avast! Internet Security vs. avast! Pro Antivirus (and ZA compatibility)

[Lisandro]

Nothing related to XP.
sb_XoRtsava, 8Mb is too few... Impossible.
How much RAM do you have?

[essexboy]

I am on a 64bit system windows 7 - so memory is managed a lot better

Aye 'tis only a headline figure Tech but there are not many hidden services running - not like AVG to name but one  

[sb_XoRtsava]

1GB, DDR2

[Lisandro]

I am on a 64bit system windows 7 - so memory is managed a lot better

Do you really trust this? To use only 8 Mb of RAM?

Aye 'tis only a headline figure Tech but there are not many hidden services running - not like AVG to name but one 

Well... something is on the driver level.

[sb_XoRtsava]

That's strange! Even ZA (apparently) hogs very less RAM!

[essexboy]

3 processes, 4 services and 2 drivers  

PRC - [2010/06/28 21:57:18 | 002,837,864 | ---- | M] (AVAST Software) -- C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast5\AvastUI.exe
PRC - [2010/06/28 21:57:15 | 000,040,384 | ---- | M] (AVAST Software) -- C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast5\AvastSvc.exe
PRC - [2010/06/28 21:57:02 | 000,119,200 | ---- | M] (AVAST Software) -- C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast5\afwServ.exe

SRV:64bit: - [2010/06/28 21:57:15 | 000,040,384 | ---- | M] (AVAST Software) [On_Demand | Running] -- C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast5\AvastSvc.exe -- (avast! Web Scanner)
SRV:64bit: - [2010/06/28 21:57:15 | 000,040,384 | ---- | M] (AVAST Software) [On_Demand | Running] -- C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast5\AvastSvc.exe -- (avast! Mail Scanner)
SRV:64bit: - [2010/06/28 21:57:15 | 000,040,384 | ---- | M] (AVAST Software) [Auto | Running] -- C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast5\AvastSvc.exe -- (avast! Antivirus)
SRV:64bit: - [2010/06/28 21:57:02 | 000,119,200 | ---- | M] (AVAST Software) [Auto | Running] -- C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast5\afwServ.exe -- (avast! Firewall)

DRV:64bit: - [2010/06/28 21:33:00 | 000,061,008 | ---- | M] (ALWIL Software) [File_System | Auto | Running] -- C:\Windows\SysNative\drivers\aswMonFlt.sys -- (aswMonFlt)
DRV:64bit: - [2010/01/09 21:22:06 | 000,012,368 | ---- | M] (ALWIL Software) [Kernel | Boot | Running] -- C:\Windows\SysNative\drivers\aswNdis.sys -- (aswNdis)

[sb_XoRtsava]

SMART!

[Rednose]

Hi sb_XoRtsava, welcome to the forum

Maybe it is interesting for you to know that with AIS you don't have to install the firewall, or you can deinstall the firewall anytime if you would prefer another firewall. This won't effect the other modules of AIS. So in my opinion that makes the AV Pro not interesting anymore

Greetz, Red.

[sb_XoRtsava]

Thank you, Rednose!

That was really concise and helpful!

(Well, this was my FIRST experience on any of the active forums; and I'm glad that I found people like you!!

[GloobyGoob]

How often does it pop-up to ask for a decision (whether to allow net access or not?)

Hi, the avast! Firewall will automatically create rules for known good programs based on a large whitelist. If a program is not in the Application Rules, then by default (auto-decide) it will allow access to it, but closely monitor it and block any suspicious behavior. There will be absolutely no popups if you keep it on auto-decide, making it easy to use. The two other options are block (Blocks programs not on the application rules) and Ask (Popups will ask you what to do about programs not on the list of rules). You can also modify rules for individual programs and specify the ports. See this for more information.

If you don't want the firewall and/or antispam, then you can change the installation like rednose said, and it will be basically avast Pro.