Comments on: Free ThreatFire Adds Extra Protection to Your PC http://cybernetnews.com/free-threatfire-adds-extra-protection-to-your-pc/ Technology News Sun, 27 May 2012 02:30:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ryanhttp://cybernetnews.com/free-threatfire-adds-extra-protection-to-your-pc/#comment-123174 Ryan Tue, 20 Nov 2007 03:27:08 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/11/18/free-threatfire-adds-extra-protection-to-your-pc/#comment-123174 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-123018" rel="nofollow">The Geek wrote:</a><blockquote>My question is how much does it slow down your computer?I think the best bet is to have a second computer running linux that you do all your random browsing or downloading with. Install the clamwin standalone executable, and then you can scan anything suspicious while in a safe environment.</blockquote></div> Actually when I was using it there was very little memory and processor usage being dedicated to the program. As with some programs it my slow down your computer over time, but I didn't notice a difference in speed at first.<div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-123039" rel="nofollow">CoryC wrote:</a><blockquote>I hope it does better then the firewall which has a memory leak. It was using over 1,000,000 Kb of memory.</blockquote></div> That is definitely a bad memory leak, but I haven't noticed any issues with this program.<div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-123054" rel="nofollow">S wrote:</a><blockquote>you linked the article(first link in article) to a webroot product not pc tools product. <a href="http://cybernetnews.com/pc-tools-firewall-plus-30-a-free-vista-firewall/" rel="nofollow">http://cybernetnews.com/2007/1.....-firewall/</a> is the correct link</blockquote></div> Oops, thanks for the correct link. :oops:<div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-123084" rel="nofollow">pacifika wrote:</a><blockquote>Installed it on two pcs, two scans found 2 hidden xml files in my temporary internet files which naturally shouldn’t be there - otherwise fine. Am impressed with it not having any noticable effect on performance on me, desktop search has a lot bigger slowdown then this. So even though I’m not running any realtime anti-spyware app, i can keep this running.</blockquote></div> I'm glad it worked out well for you, and that you didn't have a big performance hit. The Geek wrote:
My question is how much does it slow down your computer?

I think the best bet is to have a second computer running linux that you do all your random browsing or downloading with. Install the clamwin standalone executable, and then you can scan anything suspicious while in a safe environment.

Actually when I was using it there was very little memory and processor usage being dedicated to the program. As with some programs it my slow down your computer over time, but I didn’t notice a difference in speed at first.

CoryC wrote:
I hope it does better then the firewall which has a memory leak. It was using over 1,000,000 Kb of memory.

That is definitely a bad memory leak, but I haven’t noticed any issues with this program.

S wrote:
you linked the article(first link in article) to a webroot product not pc tools product.
[cybernetnews.com]
is the correct link

Oops, thanks for the correct link. :oops:

pacifika wrote:
Installed it on two pcs, two scans found 2 hidden xml files in my temporary internet files which naturally shouldn’t be there – otherwise fine. Am impressed with it not having any noticable effect on performance on me, desktop search has a lot bigger slowdown then this. So even though I’m not running any realtime anti-spyware app, i can keep this running.

I’m glad it worked out well for you, and that you didn’t have a big performance hit.

]]> By: pacifikahttp://cybernetnews.com/free-threatfire-adds-extra-protection-to-your-pc/#comment-123084 pacifika Mon, 19 Nov 2007 13:49:13 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/11/18/free-threatfire-adds-extra-protection-to-your-pc/#comment-123084 Installed it on two pcs, two scans found 2 hidden xml files in my temporary internet files which naturally shouldn't be there - otherwise fine. Am impressed with it not having any noticable effect on performance on me, desktop search has a lot bigger slowdown then this. So even though I'm not running any realtime anti-spyware app, i can keep this running. Installed it on two pcs, two scans found 2 hidden xml files in my temporary internet files which naturally shouldn’t be there – otherwise fine. Am impressed with it not having any noticable effect on performance on me, desktop search has a lot bigger slowdown then this. So even though I’m not running any realtime anti-spyware app, i can keep this running.

]]> By: Shttp://cybernetnews.com/free-threatfire-adds-extra-protection-to-your-pc/#comment-123054 S Mon, 19 Nov 2007 05:28:33 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/11/18/free-threatfire-adds-extra-protection-to-your-pc/#comment-123054 you linked the article(first link in article) to a webroot product not pc tools product. http://cybernetnews.com/pc-tools-firewall-plus-30-a-free-vista-firewall/ is the correct link you linked the article(first link in article) to a webroot product not pc tools product.
[cybernetnews.com]
is the correct link

]]> By: CoryChttp://cybernetnews.com/free-threatfire-adds-extra-protection-to-your-pc/#comment-123039 CoryC Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:44:52 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/11/18/free-threatfire-adds-extra-protection-to-your-pc/#comment-123039 I hope it does better then the firewall which has a memory leak. It was using over 1,000,000 Kb of memory. I hope it does better then the firewall which has a memory leak. It was using over 1,000,000 Kb of memory.

]]> By: douchrtihttp://cybernetnews.com/free-threatfire-adds-extra-protection-to-your-pc/#comment-123037 douchrti Mon, 19 Nov 2007 01:25:09 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/11/18/free-threatfire-adds-extra-protection-to-your-pc/#comment-123037 Thanks for the info. I'll check it out. It will be interesting to see how it performs on my puters. Thanks for the info. I’ll check it out. It will be interesting to see how it performs on my puters.

]]> By: The Geekhttp://cybernetnews.com/free-threatfire-adds-extra-protection-to-your-pc/#comment-123018 The Geek Sun, 18 Nov 2007 22:16:22 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/11/18/free-threatfire-adds-extra-protection-to-your-pc/#comment-123018 My question is how much does it slow down your computer?I think the best bet is to have a second computer running linux that you do all your random browsing or downloading with. Install the clamwin standalone executable, and then you can scan anything suspicious while in a safe environment. My question is how much does it slow down your computer?

I think the best bet is to have a second computer running linux that you do all your random browsing or downloading with. Install the clamwin standalone executable, and then you can scan anything suspicious while in a safe environment.

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