Log toggling speeds up Cloud Antivirus

Log toggling speeds up Cloud Antivirus

Posted by admin in Internet on 05 1st, 2009 | 3 responses

By pushing as much resource usage as possible into the clouds, Panda Security’s new Cloud Antivirus aims to free up the RAM hogging that plagues many security programs. However, testing the new beta revealed slower-than-anticipated scan speeds when doing an on-demand full hard drive scan. Panda’s got a solution that might help some users: turn off logging while running the scan. Cloud Antivirus splits the usual scanning process into three separate processes . The OnAccess Scan detects executing threats, the OnPrefetch Scan detects non-executing threats that are likely to run in the future, and the OnBackground Scan checks all local files when the computer is idle. Because of the way that the scans utilize idle CPU time, the background scan could still be logging when start an on-demand scan. The solution is to deactivate the logging feature when you’re running a heavy-duty, system-wide scan. This is risky if you forget to turn it back on after you’re done, and

highlights the lack of advanced options available through the interface. “It’s something we’re aware of and still fine-tuning,” said Pedro Bustamante, senior research adviser at Panda Security, in an e-mail. Deactivating the advanced logging works, although users shouldn’t expect dramatic changes. Scan times increased from 45 percent completed in 30 minutes to 45 percent done in 25 minutes. To toggle the log, download the two Registry keys found at the top of this blog post . Double-click on LoggingOff.reg and reboot your computer to turn off the log, then when you’re finished double-click on LoggingOn.reg and reboot to re-activate it. I strongly recommend reading the entire post, though. Bustamante has included a lot of information on how Cloud Antivirus works. The known problems blog post is also worth looking at. If you do try this Registry tweak out, post your results in theA Gadget Zonebelow.

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3 Responses to “Log toggling speeds up Cloud Antivirus”

  1. David says:
    May 2, 2009 at 7:53 am

    Frankly, cloud antivirus worries me… you are trusting data pushed as network traffic to identify potential risks which may have compromised the trust of network traffic you’re sending. This seems like an unnecessary risk, even if the traffic is encrypted it is introducing an additional point of failure into the system (potential for man-in-the-middle attack directly against your security tools).

  2. Bo says:
    May 2, 2009 at 7:53 am

    Furthermore… my network is already the most congested resource I have at home. Memory and CPU cycles are available, bytes through my DSL are not.

  3. Mano says:
    May 2, 2009 at 7:54 am

    just to get the thing to run properly you have to tweak manually basically waste time fooling around with this crap …come on before putting this out all the problem areas should have been tested … i installed this anti/ cloud universe whatever … cpu was through the roof .. siting idle 40% cpu usage … lot of work to have this program excepted by the masses

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