although I had already gone back to simply installing & activating Free 5.0 and was reasonably happy, after having received all your suggestions I felt I owe it to you to at least give AIS one more try, and report the outcome back to you all.
So, as it meanwhile has become routine, I de-installed Free 5.0, used aswclear5.exe in safe mode, re-booted and installed AIS 545, un-checked all functions except file system, web modules and german language.
Unlike before, this time NO LAGGING was experienced, don’t ask me why.
I then added via control panel > add/delete the behaviour module. Reboot. Still, no lagging.
Added avast! firewall. Reboot. Bingo! Lagging half a minute.
Conclusion: The combination firewall / virtualization causes the lagging.
Being behind a router, I feel sufficiently safe to live without avast’s firewall function.
For me, the problem is solved.
Thank you all for your suggestions and help.
Kind regards: Walter
Well the firewall helps to prrotect you from hackers…
system
May 29, 2010, 1:08am
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Wanted to throw my 2cents in also…
Yes, it seems to me that AIS is much slower than the ‘free home’ versions I’ve used before which provided pretty much the same level of protection…
The question is very simple: Why is the ‘pro version’ (AIS) so much slower than the free home versions.
Thank you,
-Kevin
Well, the protection is NOT the same. avast free is an antivirus and AIS is a suite, antivirus + firewall.
system
May 29, 2010, 9:33am
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Yes, it seems to me that AIS is much slower than the ‘free home’ versions I’ve used before which provided pretty much the same level of protection…
The question is very simple: Why is the ‘pro version’ (AIS) so much slower than the free home versions.
…and I would add “on your system” :
…as to 4.8 free (aka “home”) providing the same level of protection than AIS you must be joking…check the software before posting…your two cents ;D