tao Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 Kaspersky Free Antivirus (KFA) . With money: Webroot SecureAnywhere (WSA). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivana19 Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Which is the lightest antivirus? malwarebytes anti-malware premium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archanus Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 For me the lightest is Kaspersky, Norton and Windows Defender :S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kawamase Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 I always found ESET to be very light on my system. Kaspersky seems good too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tao Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 I do not know the lightest but Avira Antivirus (free) is light on resources. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pc71520 Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Quote Which is the lightest antivirus? No Anti-Virus at all is the Lightest one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLord Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 In my experience Panda free version was lightest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tao Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 The cloud based antivirus will be the lightest, e.g, Webroot Secure Anywhere (WSA). In my experience WSA is the lightest. Panda uses more resources by comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radpop Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 50 minutes ago, aho said: The cloud based antivirus will be the lightest You are totally wrong! Don't look only RAM consumption, performance is how fast computer does his jobs. Panda is good, but not the lightest. Secondly, Webroot isn't even antivirus. It could be light, but it's lazy, and it have failed badly in latest tests as this one: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tao Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 40 minutes ago, Radpop said: You are totally wrong! Here I am thinking I was a bit wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thriller Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 I tried so many but found Panda free AV to be the lightest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 At default (or, even custom) settings — Windows Defender. At custom settings — almost any AntiVirus can be configured to run light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kantry123 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 17 hours ago, dcs18 said: At default (or, even custom) settings — Windows Defender. At custom settings — almost any AntiVirus can be configured to run light. hi bro long time , even i've switched windows defender after seeing impressive results from recent tests from AV-TEST and AV-COMPARATIVES would you mind sharing the custom settings ? i've liked the previous lockdown mode you did in my OLD PC , now its ageing and is about to be dead. thanks and regards kantry123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augustino tran Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 On 6/16/2018 at 7:24 AM, tao said: Kaspersky Free Antivirus (KFA) . With money: Webroot SecureAnywhere (WSA). Totally agree with you, WSA IS Plus is lightest, background running about 0% cpu and 4 mb ram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 On 8/12/2018 at 6:15 PM, kantry123 said: On 8/12/2018 at 12:14 AM, dcs18 said: At default (or, even custom) settings — Windows Defender. At custom settings — almost any AntiVirus can be configured to run light. hi bro long time , even i've switched windows defender after seeing impressive results from recent tests from AV-TEST and AV-COMPARATIVES would you mind sharing the custom settings ? i've liked the previous lockdown mode you did in my OLD PC , now its ageing and is about to be dead. thanks and regards kantry123 Hello kantry123! Sorry for the delay — seem to have missed your query. I've switched-over to ESET Endpoint Antivirus (thanks to vyzzer) — Windows Defender is no longer on any of my systems. Windows Defender does not give the User much to configure on its GUI — however, one can find some essential configurations, via Group Policy. 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mclaren85 Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Webroot Secure Anywhere or Panda Antivirus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrojanK Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 On 8/12/2018 at 12:14 AM, dcs18 said: At custom settings — almost any AntiVirus can be configured to run light. Can someone share such settings for Kaspersky Internet Security 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 On 8/12/2018 at 12:14 AM, dcs18 said: At custom settings — almost any AntiVirus can be configured to run light. Seems pretty reasonable resource-consumption for such an aggressive AV like ESET Endpoint Antivirus (EEA):— Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 On 8/20/2018 at 4:46 PM, dcs18 said: Hello kantry123! Sorry for the delay — seem to have missed your query. I've switched-over to ESET Endpoint Antivirus (thanks to vyzzer) — Windows Defender is no longer on any of my systems. Windows Defender does not give the User much to configure on its GUI — however, one can find some essential configurations, via Group Policy. Hey dcs18, Is Windows Defender good enough with your custom settings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shraddhapandya Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Webroot secure Anywhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 5 hours ago, Pegasus said: On 8/20/2018 at 9:16 PM, dcs18 said: Hello kantry123! Sorry for the delay — seem to have missed your query. I've switched-over to ESET Endpoint Antivirus (thanks to vyzzer) — Windows Defender is no longer on any of my systems. Windows Defender does not give the User much to configure on its GUI — however, one can find some essential configurations, via Group Policy. Hey dcs18, Is Windows Defender good enough with your custom settings? Hi Pegasus! With my custom settings, Windows Defender turned out to be better than I thought it would. However, the reason I switched-over to ESET Endpoint was because the external device scanning of Windows Defender was found to be lacking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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