I am using AVG on one PC, NAV SE on 2nd PC. NAV has expired and I have NAV Corp Ed to install. Under Task Mgr AVG appears to use ~2.5MB in 3 separate processes; NAV appears to use ~250k in one process. The 2nd PC is strained on resources: used as media center with PVR (on-board encoding) and TV-out video card.
Seems I've received 1 virus on 5 years, but with a 7yo using Google Search, I feel the need to keep a current AV running. My current choice is NAV or a free AV.
Seems like an easy call to install NAV Corp Ed on both. Am I missing something?
TIA
2007-01-19 10:04:25 · 12 answers · asked by CajunWon 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
I use Firefox 2.0 as much as I can. The one virus I've had was found by AVG after NAV expired on that PC.
Would be nice if responders would include amount of resources their AV uses -look at Task Manager under Processes.
2007-01-19 11:03:16 · update #1
Thus far, all recommendations are for AntiVirus at an annual price, or bloaty resource intensive freeware.
I can use Norton or CA EZ Armor free. Since NAV uses the least resources of AV that I know of, I'll Remove NAV-05 and install NAV 10 Corporate.
:Panda does a nice long free scan, found 1,400 bogus spyware issues including Norton Protected files, but will not Clean without purchase. Trend had issues loading and not free. NOD32, not free.
2007-01-23 00:57:03 · update #2
windows live one care, but you need to have high speed internet.
2007-01-19 10:09:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-08-22 08:13:03 · answer #2 · answered by Leticia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The least resource usage award goes, in my opinion, goes to NOD, available at http://www.eset.com/. Do a Google search and see what others say about this program written largely in pure Assembler code; very small foot print on your system. There are other excellent anti-virus out there, but this one is not only excellent, but very light on the system. Good luck.
2007-01-19 10:09:30 · answer #3 · answered by Acadia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't tell you for sure but both Norton and McAfee are resource hogs. Trend Micro is much easier on your resources.
Those are the only three we have tested.
2007-01-19 10:08:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
McAfee 10 but after you install it you should get the up date fron the net
2007-01-19 10:10:33 · answer #5 · answered by cinderellaroma 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would stay with norton, if your subscription is running out you can renew it instead of installing the corp. version (unless you mean its only the corp. one you have)
but norton will protect you better than any free version (avg or avast)
2007-01-19 10:33:09 · answer #6 · answered by great one 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i exploit loose AV and for that is consistent monitoring of accessed/opened/study/written courses, I be conscious no major slowdown in any respect. the in common words time that I do is after I acutally test my HD for viruses once a week, yet it truly is any software.
2016-10-15 11:23:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The actual virus uses less and does less damage. It is also freeware and performs as designed.
2007-01-19 10:07:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The lease resource intensive is :
Trend Micros Housecall
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
or
PANDA
http://www.pandasoftware.com/CMSPANDA/SobrePanda/default.aspx?NRMODE=Published&NRORIGINALURL=%2f&NRNODEGUID=%7b8B31F94E-CA57-419A-A66B-22B1EBDFF683%7d&NRCACHEHINT=Guest#
They are both online scanners and only require minimal space
2007-01-19 11:26:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
nod32 is the best but for free antivir from free-av.com is also cool
2007-01-19 10:11:08 · answer #10 · answered by Neo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