Using Dolphin & Antivirus?

imfreakin · December 12th, 2008

Whenever I use Dolphin I have to close my Antivirus program because Dolphin says "Failed to grab 1GB of memory"!

Is there anyway around this, because its annoying lol

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P.S. If posting an image of the error message will help, let me know.

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Tilla · December 12th, 2008

Probably not. Antiviruses run very very finnicky and tend to cause a lot of errors with more advanced software.

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tuanming · December 12th, 2008

You need more memory, what is your pc specs?

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imfreakin · December 12th, 2008

My pc specs are the top ones in my sig.

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nunito · December 12th, 2008

"control alt delete" you can see the programs you have running at once with dophin. I think we have many who are using your memory ram

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imfreakin · December 12th, 2008

Well, I'm using ZoneAlarm (If it helps) but when I close it Dolphin runs fine.

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jasong · December 12th, 2008

I was using Kaspersky and even closing it doesn't help. I just uninstalled it eventually and stuck with AVG. I've had no problems since.

imfreakin · December 13th, 2008

I was thinking about updating my RAM from 2GB to 4GB, you think that might fix the problem?

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skawo · December 13th, 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by imfreakin

I was thinking about updating my RAM from 2GB to 4GB, you think that might fix the problem?

I get that error sometimes with 4GB. It's normal.

omegadox · December 13th, 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by jasong

I was using Kaspersky and even closing it doesn't help. I just uninstalled it eventually and stuck with AVG. I've had no problems since.

Avast > AVG, AVG can be evil.

The error is not due to how much is free, its that the AV program might be modifying Dolphin's RAM which messes it up for Dolphin.

**ector** · December 13th, 2008

Yeah, this problem is caused by antivirus programs that load pieces of themselves into every running program (nasty!), thus clogging up the virtual memory space for Dolphin.

Dolphin, for speed reasons, does its memory management in a rather odd way, leading to this requirement of nearly a gig of contiguous virtual memory space. There are ways around it but I haven't felt that it's worth the trouble to fix... there seems to be a fairly small amount of people with this problem.

Yinn · December 13th, 2008

I use Avast, and I get this message once for every new revision I try but after that I never get it again. Maybe Avast just does this memory demanding thing once for every program or whatever?

omegadox · December 13th, 2008

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Originally Posted by Yinn

I use Avast, and I get this message once for every new revision I try but after that I never get it again. Maybe Avast just does this memory demanding thing once for every program or whatever?

I use Avast since version 4.7, and haven't seen error except maybe when Dolphin was so buggy, it kept popping random errors (I think).

niuus · December 13th, 2008

Have you tried NOD32 or Avira AntiVir?

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omegadox · December 13th, 2008

I did try "Avira AntiVir" but the updater and its ADs got annoying and I know NOD32 is good, but I don't really want to keep paying for a subscription, I am careful anyways, so why would I need to keep paying for it for something when I have a small change of getting a virus? Plus I backup. If a file is suspicious to me, I first test it in a Virtual Machine and see what happens.

niuus · December 13th, 2008

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Originally Posted by omegadox

I did try "Avira AntiVir" but the updater and its ADs got annoying

Yeah, i know what you mean. But as you said, the user is the last defense. Being cautious is the best antivirus.

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Hard core Rikki

If games don't work in emulators, play it on the real Gamecube.
Uh? No Gamecube? How about NOT playing these games?

Main Rig:

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imfreakin · December 13th, 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by ector

There are ways around it but I haven't felt that it's worth the trouble to fix... there seems to be a fairly small amount of people with this problem.

Plus, it can be solved by simply temporarily turning off the anti-virus program.
Which isn't a big deal.

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jasong · December 13th, 2008

Not in the case of Kaspersky. But actually my experience with Kaspersky is generally pretty bad. It is a massive system hog. Sometimes it just freezes the pc for like 10 minutes.

imfreakin · December 14th, 2008

So far ZoneAlarm has been great, doesn't use alot of memory and runs pretty fast. The only thing is Dolphin, but not a big deal

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imfreakin · December 18th, 2008

Update:
I'm now using Revision 1556 and it no longer gives me that error message when starting a game, and I still have my ZoneAlarm running!

So is this by chance, or is Dolphin fixed?

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December 12th, 2008	#1 (permalink)
imfreakin Nintendo-Addict Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Cyber-Space Posts: 284	Using Dolphin & Antivirus? Whenever I use Dolphin I have to close my Antivirus program because Dolphin says "Failed to grab 1GB of memory"! Is there anyway around this, because its annoying lol ! P.S. If posting an image of the error message will help, let me know. __________________ Kudos to everyone who's working on Dolphin!! __________________________________________________ PC Specs: Windows XP SP2 \| Intel Core 2 Duo CPU E7300 2.66GHz \| 2GB RAM \| NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT Laptop Specs: Windows XP SP2 \| Intel Celeron M processor 1.60GHz \| 248MB RAM \| Intel 915GM/GMS

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December 12th, 2008	#2 (permalink)
Tilla Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 148	Probably not. Antiviruses run very very finnicky and tend to cause a lot of errors with more advanced software. __________________ Playstation 3 80GB Intel Core2Duo E6750 2.66 Ghz~4x1GB OCZ PC2-6400 RAM~Western Digital Caviar 250GB SATA2 HDD~Visiontek Radeon HD 3870

