TSGL: AVG Free AV--Does It Scan Incoming HTTP Traffic??

[Lee Bunyard]

I don't use IE much so haven't noticed if Avast results in a slowdown or 
not.  Interesting that Firefox on your system is not slowed down by 
Avast.  Are you running Vista OS??  Are you sure the WebShield module in 
Avast that scans incoming http traffic is actually turned on??  When I 
have the WebShield module turned on and use Firefox to bring up a 
webpage, especially those with lotsa graphic images that have to load, I 
can see the Avast symbol in the lower right corner of the screen 
spinning like crazy, because it is scanning each image as it loads.  
When I turn off the WebShield module, the same page loads 
instantaneously, so I know it is the Avast WebShield scanning of graphic 
images that is slowing the process down.  I suppose I could turn off the 
remote image loading feature of Firefox and webpages would probably load 
very quickly, but I enjoy seeing all the images so don't wish to do 
that.  Plus there'd be no real purpose then in having the WebShield 
scanning module turned on.  I've turned off the WebShield module and all 
is working fine.   Since I've used AVG Free AV for years without this 
feature and haven't had any problems, I'm not overly concerned.
Lee in the Mountains of Northern California 

The Computer Whisperer wrote:
> I think the biggest slowdown comes when Internet Explorer 7 has it's
> Phishing Philter enabled, adding avast to the computer probably just
> compounds the problem, oh, by the way, I use Firefox and have not noticed
> any sluggishness at all with Avast
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> Justin
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