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« on: March 31, 2007, 10:20:45 AM »
Hello

I recently purchased a new Dell Laptop and need to install some antivirus software on it.  Its got plenty of power but Vista is a massive resource hog so i would like to keep the amount of resources my antivirus/Firewall uses to a minimum.  The Specs of the compouter are:

Dell E1505
2.0GHz Core 2 Duo
2GB of Memory
256MB Geforce 7300 Video card
Vista Home Premium

I've allready tried AVG Free and it dosent work that great.  When i tested it out it used a lot of memory on startup and struggles to detect and delete viruses and spyware.

I am willing to pay for the program too so i'm open to any siggestions.

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« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2007, 10:48:53 AM »
Kaspersky IS

http://usa.kaspersky.com/products/internet-security.php

Hardly takes up any resources, and has the highest detection rate
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« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2007, 10:51:28 AM »
Try Avast for your anti-virus they have a free version and I think Trend makes a firewall for Vista,I am not sure if it is free. I been using Comodo free firewall on XP ,It works great,but I do not know if it works with Vista.
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« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2007, 11:35:25 AM »
I found this Vista compliant Firewall at Majorgeeks.com you might want to check it out.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download5578.html
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« Reply #4 on: March 31, 2007, 12:33:03 PM »
i know its off topic, but i honestly do not find vista to be a resource hog - my experience is that its pretty much like windows xp
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« Reply #5 on: March 31, 2007, 01:06:42 PM »
Quote from: disturbed on March 31, 2007, 12:33:03 PM
i know its off topic, but i honestly do not find vista to be a resource hog - my experience is that its pretty much like windows xp

Same here! Vista actually runs better on my machine than xp did...

Back on topic...

Use Avast! Its free and runs perfectly on vista!
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« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2007, 01:00:13 PM »
Vista sucks up about 3X more ram than my XP did.  However I did have my old vista computer tweaked to the max so i might have been a little more responsive than most peoples.  I also have Vista tweaked as much as possible too and its not slow by any means but compared to XP its definitly a downgrade in terms of overall speed and quickness

Ok, It seems some people are liking Avast.  How is that in terms of memory usage?  Firewall i'm not too concerned about between the stuff already implemented into vista and my router firewall.
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« Reply #7 on: April 01, 2007, 02:05:46 PM »
Quote from: porsche6714 on April 01, 2007, 01:00:13 PM
Ok, It seems some people are liking Avast.  How is that in terms of memory usage?  Firewall i'm not too concerned about between the stuff already implemented into vista and my router firewall.



Using a total of 12,384KB of RAM. I'd say using 12 megs of ram is pretty low...
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« Reply #8 on: April 01, 2007, 02:32:54 PM »
id 2nd avast.....i use it and its great, such a low resource user and it does an awesome job of keeping my system safe
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« Reply #9 on: April 01, 2007, 09:19:19 PM »
avast+Comodo  Smile
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« Reply #10 on: April 02, 2007, 02:01:47 PM »
I installed avast on one of my older laptops just to test it out and I seems OK from what i've seen.  Its a little slow at start up but after that it better.  I also noticed that I had pc-cillin running on one of myy other computers.  I took a look in the task manager and saw that it only used around 10MB after the initial startup.  How is pc-cillin when compared to avast?  When i bought pc-cillin i can install it on up to 3 computers and i've olny used it on 2 so both softwares would technically cost me nothing to install.  What do you reccomend?
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« Reply #11 on: April 02, 2007, 03:38:13 PM »
Nod32 uses a little under 20 MB on my xp machine, and I'm too lazy to go check on my Vista machine smiley
The cpu usage is pretty low (1 min 30 seconds out of 20 hours) but there hasent been much going on my cpu other than downloading files, so its not much of an indicator. When I get on my vista machine, I'l post how much it uses.
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« Reply #12 on: July 08, 2007, 04:40:39 AM »
NOD32 is actually extremly low on ram and is the second best after kas but im not sure its vista compatible. Comodo firewall
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« Reply #13 on: July 20, 2007, 10:05:57 PM »
I had Nod32 on my old machine and I liked it. I have been running CA Security Suite on my notebook and have been pleased so far.. It only uses 40MB of on hard disk, unlike some others that require from 70 to 200MB. I did have a problem with the upgrade.. It thought I had upgraded to Vista and I still have XP on here. Was an easy fix. Now I really like their PestPatrol as it has found several things all my others have missed. I will never use Nortons or McAfee as they are a bigger headache than any virus or bug. I have a utility I use all the time..called active ports and Nortons calls it a Trojan or malware. I have several new copies of eTrust as every time I get a new drive or router Tiger throws one in with the rebate. I don;t run Vista cause my Steamcast server does not like all the media tracking built into Vista.
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« Reply #14 on: July 21, 2007, 12:35:40 AM »
Quote from: DjVaGGo on March 31, 2007, 10:48:53 AM
Kaspersky IS

http://usa.kaspersky.com/products/internet-security.php

Hardly takes up any resources, and has the highest detection rate

I did have Vista RC1 & RC2 but it expired (wasn't ready to reinvest in my current PC) anyhoo I agree with DjVaGGo with Kaspersky antivirus. I use it with WinXP MCE and the program is not a resource hog, now how that will work with any version of Vista...I am not sure; so if you seem interested in Kaspersky be sure to use v 6.0.2.621 or latre (I do)

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