![]() TotalAV also shaved off about 8 seconds from the archiving test. ![]() Transferring a large set of files of around 50GB was about a minute faster with TotalAV running. ![]() Performance was a little better with our file-transfer test. TotalAV’s drop was not as drastic in the gaming section of the test, nor was the drop too bad during the rendering and visualization portion of the digital content creation test. With TotalAV Antivirus Pro installed, and after running a full system scan, PCMark 10 scored 1,602, a drop of 63 points. Without TotalAV, the test PC scored 1,665. Upgrading to the higher tiers adds a VPN with 32 country locations, and a browser add-on for blocking ads and trackers.įor our in-house performance tests, TotalAV didn’t impress in the PCMark 10 test. Still, to see this in the basic suite is a surprise.Īntivirus Pro’s internet security section (the fingerprint icon) offers protection against malicious websites, as well as a data-breach check. We aren’t huge fans of these utilities since features like this are either already built in to Windows 10 or available for fee. IDGĬlicking on the speedometer icon in the left rail shows all of the various system tune-up options available including an application uninstaller, startup manager, and browser cleanup. Typically, these types of premium features are reserved for the more expensive suites. Features like this are pretty rare on base-level antivirus programs. In our tests, it did a pretty good job of analyzing duplicate files based on their contents. The smart scan is a nice touch beyond typical malware scans, especially the duplicate finder. It’s rated R.To access a standard security scan click on the shield icon in the left rail to see options for a full system scan, quick scans, and a customized scan. “The Nun II” premieres September 8 in US theaters. Because even if the film’s finish closes this chapter, it’s hardly a reach to assume that when dealing with a cog in a money-making machine, this isn’t so much goodbye as merely good night, Irene. While the credits contain a small bonus scene, “The Nun II” needn’t remind us that its work might not be done. Then again, by that point they don’t really need to, having already delivered the requisite thrills.Īside from providing steady employment for the Farmiga sisters (with Vera a mainstay of “The Conjuring” series), these movies illustrate both horror’s enduring power relative to other theatrical genres and how expanding the palette in terms of geography and chronology can add a sprinkle of freshness to basic haunted-house constructions, with a story that easily might have featured Vincent Price in decades past. PicturesĪlthough the story goes through some late contortions to present Irene a plausible means of fighting back, these movies generally don’t hold together particularly well down the home stretch, when the mayhem begins in earnest. Taissa Farmiga is back as Sister Irene in "The Nun II." Bruno Calvo/Courtesy of Warner Bros. She’s unexpectedly joined by a headstrong young nun played by “Euphoria” and “Missing’s” Storm Reid, who turns out to be a plucky if somewhat underemployed sidekick.ĭirected by Michael Chaves (a veteran of these films with “The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It” and “The Curse of La Llorona”) from a screenplay credited to a trio of writers, “The Nun II” doesn’t trifle with the formula, which relies heavily on jump-out-at-you scares, vivid nightmares and spooky spectral visions. The grisly pre-opening-title death of a priest alerts the Vatican that the evil Sister Irene had thwarted has arisen again (evil tends to do that when box-office success demands it), and she reluctantly agrees to the assignment. Set four years after the events of the original that introduced demon-fighting nun Sister Irene (Taissa Farmiga) and the handy Maurice (Jonas Bloquet), much of the action takes place around a French boarding school, where the demon nun Valak (Bonnie Aarons reprises her glowering role) has resurfaced. Enter “The Nun II,” a slick if familiar addition to the very fertile “Conjuring” universe that, by deftly expanding on the 2018 hit, appears destined to become another cinematic habit. When it comes to horror, there’s really no substitute for atmosphere, and the murky doorways and long dark hallways that come with old European buildings in the 1950s.
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