Dodel Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 I'm confused here, your wanting a AV which has shed loads of features, but yet little to no performance hit ??? Good luck with that...What are the specs of this laptop, for one ?If your only browsing, I fail to see why you need an AV that has loads of features, ESet ISS / AV standalone / Avast along with a decent firewall is more than adequate for what you want to use this laptop for.If performance is such an issue for you on this laptop, disable Aero.Regards Dodel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djurba Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Eset Smart Security version 4.2 . I am usin it and I think right now its a best protection when it comes to resource usage. I had troubles with version 5, version 6 never tried . And i agree with Dodel disable visuals effects to minimum ,and windows features and services which you don use , check this tutorials http://www.blackviper.com/service-configurations/black-vipers-windows-7-service-pack-1-service-configurations/ , http://www.blackviper.com/2009/10/01/black-vipers-windows-7-super-tweaks/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted February 21, 2013 Administrator Share Posted February 21, 2013 AVG is not recommended. It has an history of being one of the most idiot AVs out there.Have heard a lot about Webroot. Otherwise, ESET is your best option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAXS Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 I heard that Bitdefender Free uses only 30mb from one guy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tontainas Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 1st: Webroot2nd: Norton3rd: Eset Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanedown58 Posted February 21, 2013 Author Share Posted February 21, 2013 I'm confused here, your wanting a AV which has shed loads of features, but yet little to no performance hit ??? Good luck with that...What are the specs of this laptop, for one ?If your only browsing, I fail to see why you need an AV that has loads of features, ESet ISS / AV standalone / Avast along with a decent firewall is more than adequate for what you want to use this laptop for.If performance is such an issue for you on this laptop, disable Aero.Regards DodelNot that much more features, just some teeny-bit extra ones (like Link Scanner and IM Protection).Here's the laptopProcessor: Intel® ATOM™ Processor N2100 (1.6GHz, 800MHz, 512KB)RAM: 2GB DDR3 System Memory at 1,066MHz (2GB x 1)VGA: Intel® GMA 3600I think the Atom is a single-core but I am not sure. Its running the NIS 2013 provided by Samsung. The netbook itself is a Samsung NP-N100SP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodel Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Remove NIS and install ANY other AV app other than Kaspersky & Avast and you're sorted, (Norton imho only ever did decent undelete / system recovery software).Eset ISS is ideal for your setup, Avast will hammer your 2gb with it's sandbox. Also I would recommend you up that mem by another 2gb,you'll have a much more fluid laptop.In the interim, disable aero under windows 7, will give you a perfomance boost.RegardsDodel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avmad Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 I'm looking for something too. Friends pc has only 512 Ram :( I thought about Bitdefender free until I read this from the site..."This free antivirus software download is an on-demand virus scanner, which is best used in a system recovery or forensics role. If you are on an "always-on" Internet connection, we strongly advise you to consider using a more complex antivirus solution."Going to try Eset SS and see how it goes.You think Eset is ok with only 512k Ram?EditMy mistake. I looked at the wrong free Bitdefender. I've gone for that now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darko999 Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Try Emsisoft Anti-Malware 7, usesl ike 10-15MB of ram, and if you tweak real time protection, its true light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudrax Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Webroot SecureAnywhere | Uses about ~30-40 MB Ram while Idle and Scanning, respectively.Yup, that's the thing I'm talking about. WSA is very impressive cloud AV. I think, at idle, it uses around 5 MB and during scanning, CPU: 10-20% and RAM: 5-50 MB. Scanning is very fast. You may have false positives but it never misses an infected one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
