Windows Onecare

Tute · 25 Sep 2008 at 19:16

Hey all.

I've just been offered this through MSDN:AA.

My question to you all - is it any good?

Thanks.

helmutcheese · 25 Sep 2008 at 19:21

Nope, tested Beta and full verions.

It bogs down your PC and I mean really bad, same as Defender does as Defender is part of it.

Also with Defender you will see your HDD is accesssed all the time and its a PIA.

Porkford · 25 Sep 2008 at 19:30

Yeah it was very buggy for me, unfortunately I purchased the full version for our family internet PC. Ended up getting rid and going with NOD32

Tute · 25 Sep 2008 at 19:41

Fair enough, i've just had an email offering me the full version of Kaspersky instead.

I think i'll go with that.

mr.sly · 25 Sep 2008 at 20:06

Well Defender is using 8,984 K on my computer at the moment, so I don't see how it can "bog" down your PC.

iviv · 25 Sep 2008 at 21:30

I have defender and tried to scan my PC with it a couple of times, but it just slows it to a halt, and manages to use up all 4Gb of my ram.

mr.sly · 25 Sep 2008 at 21:34

iviv said:
I have defender and tried to scan my PC with it a couple of times, but it just slows it to a halt, and manages to use up all 4Gb of my ram.

I think there's something wrong with your PC. Maybe try updating your chipset drivers or look for other problems.

I just did a scan, it was finished in less than a minute and used an extra 1000 K.

iviv · 25 Sep 2008 at 21:37

Less than a minute? I assume that was a quick scan?

I'll try a full scan, see how it copes. Currently idling at 0-5% cpu and 64% ram used.

helmutcheese · 25 Sep 2008 at 21:47

mr.sly said:
Well Defender is using 8,984 K on my computer at the moment, so I don't see how it can "bog" down your PC.

He asked for opinions and he got mines.

Onecare and Defender get a crap name if you do any reading.

One of the 1st thing any peep who know a little about Vista does at install is disable Defender or your HDD will be seeking away for no real reason and I do not mean during scans.

That's all I will say on topic, the op got his answer from me and another and he can make his own choice.

mr.sly · 25 Sep 2008 at 21:59

lol, calm down.

I'm giving him MY view. And telling him the memory usage on MY PC.

helmutcheese · 25 Sep 2008 at 22:06

mr.sly said:
lol, calm down.

I'm giving him MY view. And telling him the memory usage on MY PC.

I know and np,

but it slows boot up time and makes HDD chatter much more from my use and reading others opinions on it.

It does not get a good name overall.

The Actual Ram and CPU use in meter does not seem to reflect its slow down of the HDD.

iviv · 25 Sep 2008 at 22:15

iviv said:
Less than a minute? I assume that was a quick scan?

I'll try a full scan, see how it copes. Currently idling at 0-5% cpu and 64% ram used.

Hmm, I guess it was just a rather dodgy build or something, its running fine now. Sometimes the ram usage jumps up, but then drops back down again. No problems here