why use decrypter?

[mats.hogberg]

what do you guys use for firewall/antivirus? Cheap (or free), reliable and not a resource hog

Panda anti virus - came with my mobo, a Linux box as firewall (among other things) - Don't trust s/w firewalls, since if it hits the f/w, it's already inside your box, innit? (Like wearing a diaphragm to avoid being raped?)

/Mats

[p_l]

Lots of good suggestions for that here, and more.

[30sauce]

Cool list, p_l -- I'm a freeware junkie! Unfortunately, that means I have a ton of software I never use cluttering up my system...

I had read some bad things about AVG, but there seem to be a number of people out here who dig it. Any thoughts on AVG vs. Avast?

Thanks for all the advice, everyone. I'll let you know if this helps...

J

[steve2713]

I don't like AVG myself. I personally have been using Bitdefender Free Edition for over a year now - it's still not well known, but it works very well for me.

[jimmalenko]

I've used AVG on about 10 machines now and never had an issue. 4 of these were my own (so naturally they were well-maintained ), but the other 6 have ranged from a couple of my porn-hungry mates, my parents, and my future in-laws. It's kept out a handful of viruses on the mates' computers by moving the shit to the vault, and then I get a phone call to come and empty the vault

[canadateck]

I heard with Avg, You cant go into safe mode with it running,thats a limit to the free version?I have it..LOL ...I never tried..

[jimmalenko]

I heard with Avg, You cant go into safe mode with it running,thats a limit to the free version?I have it..LOL ...I never tried..

You heard wrong

[canadateck]

Kool...Even better.I like Avg..

[mowermanEd]

zonealarm for firewall, avg for virus, both free

I used to use Norton, then AVG 7 free, and now use
Trend Pc-Cillin because it caught some virus's that AVG let slip through. It comes with it's own firewall but I still use ZoneAlarm because I like the way it works. You can find PC-Cillin on the web for less than $30 if you look around. It doesn't seem to suck up resourses either.

[daamon]

I'll uninstall Norton tonight and try again -- my virus subscription is about to expire anyway.

While we're talking about it -- what do you guys use for firewall/antivirus? Cheap (or free), reliable and not a resource hog -- what are the best options?

J

zonealarm for firewall, avg for virus, both free

PC-Cillin 2002 for firewall / virus. And an armada of anti-spyware, pop up killer, and trojan / worm protectors.

I started with DVDShrink but found that it choked on a lot of DVDs. I then moved to DVDDecrypter and use Smart Ripper if that fails - one of them always works.

If the decrypting tool of your choice fails to unlock - try playing the disc first in something like WinDVD or PowerDVD. Open the decrypting tool while it's playing, stop playback and try to rip form there.

See here...

[30sauce]

Okay, I uninstalled Norton and replaced with AVG. Anyway, I'm sorry to say that didn't help. Whole process still took 2hr 50min to rip/bu.

I set this up overnight so I'm not sure where the process is dragging. I know that 'Analysing' phase said it was gonna take about 30 minutes and that it was working at about 3,800kb. Sorry to sound like a complete noob, but is that slow? Any other suggestions on how I can speed Shrink up? Thanks.

J

[cyflyer]

Whoooooow 30sauce ! Analysing took 30 mins ??? That should take 1 to 2 minutes !
Break down each stage and how long it is taking so we can see where your problem is. Eg, open Shrink, analysing should be 2 mins, rip to disc should be circa 20-25 minutes. Burn with Nero 20 to 25 mins. Give it like this so we see where the problem lies.

[30sauce]

Sorry if I misspoke -- the initial scan of the DVD (when you first load it into your drive) only takes about two minutes. But then when I press 'Backup' and start the rip/burn process, it starts "Analysing" again -- that's where it took about 30 minutes. Not sure about the breakdown after that -- I usually start it and walk away.

I tried something new last night: I selected the "Enable overlapped I/O" box in Preferences, which I had unchecked via some tutorial. That seemed to help -- got my rip-to-burn time down to a about 1hr 10min (though the DVD I was backing up was significantly smaller than my previous attempts as well).

Probably try another bigger DVD tonight and see if I can watch the breakdown of what processes are dragging. Any other suggestions?

J

[cyflyer]

Well, your Shrink timing seems ok. Your Nero burn seems to be taking too long. Have you by any chance set the burn speed , in Nero, to 1X ? (check it) Leave on it Max.