does avast 4 pro work on xp x64 and how much memory does it use?

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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iam looking for a antivirus app that is very good and doesent use much system resources, and a av that fully works on windows xp x64 edition, I dont know if avast is right for me yet but Iam hoping you guys can answer my questions

1st- how much memory does avast use?
2nd- will it fully work on windows xp professional x64 edition?

thanks in advance.

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Hi Gabe3 and welcome to the avast forum.

  1. About 15MB RAM, 50MB hard-drive
  2. Yes Sir. :slight_smile:

Cheers
Vlk

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does it run in 64bit mode? that would be awesoem if it did, most of the av software out there that do work in xp x64 are running in 32bit mode, what is this one doing? I have a hunch it still runs in 32bit mode but is just compatible with xp x64 edtion, please let me know.

Thanks.

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Yes, it is 32 bit, but compatible with XP x64 (it has 64 bit drivers).
Is it a problem? :wink:

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I kinda wish I had something that ran in 64bit mode, but well see

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As far I know avast! is the only one (free) antivirus that is compatible with XP 64bits… Maybe I’m wrong :-[

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I like it, I just wish it used around 15 or less megs, most of the time its over 15megs, but its ok I guss

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Don’t worry Gabe3, your using a program that gives you more then just, Standard and Email Shields. :wink:

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For an AV, IMHO it’s generally not important if it runs as a 32-bit or 64-bit process IF it is able to deal with both 32-bit and 64-bit infectors. That means both on-access and on-demand.

Avast can. :slight_smile:

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About the memory usage: probably it has been already discussed here many times, but avast components use many shared libraries and shared memory sections. This memory is used only once but counted several times - for every components that requires it - therefore the numbers from the memory usage column in task manager are not very accurate.

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BTW here’s some additional info: http://www.avast.com/eng/x64.html

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thanks for the info

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Runs beautifully with my dual AMD 64, the scanning speed is just out of this world as compared to the 32bit version, takes up 15.8mb on my system.

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is it posable that I did a scan in 8 minutes on 60gigs of used space? I have two hard drives one a ide 80 gig and the other a sata 80 gig. the sata is using 23gigs and the ide is using 39 gigs, I did a scan in 8 minutes, is that normal? it seems pritty fast, Iam kinda thinking that maybe I have some sort of scan going on that doesent scan everything or something, or what, I dunno, whats the proper way to do a full system scan and detect everything

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and when I select thorough scan does it just keep scaning my computer forever? it went though the same folder like a few times between a few hours

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For scanning speed, the most important factor is if Archive scanning is enabled or disabled. Archive scanning can get very slow.

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hmm, it was really odd becuase I was watching what it was scanning everynow and then and it would do a file, then do some other files and then later I would see that its scanning that file again, will it tell me when its done right

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You can turn on generation of the scan report in the program settings (Report page). Click the “OK files” box to have logged all files.

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its been scaning for 6 hours now! why does it just keep doing the same files over and over again

looks like it might be time for a new av…again :frowning:

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Now stop your horses. Why changing Av again when you can actually help to solve the problem? Alwil guys usually listen to every user wish or compalin,so give them a try.
Report them which file keeps looping in the scan (or even send it to them),tell if it always happens on that file and so on.