Anti-Virus but not anit-resources!

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Guys help me out with this
Apparently Norton is the best i agree but i need a antivirus that wont eat up resourses,,,wont hog my pc,,,,,and wont hamper my pc performance..

i have used norton for long time but i aint happy while using it it makes my pc damn slow ryt from start to shutdown......n i need real time proctection enabled ...the .reason - i am almost 24/7 online guy

what do u suggest ??

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avg free edition
kaspersky
NOD32
wait there will be more

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Kaspersky and AVG.

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are they trust worthy ?? as compared to norton ?

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AVG is excellent. In some ways better than norton ... and a very light one. Kaspersky is supposed to be the best antivirus, but personally I haven't tried it.

Another vote for Kaspersky ...

McAfee 8 Entrp Version... :wink:

Nothin can beat it in terms of resouce usage...its the least... :wink:

i have tried several antivirus softwares avg, avast ,nod32,panda, kaspersky,norton2004,antivir, bitdefender,mcafee ,extendia,etc .this was done after i got infected while running norton and i had to reinstall the os.
the best is kaspersky ,then comes panda ,nod32, avg avast mcafee.etc

if u r looking for less resource hungry softwares go for nod32 v2.12
latest.its fast and consumes so less resources.very good in that aspect .nothin beats it there.also a complete scan takes so little time .ihave 2k and xp it takes about8 min. freeones with less resource using capabilities are avg and avast.

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jak dude u got a pretty good config so u can that even if u use norton i guesss

McAfee Pro 8.0 is the best.....

I have always used Trend PcCillin...

www.antivirus.com

And I never faced any probs and it uses very low resources and is able to detect some viruses which norton couldn't....

suhas_sm said:
jak dude u got a pretty good config so u can that even if u use norton i guesss

hmm...

But still "Mcafee Virusscan enterprise version 8" can get the gas out of any other Antivirus available currently in terms of resource usage... :wink:

Note: There is a diference btween Mcafee Pro and Mcafee Enterprise... The later is prefered on servers... :wink:

I too. like AVG

AVG is light,fast, reliable and free

AVG Free Edition
*Freeware
*Light (Doesn't hog up resources too much)
*good protection

Code:

*free.grisoft.com/

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avg and avast r resource friendly but not THAT effective...
go in forMcafee 8 if u want a combo of good detection and resource friendly...if detection is ur prime importance, nothing beats kaspersky..no not even norton!!

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Still i have not tried it but i am sure switching from Norton to
Kaspersky or Extendia AV