Can I not use any anti virus?

I was thinking that I use Norton Internet Security for past seven-eight years but I always scan manually, maybe once a month or something, I don't let it scan automatically for anything. And nowadays I am finding that Norton does interfere when I watch YouTube videos at 720p, it keeps buffering sometimes. I saw that one of my friend was watching a 720p YouTube video and he didn't have any strong anti virus / internet security installed and there was no problem while streaming 720p video, so that got me thinking! He is on same connection as mine.

Is there any extremely light weight internet security / AV I can use, which will not bother in anything? Please don't say Avast and all those, I already tried it and hated it.

ithehappy said:
He is on same connection as mine.

What is that mean same network provider? If so what is your ping and his?

Anyways back to topic, IMO Windows essential is enough

Windows essential is light and effective.

If you use Windows 8 no need for Windows essential, cause its built-in.

Download Malware bytes to do occasional malware scan

Mostly AVs are very light on resources. I use Avast for a long time and it hardly interfere with any of my activity, its updates are also pretty damn small in KBs. I think something else is eating up your resources, although I am not sure as I am not a user of NIS.

ESET ftw, try it to believe it.

I'm a user of NIS from the past two years and use a 2G connection for Internet access and never faced a problem of interference by NIS. Check other background apps which may be using the Internet connection.

dashing.sujay said:
ESET ftw, try it to believe it.

I believe and i have used too, they are light and good

bitdefender free is also good

try avast free edition first,if you're not satisfied with it then look for other alternatives.

amjath said:
What is that mean same network provider? If so what is your ping and his?

Same ping, around 100 ms. Yes, same ISP, BSNL.

amjath said:
Anyways back to topic, IMO Windows essential is enough

Windows essential is light and effective.

If you use Windows 8 no need for Windows essential, cause its built-in.

Download Malware bytes to do occasional malware scan

Windows Essential is only for Win 8? I won't use Win 8 ever.

PS : Sorry, I see that it's for Windows 7 too.

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gameranand said:
Mostly AVs are very light on resources. I use Avast for a long time and it hardly interfere with any of my activity, its updates are also pretty damn small in KBs. I think something else is eating up your resources, although I am not sure as I am not a user of NIS.

How do I know which apps / services are eating up my resources?

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dashing.sujay said:
ESET ftw, try it to believe it.

Will try, have seen great reviews of it too. How is it about false positives?

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harshilsharma63 said:
I'm a user of NIS from the past two years and use a 2G connection for Internet access and never faced a problem of interference by NIS. Check other background apps which may be using the Internet connection.

Hmm, could be an usual BSNL **** up! Can't really say.

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quicky008 said:
try avast free edition first,if you're not satisfied with it then look for other alternatives.

I have tried Avast twice, absolutely didn't like it. It was annoying as hell by the way.

So Windows Essential with Malware Bytes or ESET? Which one would be lighter?

Avast free + Comodo firewall best damn combo.

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if you are looking for Paid alternatives, KIS is a good AV/IS

give avira free a go. If possible try to use it without the auto guard.

anirbandd said:
Avast free + Comodo firewall best damn combo.

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if you are looking for Paid alternatives, KIS is a good AV/IS

+1, to this.
In fact @anirbandd , I AM USING THIS EXACT COMBO(64-BIT VERSION FOR BOTH APPS.) and fully satisfied.

I had purchased Quickheal 2013/2014(upgraded + updated from 2013) Internet Suite previously,well discarded it as I found 2~3 malicious files bypassed its security features. :-x

Even in the Giveaway section,I downloaded Bitdefender Internet Suite free(FOR 9 MONTHS ONLY) as most of us got an activation key...well,for me it slowed down my PC and was a resource hog.

Finally to the above sweet deal combo FOR FREE. :lol:

yeah.. its damn good

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and all desi AVs are crap.

even if its advertised by the lil master.

ithehappy said:
Will try, have seen great reviews of it too. How is it about false positives?

So Windows Essential with Malware Bytes or ESET? Which one would be lighter?

No false positives, it's PUP protection is one of the best I have seen.

Regarding the second question, both will be light. Try and use what gives best result for you.

[MENTION=99398]ithehappy[/MENTION] you won't even know windows essential is even running if you use Windows 8, but it pops when it detects any treats. Just my :2cents:

do as [MENTION=86068]dashing.sujay[/MENTION] suggested, try them and decide

Browse sensibly you'll never need anti-virus! Still have Malwarebytes installed

One of the best on demand scanner I had on windows. Malwarebytes premium too is great av.
10 Malware Removal Apps Tested, Malwarebytes Comes out on Top <-- You can see all paid AVs are doing very well!

Hmm, I think using just Malwarebytes will be enough, not sure though.

dashing.sujay said:
No false positives, it's PUP protection is one of the best I have seen.

Regarding the second question, both will be light. Try and use what gives best result for you.

How much does a single user license (for 1 pc) for Eset cost?

quicky008 said:
How much does a single user license (for 1 pc) for Eset cost?

Around 350 for Nod32 and 600 for Smar Security. You can check out online sites.

Comodo Firewall fcks up with Win 8.1.1 update. I had BSOD loop, had to reinstall the OS and then switched to Zonealarm. This is a well known issue.

I uninstalled NIS yesterday and been using the Avast free version, all right. Just that BSNL is down / inconsistent for past 24 hours, what a coincident

Not a fan of NIS myself. Better be with Avast than NIS.

gameranand said:
Comodo Firewall fcks up with Win 8.1.1 update. I had BSOD loop, had to reinstall the OS and then switched to Zonealarm. This is a well known issue.

Well you just have to remove it from safe mode

Most AVs have BSOD issues.

feeling safe now

Free from BSOD, Viruses, Malwares ruling on MBR and other sh!ts...so I can finally concentrate on some actual work. FTW and use Linux

ankush28 said:
Well you just have to remove it from safe mode Most AVs have BSOD issues.

feeling safe now Free from BSOD, Viruses, Malwares ruling on MBR and other sh!ts...so I can finally concentrate on some actual work. FTW and use Linux

I didn't knew at first which software is causing the problem. When I found out, OFC I uninstalled from safe mode but in process of finding out, I had to reinstall OS twice.