Warrior Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Guys I'm currently using Norton IS 2011 which I feel is just about OK on my memory.Which is the best Internet security that is also memory friendly? I mean like is Kaspersky or Eset or any other IS better than Norton in terms of memory load?Does anybody have any statistical review of various IS's?Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atasas Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 not kaspersky or eset, but would make sense to test yourself. Traditionally KIS is a bit of resource hug- no harm in testing both. I'd say the best is Avast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha1BA Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Avira! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iXD Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 I Think Avast is the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioActive Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 I Think Avast is the best Agreed, I bought a 2-years subscription for Avast Internet Security about a year ago and I'm VERY satisfied with it, especially with the release of version 6. I highly recommend it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0veR Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 NIS 2011 only use 4 MB memory in my win7 x64 so i vote for NIS 2011! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codigo Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Look this , is free :dance2: http://www.zenok.com/ and http://www.zenok.com/tour/#system Enjoy :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROMANTICGUY50 Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 I Think Avast is the bestI agree that Avast antivirus is awesome and I use Comodo for my firewall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majithia23 Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Norton IS is real good in my opinion .used the last version on my old laptop .it was light , fast and secure ..... found it real hard to bypass its security while using a patch or a software crack or even while testing some malware samples ...:yes:has a good intelligent firewall and a very good Sonar detection engine .( on second thoughts ,, , why dont you go for a layered approach while implementing Internet Security on your system ..... :think:....it always is better than a stand alone single unit setup ... ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweety.Abd Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Norton FTW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioActive Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Look this , is free :dance2: http://www.zenok.com/ and http://www.zenok.com/tour/#system Enjoy :lol: I haven't tried it myself, but from what I heard it's a piece of crap (but don't quote me on that). Back to the topic at hand, Avast is cheaper (for those who intend to buy) and a bit more customizable compared to Norton. While Norton on the other hand tends to do pretty much everything for you which could suite inexperienced users. To sum it up for you; between Avast or Norton you can't go wrong. But I'd stay away from Kaspersky if I were you, it's not for the faint hearted and can be a bit of a memory hog sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxhedroom Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 NIS11 and CounterSpy 4...both always at the top of their reviews. ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avmad Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 It's not a full suite but Twister is very light on the system. Even when running a full scan. Otherwise Avast and Eset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marke68 Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 +1 for Avast Internet Security,i liked it that much i bought a 2 year license which is not something i usually do with software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuthut Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Avast 6 kicks ass!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganja24 Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Tried latest Norton slowed my computer at startup switched to Eset for faster computer starup and light memory usage, haven't tried Avast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warrior Posted March 31, 2011 Author Share Posted March 31, 2011 NIS 2011 only use 4 MB memory in my win7 x64 so i vote for NIS 2011! Yeah I mean NIS is fine and have been using for a while now. But what I've what I hate is the normal scan really ( i mean really really) heats my laptop a lot. and the idle scan (which runs whenever PC is idle) slows down my PC when i resume my laptop work. So was just looking for an effective alternative. PS: I was reading about bitdefender and reviews shows its also a memory hog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioActive Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 One thing I forgot to mention; although Norton does offer better detection rate than Avast, but it (Norton) also have much higher rate of false positives which is one of the reasons I don't use it. Just thought I'd mention it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vin3e Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 No one mentioned Zone Alarm!(Syke!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0veR Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 NIS 2011 only use 4 MB memory in my win7 x64 so i vote for NIS 2011! Yeah I mean NIS is fine and have been using for a while now. But what I've what I hate is the normal scan really ( i mean really really) heats my laptop a lot. and the idle scan (which runs whenever PC is idle) slows down my PC when i resume my laptop work. So was just looking for an effective alternative. PS: I was reading about bitdefender and reviews shows its also a memory hog.You can turn off idle scaning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabben Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Norton 4ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBs Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 This guy made his own testings with all the known av software.http://www.raymond.cc/antivirus/You can just choose a benchmark report like idle memory usage or peak memory usage and see the results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warrior Posted March 31, 2011 Author Share Posted March 31, 2011 Wow thanks BBs. Avast seems quite good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T0nyB Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Well based on your statements here, I made a HUGE mistake buying KIS 2011 1 year license, :(... Been using it for 2 weeks now and can see the effect it has to my comps memory usage... A slight memory hog indeed, escpecially when it starts up with windows and when it updates signature databases and scans files (especially when scanning, but fortunately the scan times are quite short, even with full scan (usually under 1 hour)). I am considering buying Avast IS, but I think I'll stick with KIS 2011, because I've heard quite a lot of good things of it, security-wise. Correct me if I'm wrong... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7even Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 NIS 2011 only use 4 MB memory in my win7 x64 so i vote for NIS 2011! Yeah I mean NIS is fine and have been using for a while now. But what I've what I hate is the normal scan really ( i mean really really) heats my laptop a lot. and the idle scan (which runs whenever PC is idle) slows down my PC when i resume my laptop work. So was just looking for an effective alternative. PS: I was reading about bitdefender and reviews shows its also a memory hog.You can turn off idle scaning! Yes, that will help. But Norton still heavy enough for the old system. Luckily my laptop is not very old -_- . For my ancient P4 PC I personally use ESET. Avast for my second opinion because it was quite fast and doesn't use many resources. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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