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Title: Avast size on disk?
Post by: BrokeIt on September 18, 2009, 08:20:24 PM
Should Avast take up more room on the hard drive in vista premium compared to basic? Not that the space is an issue, just wondering if they should be the same, thanks.
Title: Re: Avast size on disk?
Post by: Cahya Legawa on September 18, 2009, 08:39:38 PM
Should Avast take up more room on the hard drive in vista premium compared to basic? Not that the space is an issue, just wondering if they should be the same, thanks.

I never try it, but in logic it should be the same. The installer .exe should unpacking the same size of files in all system, shouldn't it? As we unpacking .zip type archives  ???
Title: Re: Avast size on disk?
Post by: BrokeIt on September 18, 2009, 08:47:55 PM
Not sure, mine seems to take up more space on premium than basic, using the same download from the avast site.
Title: Re: Avast size on disk?
Post by: Lisandro on September 19, 2009, 01:02:17 AM
No. The installation size could grow up due to logs, dumps, reports, files into Chest and, on avast 4, size of the VRDB.
For sure, the virus database always grow up.
Title: Re: Avast size on disk?
Post by: Cahya Legawa on September 19, 2009, 05:06:13 AM
No. The installation size could grow up due to logs, dumps, reports, files into Chest and, on avast 4, size of the VRDB.
For sure, the virus database always grow up.

You are right Tech, I just missed to consider about the time line, and those details you mentioned as the consequence.
Title: Re: Avast size on disk?
Post by: BrokeIt on September 19, 2009, 08:18:23 AM
Ok, thanks. Another thing I thought about is one is 64 bit and the other is 32bit vista, don't know if that would make a difference.
Title: Re: Avast size on disk?
Post by: Lisandro on September 19, 2009, 05:56:24 PM
Don't know if that would make a difference.
I don't think so (I mean, the avast folder behavior of growing)... but, of course, files and the whole installation would be different.
Title: Re: Avast size on disk?
Post by: BrokeIt on September 20, 2009, 01:27:37 AM
The installation files was what I was referring to, sorry if I didn't make that clear, the folder itself wasn't growing in size, just the initial size upon downloading, thanks.