AVG 2011 Users Beware
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I found Microsoft Security Essentials caused massive issues with audio playback as it generated massive DPC latency spikes. Those spikes caused the audio to sound like it was crackling, glitching and popping. I went through EVERYTHING before working out it was MSE. I even accused Winamp of being crap on their forums, reinstalled everything on my machine, updated and rolled back drivers for everything... I wouldn't put MSE anywhere near my machine again.
MSE on:
MSE off:
Fairly conclusive. It seems I'm not alone in my findings: http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&expIds=17050,25...
MSE on:
MSE off:
Fairly conclusive. It seems I'm not alone in my findings: http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&expIds=17050,25...
In 20 years of having a PC I've never had a virus until I started to use MSE, then I had 3 in 3 months.
All of them were from perfectly innocent pictures.
I've started to use panda cloud antivirus and not had one since, oh and removing IE shortcuts from the PC so other people can't fire the crap up.
All of them were from perfectly innocent pictures.
I've started to use panda cloud antivirus and not had one since, oh and removing IE shortcuts from the PC so other people can't fire the crap up.
Funk said:
I found Microsoft Security Essentials caused massive issues with audio playback as it generated massive DPC latency spikes.
Holy crap. I spent ages trying to work out why a song I was creating was having strange audio output problems; the individual samples were fine but when I played it back, I could hear something wasn't quite right. So maybe MSE is the culprit.Sheets Tabuer said:
In 20 years of having a PC I've never had a virus until I started to use MSE, then I had 3 in 3 months.
All of them were from perfectly innocent pictures.
I've started to use panda cloud antivirus and not had one since, oh and removing IE shortcuts from the PC so other people can't fire the crap up.
I have had similar problems & first thought it was a problem with google image search. I once picked up a nasty looking for a picture of a mk2 escort van. All of them were from perfectly innocent pictures.
I've started to use panda cloud antivirus and not had one since, oh and removing IE shortcuts from the PC so other people can't fire the crap up.
ShadownINja said:
Funk said:
I found Microsoft Security Essentials caused massive issues with audio playback as it generated massive DPC latency spikes.
Holy crap. I spent ages trying to work out why a song I was creating was having strange audio output problems; the individual samples were fine but when I played it back, I could hear something wasn't quite right. So maybe MSE is the culprit.I can only speak as I find. It's also possible that you're simply not hearing the audio issues; what are you listening to your music through? It seems Shadowninja is doing audio recording/sampling and playback etc, and I listen to FLACs through about £4k's worth of hi-fi.. If you're listening on a pair of Logitech desktop speakers, it's highly likely you wouldn't notice. I'd be interested to know.
As for MSE's ability to protect the machine, I had no problems with it. It's just that it screwed up my audio horrendously and as a result I wouldn't put it near a machine ever again.
As for MSE's ability to protect the machine, I had no problems with it. It's just that it screwed up my audio horrendously and as a result I wouldn't put it near a machine ever again.
Funk said:
I can only speak as I find. It's also possible that you're simply not hearing the audio issues; what are you listening to your music through? It seems Shadowninja is doing audio recording/sampling and playback etc, and I listen to FLACs through about £4k's worth of hi-fi.. If you're listening on a pair of Logitech desktop speakers, it's highly likely you wouldn't notice. I'd be interested to know.
As for MSE's ability to protect the machine, I had no problems with it. It's just that it screwed up my audio horrendously and as a result I wouldn't put it near a machine ever again.
Here's my DPC output with MSE running:As for MSE's ability to protect the machine, I had no problems with it. It's just that it screwed up my audio horrendously and as a result I wouldn't put it near a machine ever again.
StevenJJ said:
Seems like a nice space has appeared for a no bulls
t free anti-virus again after a long time of us having it good. Wonder if Google will get involved at any stage and throw their hat in?
Avast.t free anti-virus again after a long time of us having it good. Wonder if Google will get involved at any stage and throw their hat in?Silver993tt said:
Funk said:
I can only speak as I find. It's also possible that you're simply not hearing the audio issues; what are you listening to your music through? It seems Shadowninja is doing audio recording/sampling and playback etc, and I listen to FLACs through about £4k's worth of hi-fi.. If you're listening on a pair of Logitech desktop speakers, it's highly likely you wouldn't notice. I'd be interested to know.
As for MSE's ability to protect the machine, I had no problems with it. It's just that it screwed up my audio horrendously and as a result I wouldn't put it near a machine ever again.
Here's my DPC output with MSE running:As for MSE's ability to protect the machine, I had no problems with it. It's just that it screwed up my audio horrendously and as a result I wouldn't put it near a machine ever again.
Edited by Funk on Saturday 4th December 16:56
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