Boris Posted February 21, 2003 Report Share Posted February 21, 2003 Just wondered how many of the members here actually use this ?I personally think its come on leaps and bounds from my original post back last year and is now almost a "proper" product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Clint Posted February 21, 2003 Report Share Posted February 21, 2003 Boris - I am interested in using Gladiator when it comes out of the development stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted February 21, 2003 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2003 ClintIts pretty stable now !It still needs development tweaking to enable it to be a resident scanner, but the rest of the interface and updating is pretty sorted and the on-demand scanner for viruses,worms and trojans works fine ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter e Posted February 21, 2003 Report Share Posted February 21, 2003 I've been thinking about using it, Boris. I'm just a little apprehensive because it's still being developed. I use Norton AV 2002 and the freebie Sygate firewall at present. Would there be a conflict if I also used Gladiator, do you think? And what advantages would it offer over other AV software?Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted February 22, 2003 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2003 I use ZA free firewall plus PC-Cillin as my resident AV.I just turn everything off and let GAV do a full scan of the H/D once a week - its more than just a pure AV as it can find trojans etc. that a normal AV might not pick up.No conflicts if you run it this way + IMHO its quite stable enough to try now ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter e Posted February 22, 2003 Report Share Posted February 22, 2003 Thanks for the info, Boris. :D I think I'll download it and try it out. I suppose I can set a restore point before downloading - just in case. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye Posted February 22, 2003 Report Share Posted February 22, 2003 You've made my mind up for me Boris!.....................I'm going to give it a go.Cheers. :D :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of Calcutta Posted February 22, 2003 Report Share Posted February 22, 2003 yeah, i'll give it a whirl too! was waiting for it to come out of the ßeta stage :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted February 22, 2003 Report Share Posted February 22, 2003 I've had Gladiator since July 2002, had no problems with conflicts with AVG, when running a GAV scan I often forget to turn off AVG resident- never clashed yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dan Posted February 22, 2003 Report Share Posted February 22, 2003 As a lowly "windows95" worth member of this forum I just thought I'd add in.I've got both GAV and AVG running on my system along with Adaware and Spybot Search and Destroy. AVG is my primary antivirus and I have it running in the background almost all the time but I also run GAV once or twice a week as a backup and to look for trojans. (Adaware and Spybot may well come off soon as neither one seems happy and they keep reporting stuff I always clear out when cookie cleaning anyway.) I don't think I've yet had any conflicts with GAV or AVG. Though I do have a very minor moan which I'll go and stick in the GAV forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted February 22, 2003 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2003 no problems with conflicts with AVG, when running a GAV scan I often forget to turn off AVG resident- never clashed yetWith my humble 350 cpu, I need to turn off main AV - when doing the GAV scan - not because of clashes (there aren't any) but for performance :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter e Posted February 22, 2003 Report Share Posted February 22, 2003 :D I downloaded Gladiator last night and set it up this morning. It seems fine and I'm quite pleased with it. I scanned my system and no problems were reported. I'll use Norton on auto-protect for now, and as Boris does, run a Gladiator scan once a week or so.Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of Calcutta Posted February 23, 2003 Report Share Posted February 23, 2003 :huh: 820928 downloads so far! can add one more ;) downloading as i post this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of Calcutta Posted February 23, 2003 Report Share Posted February 23, 2003 what a waste, doesn't work for me. checked out the faq and found this :If your problems are any of the following:1. "I'm unable to access any type of control or setting....I have a green icon, that's it. I cannot DO anything with said icon, nor is there anything in the folder it installed into that allows me to make any changes " 2. "I downloaded and installed the program, ran through setup without a hitch, started the program and got a cool little green icon that sits in the tray that does absolutely nothing. I cannot right-click on it, I cannot left-click on it...nada. "If you run your system at 115% DPI or higher to make up for the higher res settings, and at 90 DPI you need a magnifying glass to see the screen we have no solution for you during this ALPHA PHASE of testing our Scanner.To run Gladiator during this phase of the testing you must switch to 90 or 96 DPI Screen Settings.You have to set this in the Windows Desktop Settings. (Right-click on your desktop and select "Properties," then select "Settings.")Thank you for your participation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted February 23, 2003 Report Share Posted February 23, 2003 Have you worked thru all the offered solutions , Prince ?Does the change of DPI work ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of Calcutta Posted February 23, 2003 Report Share Posted February 23, 2003 no at present using 120 dpi if i use 96 the font appears too small.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted February 23, 2003 Report Share Posted February 23, 2003 Bit of a beggar then.Could always change to 96 DPI just to set up GAV , scan, then revert, as a temporary measure/workaround PITA tho :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of Calcutta Posted February 23, 2003 Report Share Posted February 23, 2003 any idea why the dpi affects the scanner? guess i'll have to wait till the full version comes out then. pity actually. too much bother to have to change it each time since i have to do a reboot too for the change to take effect. does anyone have any ideas for a workaround? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted February 23, 2003 Report Share Posted February 23, 2003 Downloaded....runs ok....nothing found Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboy33 Posted February 24, 2003 Report Share Posted February 24, 2003 In reply to having 2 Anti-virus software programmes on your computerAs i understand it is not advisable to have 2 on the same computer as this can cause conflicts and could be as usefull as having NO Anti-Virus software at allMadboy33 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarthy © ® ™ Posted February 24, 2003 Report Share Posted February 24, 2003 Still got another 7 months of Norton AV2002 Subscription yet... ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted February 24, 2003 Report Share Posted February 24, 2003 It's having 2 running at the same time that causes the grief, like having 2 firewalls, both want control and will squabble :D But Gladiator has caused no problems with AVG even when I forget :huh: to deactivate AVG before scannning with Gavl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of Calcutta Posted February 25, 2003 Report Share Posted February 25, 2003 gladiator doesn't have a background scanner yet, which is why it hasn't caused any conflicts so far i think. its when you got 2 virus scanner running in the background at the same time that they conflict. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Serendip Posted February 26, 2003 Report Share Posted February 26, 2003 :D Hi Guys!I've been mega-busy but a recent post by Ellas got me to drop by.Ah, the DPI problem again. In the past, when I ran a scan (on demand only) I had to reset my Windows Fonts to 90 dpi. I got a little warning box that some of my programs wouldn't run correctly but I had to shut off most of my stuff anyway when I did one. I then ran the scan and when it was all done, I reset my Windows Fonts again back to normal (96 dpi). This had solved the problem that I had had with it--namely hard-crashes after scans. Now, GAV runs scans at 96 dpi so I do not have to change the font settings on my Windows Desktop anymore. I always make sure that my other AV is turned off/disabled before running GAV. Since I am on Win98se I cannot use the new RTM (which only does 2000/XP).GAV is now, as most of you know, in Beta release. Michael/Gladiator has developed a new engine that will soon be available. It can scan for Polymorphic Viruses! He has also come up with a technique to reduce the size of the update files on download. That too will soon be available. (Soon means a matter of days. Maybe a week. Could be sooner.)I do not run more than one AV at a time. Common sense. (I have two AV apps.)Best regards from Larry :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Judgedredd Posted March 8, 2003 Report Share Posted March 8, 2003 I use Nav2003 and GAV. When GAV comes out of beta, Has a resident scanner attached. NAV will be completely gone from all of my systems. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.