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| 11 Sep 2012 02:53 PM |
Simple. Take your normal, average quad-core with 6 gigabytes of ram dedicated to gaming. You obviously don't want an anti-virus hogging up your cpu, so you don't install one. But what if you had an anti-virus on a usb stick, similar to the MK802. It would run independently and use it's own CPU and ram, but could scan your hard drive and would be easily updateable via it's own on-board flash memory.
After thinking about it, If it uses USB 3.0, it could really be viable. You'd be able to do anything without worrying about speed loss because it's all being handled on a small, tiny computer!
Considering the MK802 sells for only around 80 dollars, these new anti-virus units could be sold for under 100 dollars and still come with a 6 month or 1 year subscription to the anti-virus it runs!
Or am I just crazy and an idea like this would never, ever work? |
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| 11 Sep 2012 02:55 PM |
| antiviruses don't hog up CPU if you do it right |
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| 11 Sep 2012 02:57 PM |
Yes, but this one can be freed from restrictions and have no effect on the host pc at all.
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| 11 Sep 2012 02:57 PM |
"antiviruses don't hog up CPU if you do it right"
Care to tell me how to do it right then? 0__o |
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| 11 Sep 2012 02:58 PM |
yeah but the money you'd spend on the subscription and the stick you could use to invest in your CPU budget
plus MSE uses barely any CPU and is fre |
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| 11 Sep 2012 02:59 PM |
@triston
Several anti-viral software make sure not to use up more than 50% of the cpu for literally anything. While this is a generally good method, it could be improved by having a smaller computer operate to do just this task completely, freeing up the entire cpu. |
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Priminal
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| 11 Sep 2012 03:05 PM |
| Just use sandboxie, run programs on another environment. |
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zars15
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| 11 Sep 2012 03:36 PM |
Idk my default one - Symantec thingy doesn't even notably affect my CPU. It's on all the time and CPU is all okay.
CPU: 4 quad 3.6 GHz |
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| 11 Sep 2012 03:42 PM |
| Uh, this is completely undermined by the fact that it would still bottleneck the HDD. The best option is just to have it scan at 4 AM or something and then have it sleep or shut down after. |
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NB3
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| 11 Sep 2012 03:42 PM |
| Most of them don't work, and they are scams. Like Norton, or ZoneAlarm. ZoneAlarm isn't a scam, just something that keeps reminding you of nothing. |
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| 11 Sep 2012 03:53 PM |
Running Trend Micro (Would be Kaspersky but it's a long story)
solid 2% CPU usage |
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sirsavary
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| 11 Sep 2012 04:03 PM |
1) Install Nod32 Smart Security 2) Never ever worry about it again |
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| 11 Sep 2012 04:10 PM |
| It would be cheaper to buy more ram or CPU and use windows defender. |
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| 11 Sep 2012 05:01 PM |
| This isn't a solution at all. [Good] anti viruses do way more than scan your hard drive. And a dongle is ridiculously inconvenient way to hold an anti virus program. |
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| 11 Sep 2012 05:43 PM |
| If all you want to do is scan your drive, you could just put Comodo Cleaning Essentials or mbam on a flashdrive. Antiviruses HAVE to install drivers and such to protect the computer. |
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| 11 Sep 2012 09:34 PM |
r just open up registry editer and delete the virus
unless it is a boot drive kit/virus |
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