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Title: Avast and netbooks
Post by: kasun1987 on January 07, 2011, 06:00:36 PM

I just installed latest avast free version in my netbook which have 1.66GHz CPU and 1GB of RAM including windows 7,This is first time I'm using avast I need to know is there any special version of avast available for netbooks or not? (at the moment everything looks perfect).Please help...   

Title: Re: Avast and netbooks
Post by: spg SCOTT on January 07, 2011, 06:04:06 PM

Hi kasun1987, welcome to the forum :)

I am not aware of any special netbook version, the normal version should work fine.

Not being someone who owns a netbook, what would a "netbook version" include?

Scott

Title: Re: Avast and netbooks
Post by: Forest61 on January 07, 2011, 06:07:41 PM

I have a Toshiba netbook (NB255), and I am using the latest version (5.1.874) of Avast AV Pro on it without any problems whatsoever.

Title: Re: Avast and netbooks
Post by: kasun1987 on January 07, 2011, 06:15:50 PM

Quote from: spg SCOTT on January 07, 2011, 06:04:06 PM

what would a "netbook version" include?

Reducing the dimension of the interface to visible in small screen,low footprint to memory and CPU.
Anyway avast is perfect for a netbook no difficulties at all.Regards..! 

Title: Re: Avast and netbooks
Post by: DavidR on January 07, 2011, 07:12:25 PM

I have an acer Aspire One D255 (dual 1.5Ghz atom core and 1GB RAM running win7 Starter) with avast 5.1.864 and no issues.

I would say 1GB and windows7 really is a bit low as a lot of that will be eaten up win7. I don't have much running on this system (it is basically a backup system to my desktop) and it still regularly consumes 75% RAM, very little of that is associated to avast about 5MB for avastUI and less for avastSvc.exe, see image.