December 12th, 2008	#3 (permalink)
tuanming Final Fantasy XXX Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: USA, TX Posts: 2,404	You need more memory, what is your pc specs? __________________ Intel Core2Duo E6300 1.86Ghz L629A244 @ 3.78GHz Asus P5K-E Wifi/AP Rev.1.02g Thermalright Ultra Extreme 120+ FM121 (110 cfm fan) ATI x1900 GT Rev.2 256mb 513/657 G.Skill 2x1gb Hz--540MHz CORSAIR CMPSU-1000HX 1000W

December 12th, 2008	#4 (permalink)
imfreakin Nintendo-Addict Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Cyber-Space Posts: 284	My pc specs are the top ones in my sig. __________________ Kudos to everyone who's working on Dolphin!! __________________________________________________ PC Specs: Windows XP SP2 \| Intel Core 2 Duo CPU E7300 2.66GHz \| 2GB RAM \| NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT Laptop Specs: Windows XP SP2 \| Intel Celeron M processor 1.60GHz \| 248MB RAM \| Intel 915GM/GMS

December 12th, 2008	#5 (permalink)
nunito Mario Kart WII user** Join Date: May 2008 Location: chile Posts: 105	"control alt delete" you can see the programs you have running at once with dophin. I think we have many who are using your memory ram __________________ Intel C2D E7300 @ 4.2ghz/ i45 tpower Biostar 2GB 1066mhz DDR2 C4 AMD Radeon HD4850 /690-1160

December 12th, 2008	#6 (permalink)
imfreakin Nintendo-Addict Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Cyber-Space Posts: 284	Well, I'm using ZoneAlarm (If it helps) but when I close it Dolphin runs fine. __________________ Kudos to everyone who's working on Dolphin!! __________________________________________________ PC Specs: Windows XP SP2 \| Intel Core 2 Duo CPU E7300 2.66GHz \| 2GB RAM \| NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT Laptop Specs: Windows XP SP2 \| Intel Celeron M processor 1.60GHz \| 248MB RAM \| Intel 915GM/GMS

December 12th, 2008	#7 (permalink)
jasong Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: South Africa Posts: 815	I was using Kaspersky and even closing it doesn't help. I just uninstalled it eventually and stuck with AVG. I've had no problems since.

December 13th, 2008	#8 (permalink)
imfreakin Nintendo-Addict Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Cyber-Space Posts: 284	I was thinking about updating my RAM from 2GB to 4GB, you think that might fix the problem? __________________ Kudos to everyone who's working on Dolphin!! __________________________________________________ PC Specs: Windows XP SP2 \| Intel Core 2 Duo CPU E7300 2.66GHz \| 2GB RAM \| NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT Laptop Specs: Windows XP SP2 \| Intel Celeron M processor 1.60GHz \| 248MB RAM \| Intel 915GM/GMS

December 13th, 2008	#11 (permalink)
ector Emu author Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 417	Yeah, this problem is caused by antivirus programs that load pieces of themselves into every running program (nasty!), thus clogging up the virtual memory space for Dolphin. Dolphin, for speed reasons, does its memory management in a rather odd way, leading to this requirement of nearly a gig of contiguous virtual memory space. There are ways around it but I haven't felt that it's worth the trouble to fix... there seems to be a fairly small amount of people with this problem.

December 13th, 2008	#12 (permalink)
Yinn Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sweden Posts: 30	I use Avast, and I get this message once for every new revision I try but after that I never get it again. Maybe Avast just does this memory demanding thing once for every program or whatever?

December 13th, 2008	#15 (permalink)
omegadox ****** Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,188	I did try "Avira AntiVir" but the updater and its ADs got annoying and I know NOD32 is good, but I don't really want to keep paying for a subscription, I am careful anyways, so why would I need to keep paying for it for something when I have a small change of getting a virus? Plus I backup. If a file is suspicious to me, I first test it in a Virtual Machine and see what happens.

December 13th, 2008	#18 (permalink)
jasong Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: South Africa Posts: 815	Not in the case of Kaspersky. But actually my experience with Kaspersky is generally pretty bad. It is a massive system hog. Sometimes it just freezes the pc for like 10 minutes.

December 14th, 2008	#19 (permalink)
imfreakin Nintendo-Addict Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Cyber-Space Posts: 284	So far ZoneAlarm has been great, doesn't use alot of memory and runs pretty fast. The only thing is Dolphin, but not a big deal . __________________ Kudos to everyone who's working on Dolphin!! __________________________________________________ PC Specs: Windows XP SP2 \| Intel Core 2 Duo CPU E7300 2.66GHz \| 2GB RAM \| NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT Laptop Specs: Windows XP SP2 \| Intel Celeron M processor 1.60GHz \| 248MB RAM \| Intel 915GM/GMS

December 18th, 2008	#20 (permalink)
imfreakin Nintendo-Addict Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Cyber-Space Posts: 284	Update: I'm now using Revision 1556 and it no longer gives me that error message when starting a game, and I still have my ZoneAlarm running! So is this by chance, or is Dolphin fixed? __________________ Kudos to everyone who's working on Dolphin!! __________________________________________________ PC Specs: Windows XP SP2 \| Intel Core 2 Duo CPU E7300 2.66GHz \| 2GB RAM \| NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT Laptop Specs: Windows XP SP2 \| Intel Celeron M processor 1.60GHz \| 248MB RAM \| Intel 915GM/GMS