House_maniac Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 comodo internet security suite 6 :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanedown58 Posted February 22, 2013 Author Share Posted February 22, 2013 Webroot SecureAnywhere | Uses about ~30-40 MB Ram while Idle and Scanning, respectively.Yup, that's the thing I'm talking about. WSA is very impressive cloud AV. I think, at idle, it uses around 5 MB and during scanning, CPU: 10-20% and RAM: 5-50 MB. Scanning is very fast. You may have false positives but it never misses an infected one.It actually was A LOT lower. WSA during me tweaking it was around 5 MB but when it went to idle the thing was like 1 MB only. The CPU usage was 10 to none. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanedown58 Posted February 22, 2013 Author Share Posted February 22, 2013 Is the Crack provided at Nsane.Down going to work with Webroot SecureAnywhere Complete? It scored amazing on my personal test. It caught 19 full links out of 20 and partially removed one (I give partial removals a 0.5 score so Webroot scored 19.5/20 which was the first to score that high). EDIT: Tried the Nsane.Down crack. It doesn't work because after adding the file Webroot disables itself leaving the scanner and the Web Protection the only thing active. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanon Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Is the Crack provided at Nsane.Down going to work with Webroot SecureAnywhere Complete? It scored amazing on my personal test. It caught 19 full links out of 20 and partially removed one (I give partial removals a 0.5 score so Webroot scored 19.5/20 which was the first to score that high). EDIT: Tried the Nsane.Down crack. It doesn't work because after adding the file Webroot disables itself leaving the scanner and the Web Protection the only thing active.Webroot will work flawlessly, unless you are on XP (a system bog-down bug they refuse to fix -.-). Coupled with SBIE, Hitman and/or Malwarebytes for on-demand, you're golden. A little secret, just request new trial keys every 14 days. Use malinator mail addresses, and you're covered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djurba Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 I'm looking for something too. Friends pc has only 512 Ram :( I thought about Bitdefender free until I read this from the site..."This free antivirus software download is an on-demand virus scanner, which is best used in a system recovery or forensics role. If you are on an "always-on" Internet connection, we strongly advise you to consider using a more complex antivirus solution."Going to try Eset SS and see how it goes.You think Eset is ok with only 512k Ram?EditMy mistake. I looked at the wrong free Bitdefender. I've gone for that now.Eset AV version 4 if you ask me is best solution for slow and old machines. You get pretty solid and nice protections , all modules are being updated , and still that older version doesnt affect cpu resoursces so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanedown58 Posted February 22, 2013 Author Share Posted February 22, 2013 comodo internet security suite 6 :D Does it still have that small annoyance where it keeps on asking you if you want to allow it or block it? I have always opted to remove Comodo because of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted February 22, 2013 Administrator Share Posted February 22, 2013 Does it still have that small annoyance where it keeps on asking you if you want to allow it or block it? I have always opted to remove Comodo because of that.By default, no, it doesn't ask anything now (can be de-selected at installation if you want it to ask).Well, actually, it does ask, but within milliseconds it decides automatically. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanedown58 Posted February 22, 2013 Author Share Posted February 22, 2013 Does it still have that small annoyance where it keeps on asking you if you want to allow it or block it? I have always opted to remove Comodo because of that.By default, no, it doesn't ask anything now (can be de-selected at installation if you want it to ask).Well, actually, it does ask, but within milliseconds it decides automatically. :)Well.. CIS you go to my netbook. Eset you stay on my desktop. Bitdefender, thanks a lot for screwing up the time sync. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hahahuiran Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 microsoft security essential is very small, you can find it in Microsoft's website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Does it still have that small annoyance where it keeps on asking you if you want to allow it or block it? I have always opted to remove Comodo because of that.Any software which does not ask you before taking action is either defective or misconfigured resulting in being granted undue permissions to take decisions - effectively being promoted to the Master (relegating the User to a _ _ _ _ _.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
House_maniac Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 comodo internet security suite 6 :D Does it still have that small annoyance where it keeps on asking you if you want to allow it or block it? I have always opted to remove Comodo because of that. actually thats the hips mate! and that the strongest part but well its off by default now.the opted for an automated bb but the hips can still be tick on! thats what i did i like that and also you can edit your registry to get a fully virtualized sandbox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olerd Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Use software like Deepfreeze and Returnil. It will save you from headache Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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