Nod32 Question

[lewis]

I'm trying out Nod32 due to the rave reviews that its been getting here, and have a question about resources it uses.

When I play BF2 I shut down all unessential processes including Nod32 but when I check the processes under Windows Task Manager, nod32krn.exe is still listed.

No matter how many times I try to "end" the process, it doesn't. It'll move from the top to the bottom to the top of the list of processes. Is this normal? I assumed that it would quit fully when I shut it off.

Any ideas?

tia

[CableDude]

How are you stopping it?

[lewis]

Open the "Control Panel" and choose quit, click yes to the warning. But it still shows the Nod32krn in Task Manager.

The process Nod32kui.exe stops, but krn still runs with up to 20,000K Memory usage.

[YeOldeStonecat]

They designed the process so it can't get knocked out...some viruses/worms out there now are designed to "attack and stop" antivirus services as they enter a system. NOD32 is coded so that it can't get shut down.

That's just the manager....it's not really consuming 20 megs, it's reserving "up to 20 megs"..well, almost 20..I've never seen it hit 20...usually mid-upper teens.

The only NOD32 service that would impact a system is the AMON..you can disable that..but don't worry, NOD32 runs so light, disabling AMON really doesn't matter, I leave it on while playing Battlefield or whatever.

[lewis]

Ahhhh, thanks Cat and Cabledude

Just need all the resources I can get for gaming on my laptop and desktop.

[CableDude]