Anti-Malware Game Mode and CoH
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DJ_Shecky,
Posted on: 2009-10-29 21:10 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
While I don't know anything about game modes, might I suggest using whatever anti-malware program you like the most and turning off automatic scanning? You can just manually initiate a scan whenever it's convenient for you. It requires a little bit of diligence, sure, but it guarantees that you will never interrupt a game.
That being said, a game mode sounds like a brilliant idea and every AV/anti-malware program should incorporate it.
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Avast AV lets you disable all its modules from the system tray with one click. Give the free version (home edition) a try and see if you like it. I personally don't use any AV solution because I do a lot of active monitoring on my computer to make sure nothing gets through (autorun disabled for all drives, using virustotal.com on any download that looks even slightly fishy, I know my normal process list from memory, etc).
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My August Sirs,
This is an important qustion as Windows 7 comes upon us.
Windows 7, from personal experience, changes the way AVs deal with COH. If I uninstall Computer associates Security Suite Plus everything is perfect. When I install, and turn all scans turned off, COH black screens on load.
I am looking for a new AV with a 'game' mode too. All my other applications seem to be unaffected by the CA software when it is installed. It is the plague for any game I try to run and I have gone back into it with a machette and tryed to hand chop and slash and... well you see.
Regards,
Jack Noir - Knights of Justice
Well, I'm a big fan of Kaspersky's 2010 Internet Suite (AV/Antispam/firewall). I have used it on XP, Vista and Windows 7 and have no issues with it and CoH, and it has a low memory footprint overall.
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Jack, |
Originally Posted by Jack_Noir
My August Sirs,
This is an important qustion as Windows 7 comes upon us. Windows 7, from personal experience, changes the way AVs deal with COH. If I uninstall Computer associates Security Suite Plus everything is perfect. When I install, and turn all scans turned off, COH black screens on load. I am looking for a new AV with a 'game' mode too. All my other applications seem to be unaffected by the CA software when it is installed. It is the plague for any game I try to run and I have gone back into it with a machette and tryed to hand chop and slash and... well you see. Regards, Jack Noir - Knights of Justice |
Thank you for pointing out the matter of Windows 7 and AV interaction. Good to know.
My issues for moving on from BitDefender are more personal, related to my account, rather than technological, and I've not gone into most of the personal ones. My BD AV is the 2008 version, but I hear they now have a 2010 version, with the Game Mode, of course. I've still seen BitDefender's newest version high on review lists, so perhaps it might be right for you. I know I debated heavily getting the new version in hopes of clearing up the few tech problems and regaining the "fire" my product once hand, and am still not decided. Hence my questions.
Oh, and I'm a January Sir. August is a very nice month though.
I've been using BitDefender products since about 2006. At first, I was very happy with the product. Over the years though, I've felt performance slipping (still good, but kinda meh), and have had some notable problems with their customer service and billing, so I'm considering looking elsewhere when my renewal comes up in December.
One pesky thing though is that I've grown to like the Game Mode that came around 2008. I've found it very useful in curtailing one of the bugs I have with the a/v now which is scanning kicking off at times I didn't schedule, ususally during a stretch of CoH. Now Game Mode has been a bit flakey itself lately, but the concept is great.
So I'd like to know are there any really good anti-malware programs out there that also feature a game mode? I noticed this year that PC Mag gave editors choice to Prevx 3.0 and just this month gave it to Spyware Doctor with A/V 2010. Do either of these product have a game mode?