Going to add this to the Public's IT approved list. first time ever saying that about a symantec product. usually their software is worse than viruses themselves. 

i messed up the message post title it can be found here.

i hope it comes down in cost, for multi-machine users.

xp32 system

before uninstall of avira antivir free edition:

3-5 percent fluctiations of the cpu.. avg 4%

697/5980m "commit charge"

692 pg usage

2322076 available memory....

https://www.buy.com/prod/norton-antivirus-2009-gaming-edition/q/loc/105/210479310.html

processes: 47

you can buy it here ... if you get two copies save 20%...

click here

instead of two copies for 80$ its 2 copies for 64$

avguard 8mb 0%

a2service 00 4mb

other avira files running: 1mb

=13mbs total or so idle

more info:

https://www.techtree.com/India/Reviews/Norton_Anti-Virus_2009_Gaming_Edition_Review/551-100294-578-2.html

comparision linked image:

pdf:

https://www.av-comparatives.org/seiten/ergebnisse/summary2008.pdf

waiting on download of shareware... from majorgeeks.com...

symantec gaming edition:

https://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=210479314&listingid=41109976&dcaid=17902

share ware:

https://majorgeeks.com/Norton_AntiVirus_2009_Gaming_Edition__d6078.html

vista 64: felt much more snappy than avast 64... avast was often stopping its guard feature and not acitvely scanning anything. it often minimized games.

antivir 32bit: often minimizes/crashes games during updates/scans. can be clunky if uber protect mode on. known to crash tf2 and l4d. for myself at least. scan is nice but requires manual delete of each item. false positives ocationally.

-both do not have good antispyware features. i will not have enough time to hopefully test symantecs lol.

end of the overlook:

commit charge: 475m / 6989m

cpu usage 4-6%

processs 45... odly it hovers much more near 4-6% than antivir on 32bit wint hat was more 2-4%.

final conclusion: its to early to tell.. hopefully i am convinced to stay using free apps at the end of my two week trial.

Update:

More than 5 days in. Its fast, stable, quiet... and stealthy when gaming. Not annoying like antivir, or as archaic to me as avast. It seems optimized on its own. HOWEVER!! It does false positive alot of popular tools, especially for security and spyware removal like combofix.exe or prodkey. They will appear as trojans.

Panda is letting users try their free cloud Panda AV software. Cloud helps it run at less than 50mb of memory (i believe 16mb)... and use less cpu cycles because the "cloud" servers that host the panda av software do the work for you.

Download and More info

Review: Panda Cloud Antivirus

speak To the Public

You can play free this weekend in left 4 dead, and buy it on sale for $23.99!!

https://store.steampowered.com/news/2458/

 store.steampowered.com/news/2458/

do you got the man bear pig flu? a reporter this week forgot it was from swine... and thought it was the mexican flu ... lol awesome.

swine flu symptoms:

https://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/flu-guide/20061101/swine-flu-faq#symptoms

Like beta testing games? Like playing games before the public does and finding bugs?

Quaklive.com - Quakelive is a new browser based game in beta - Id Software

Battlefield Heroes - Now in Beta testing again, will be free to play after release. - Electronic Arts

Thank you Nintendo DS for being so unergonomic. The new one, with its less than 1mp camera....

 check out these excitcing faces!!!

Great article on ATI catalyst 9.2 drivers with a review... a jump to conclusion...

Download them here.

These new nvidia drivers resolved my left 4 dead and team fortress 2 freezing and poor fps performance issues. Thanks to Nvidia! I have a 9600gt in case you wanted to compare what you had and what helped.

XP 32-bit
https://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_182.06_whql.html

XP 64-bit
https://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp64_182.06_whql.html

Vista 32-bit
https://www.nvidia.com/object/winvist...2.06_whql.html

Vista 64-bits
https://www.nvidia.com/object/winvist...2.06_whql.html

I have to save up for this. Fallout 3 has released several patches since release, most importantly moding tools, a level uncap to 30, removed endgame and added new Anchorage missions!  Initially this will only be on Gamers Live! and Xbox 360. Hopefully Steam - Valve releases an update for us soon!

More information on Operation Anchorage here!

Fallout Wiki

The All in One Guide was started for beta testing Darkfall online and Battlefield Heroes. It is very messy, lengthy but covers the kitchen sink. If you follow these steps you can help reduce crashing issues, speed up fps, tweak your system, better your security, remove spyware, remove viruses and update your pc... eventually I will turn the information into the knowledge source on the Public's IT.

Check out the All in One Guide

The bailout has passed, BBC News has posted a summary.

https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7874407.stm

Amd released several new chips in Febuary already. This week the AMD Black Dragon was released. Quadcore, and near I7 performance in the real world. However some synthetic benchmarks still show Intel beating AMD.

AMD Phenom II Dragon Review on i4u.com

AMD Phenom AM3 review on Hardocp.com

To not reinvent the wheel, there are many nice guides to buying the parts and then helping to build your first computer. Lifehacker had a great post this week on how to build your own pc.

https://lifehacker.com/5151369/the-first+timers-guide-to-building-a-computer-from-scratch

Microsoft has stopped handing out the 32bit and x64 versions of Windows 7. However if you only need a serial for the Windows 7 beta, they are still offering thesefor free:

https://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/beta-download.aspx

Left 4 Dead (Steam Valve) is on sale this weekend. $24.99, which is 50% off what I paid!

- Follow this link or buy it through your Steam console