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BW and NOD32 do not mix

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Goosey
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
United States695 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-05-10 00:48:41
May 09 2008 20:59 GMT
#1
So I recently had cataclysmic hard drive failures which I had RMAed, basically same as reformatting. I have always used the free home version of Avast Antivirus, but some of my coworkers were telling me to try out NOD32.

It isn't free, but it is supposed to take less system resources than any other antivirus and is still in the top 3 for detection rates, especially the important category of 'heuristic detection' which is used to detect new viruses not yet in the database.

So I tried it out. It actually seemed like it would deliver. The memory usage was very low, at least.

However ever since this 'reformat', BW would have random spikes of lag. This seemed to mostly happen when a sound effect played, but it was very irritating. Basically a 0.5 second period of frame stutter.

It took me a little while to figure out it was NOD32 at fault, but last night I uninstalled it and put Avast Antivirus back on. The lag spikes disappeared.

NOD32 is not BW friendly.

Edit: Several people have replied that they have had no issues with NOD32 and BW, so YMMV. For me it was certainly the cause, but as always it could have just been 1 part of a multi-piece combination that ruined me.

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sperY
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Serbia444 Posts
May 09 2008 22:16 GMT
#2
dunno i have nod for like 2 year whitout problems :l
borg
Profile Joined September 2005
171 Posts
May 09 2008 22:23 GMT
#3
may have something to do with any special launcher programs you use along with bw that alter data that is already in memory. some viruses do this too so your antivirus scans *all* memory changes which might cause this odd lag. i've had this lag too but it seems to have disappeared (sorry cant remember why)
besiger
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
Croatia2452 Posts
May 09 2008 22:33 GMT
#4
ive got nod32 working with BW for 6 months now and no problems at all
A weak will coupled with delusions of grandeur
Xiberia
Profile Joined September 2007
Sweden634 Posts
May 10 2008 00:11 GMT
#5
They're working fine together for me.
ulszz
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
Jamaica1787 Posts
May 10 2008 00:12 GMT
#6
I just roll with no anti-virus. Yeah, thats right, I'm an e-surfin badass.
everliving, everfaithful, eversure
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