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h2oz7v · 08-02-2007, 10:25 AM

I use AVG (Free) and Windows Defender on my system and am looking for ways to tweak them to use the least resources as possible.

On AVG, I have disabled the Email Scanner and Shell Extension. The last processes remaining are:

avgcc.exe : AVG Control Center
avgamsrv.exe : AVG Alert Manager
avgupsvc.exe : AVG Update Service

I have read a guide that says to disable "real-time protection", remove avgcc from startup, disable the alert manager and set the update service to manual. They then manually scan and update on a weekly basis.

I however want to keep the realtime protection and want it to scan/update automatically. I'm thinking avgcc.exe will be needed on startup for the scheduling of the auto update check and a test (I use both of these).

Can I set both the services to "Manual" so they are only started when they need to be? - I will be trying this within a day (when it's scheduled to update)

Next with Defender;

MsMpEng.exe : The realtime protection service?
MSASCui.exe : "Microsoft Anti-spyware Control User Interface"?

are both loading. Again I want the realtime protection, so I will leave the MsMpEng service to Auto. I'm guessing the MSASCui works in the same way as the AVG Control Centre, so would need to keep it for auto-updating and scheduled scanning?

08-02-2007, 10:25 AM	#1 (permalink)
h2oz7v Newb Techie Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 30	AVG & Windows Defender Optimising I use AVG (Free) and Windows Defender on my system and am looking for ways to tweak them to use the least resources as possible. On AVG, I have disabled the Email Scanner and Shell Extension. The last processes remaining are: avgcc.exe : AVG Control Center avgamsrv.exe : AVG Alert Manager avgupsvc.exe : AVG Update Service I have read a guide that says to disable "real-time protection", remove avgcc from startup, disable the alert manager and set the update service to manual. They then manually scan and update on a weekly basis. I however want to keep the realtime protection and want it to scan/update automatically. I'm thinking avgcc.exe will be needed on startup for the scheduling of the auto update check and a test (I use both of these). Can I set both the services to "Manual" so they are only started when they need to be? - I will be trying this within a day (when it's scheduled to update) Next with Defender; MsMpEng.exe : The realtime protection service? MSASCui.exe : "Microsoft Anti-spyware Control User Interface"? are both loading. Again I want the realtime protection, so I will leave the MsMpEng service to Auto. I'm guessing the MSASCui works in the same way as the AVG Control Centre, so would need to keep it for auto-updating and scheduled scanning?