, Apr 22, 2006
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    hey im having the same problem, It hangs for about 5min its def confilcting with something. **** sony!

    ikaris are you still having this problem?

    If yes lets try to get down to what ever it is.
     
    ProphetX, Apr 23, 2006
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  8. ikaris

    ikaris Notebook Consultant

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    Proph:

    OK so if other people aren't having problems, maybe its the software we have installed ?

    I uninstalled most of the ****ware...

    I have:

    Maya, 3ds max, Photoshop, Illustrator, Visual Studio 2005

    installed.

    Any of those match with what you have ?
     
    ikaris, Apr 24, 2006
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    Nobody has answered my question.
     
    yandh1983, Apr 24, 2006
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    mine does both. but i uninstalled it, and im about to install a diff av
     
    ProphetX, Apr 24, 2006
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    I haven't tried Nod32 On a SZ, however on all of my desktops it has only occured once.

    If you have traces of other antivirus apps installed, nod32 tends to run slower than it should for reasons i'm not too sure of.

    If you still have some kind of antivirus lurking, such as the sony bundled norton (Which is pure **** anyway) then try uninstalling that, then clean up after norton by removing startup options (start -> run: msconfig) that relate to norton, and that should help.
     
    XantaxNZ, Apr 24, 2006
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  12. ProphetX

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    ok i found a solution......... well sort of lol. I removed it and installed bitdefender instead.
     
    ProphetX, Apr 24, 2006
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  13. ikaris

    ikaris Notebook Consultant

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    LOL Proph I intalled the exact same one ! :)

    So we're both happy I guess.

    It's a pretty good AV so far too.

    XantaxNZ: I tried removing everything starting with Nv from my msconfig already... didn't help...
     
    ikaris, Apr 24, 2006
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    The hang on startup is quite possibly DHCP related. Try manually assigning an IP address.
     
    yandh1983, Apr 24, 2006
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    ikaris Notebook Consultant

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    Hm... I'm using DHCP... so I'll try that out.

    BitDefender is good so far tho...
     
    ikaris, Apr 24, 2006
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    I have NOD32 but I haven't noticed any slow-down, maybe except of XP startup time, which seems to me takes longer and longer with every new software on my SZ. I did semi-clean install so no problem with norton at all.
     
    imrichard, Apr 24, 2006
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    Lol yeah, im gonna stick with this. Because if it isnt broke dont fix it.
     
    ProphetX, Apr 24, 2006
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    What's the best antivirus anyways? I've been using Norton for years so I haven't tried out other antiviruses. Any opinions?
     
    FidyYuan, May 3, 2006
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    I am using NOD32 on my SZ and I'm not experiencing any slowdowns whatsoever. However, I've uninstalled pretty much everything that came with the standard installation, safe for some Vaio utilities I figured would be useful.
    I'm not quite sure about the DHCP thing, the network I'm in doesn't use it, but I've used computers with NOD in DHCP networks before and they all worked flawlessly.
     
    SpcmnSpff, May 3, 2006
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  20. 5to1

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    Anything but Nortons. :)

    Ok. Just kidding. Well actually i'm serious, but I guess thats not the answer you were looking for.

    I use NOD32. Can't really fault it on performance or price.

    They do a two week trial, so I would suggest you try that first. If all goes well buy it. But don't buy first, because no AV is perfect, there's always something they don't like or conflict with.
     
    5to1, May 3, 2006
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