Panasonic Toughbook slow, messed up, etc.

[shovenose]

Re: Panasonic Toughbook slow, messed up, etc.

Even Linux can get infected...

Anyway, somewhat back on topic, I'm about to order this:
http://www.amazon.com/6600mAh-Batter...7081926&sr=8-3
is that a good choice?

[NxB]

Re: Panasonic Toughbook slow, messed up, etc.

Any AV will slow your computer down if you let it do real time scanning. Just scan suspicious files. Malwarebytes is great at this and you can just disable the service.

The best protection is a real time firewall that asks if you want a program's request to go through or not. You can also audit running processes and see what they are. Then when you see a new one that looks fishy....

[momaka]

Re: Panasonic Toughbook slow, messed up, etc.

@momaka - Shame on you for discouraging Anti-Virus

Well I'm not discouraging it 100% - in fact not even close. There are cases where it is helpful to me - for example, when I get a really infected PC, usually I first let an anti-virus of some sort clean up the majority of the viruses, then I check everything myself.

My gripe with AV software is that it's just too intrusive - sometimes even more than viruses themselves. Your subscription is about to expire! Renew NOW! or Try our new security suit and become a millionaire by saving so much money! - yeah right.

And I would have to agree with WLG that I too have yet to see an AV that doesn't noticeably drag down a computer. It's not just that either... try running your laptop on batteries and then doing lots of folder-browsing or writing lots of files with and without AV. Please tell me if you don't notice a difference.

For new laptops, I can squeeze out at least 20 minutes of extra battery life. And for this one Acer netbook I was setting up for someone, the AV - McCrapAFee - made such a difference that the run time on batteries was cut in half from the advertised 8 hours. Not only that, but the mouse would stutter every once in a while due to McCrapAFee wasting CPU cycles. That thing is a waste of memory too - 200 to 400 MB depending on... I have no idea really. Its memory usage is all over the place. We have some corporate edition of that at work, and it's doing the same thing as well - every day. It really is crap.

I've tried other AVs as well, but they all hog at least one or more resources pretty badly. AVG takes forever to open folders with lots of EXE files, as does Avast!
And that's pretty much why I don't like to use AV software in the long run.

Now software like Malwarebytes Anti-Malware I find very useful. In fact, I have it on every computer I own or set up. Same with Spyware Blaster.

Anyways, sorry for completely derailing this thread.

[joshnz]

Re: Panasonic Toughbook slow, messed up, etc.

I use Microsoft's security solution on all my pc's.

[shovenose]

Re: Panasonic Toughbook slow, messed up, etc.

Well, I ordered a $42 battery off eBay. It will come sometime in October.
I hope it all works well...I can't wait to show up at school with this beast :P

[weirdlookinguy]

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I can't wait to show up at school with this beast :P

Yeah that'll get you all the ladies.

[ratdude747]

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Yeah that'll get you all the ladies.

[joke]yeah, especially if they are inflatable. just do yourself a favor and avoid the welded pvc ones.

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[kc8adu]

Re: Panasonic Toughbook slow, messed up, etc.

[joke]yeah, especially if they are inflatable. just do yourself a favor and avoid the welded pvc ones.

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[kc8adu]

Re: Panasonic Toughbook slow, messed up, etc.

just posted my cf29 on cl.
so if anyone else needs a chic magnet to carry in highschool...

[Shocker]

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You can either spend 5 minutes installation + 5 seconds additional plstartup time or 20 mins/month removing virueses. Especially since it is free, there is no reason to nit use anti virus software

The difference in performance that Resident Shield makes is surprisingly noticeable. And I think you'd have to be rather determined to get a virus every month.