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Kaspersky Vs NOD 32

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samrulez
samrulez Original post #1
May 28, 2006 at 10:54 PM
Hi guys,
I use NOD 32 with Zone Alarm.Is Kaspersky 6.0 better than my NOD32+ Zone Alarm combo.I have 512 MB memory so pls see the memory usage also.....

Thanks,
MysticHalo
May 29, 2006 at 2:06 AM
Kaspersky is gonna kill 512 MB, plus u run ZA as well. NOD is the least mem consuming antivir after AVG, and its pretty decent. I suggest u stick to the combo.
ashfame
ashfame #3
May 30, 2006 at 3:15 PM
MysticHalo said:
Kaspersky is gonna kill 512 MB, plus u run ZA as well. NOD is the least mem consuming antivir after AVG, and its pretty decent. I suggest u stick to the combo.

r u kidding !!

KAV 6 - Hardware requirements
Microsoft Windows 98 (SE), Microsoft Windows ME, Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack 1 or higher
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 2 or higher
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 with Service Pack 6a
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher (for product & antivirus database updates via the Internet)
CD-ROM (for product installation)
Internet connection (for product activation)
Intel Pentium 133 MHz or higher for Microsoft Windows 98 (SE), Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 and Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Intel Pentium 150 MHz or higher for Microsoft Windows ME
32 MB RAM for Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 and Microsoft Windows 98 (SE) and Microsoft Windows ME
64 MB RAM for Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Intel Pentium 300 MHz or higher and 128 MB RAM for Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition / Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
50 MB available HDD space

And u saying its gonna kill 512MB.
C
May 30, 2006 at 8:02 PM
KAV is gr8 antivirus

but when i loaded i can feel the load it puts on CPU

so tried it for 1 month and later got bored

and now back to ZONE ALARM antivirus + firewall.This doesnt slow the PC at all
Vyasram
Vyasram #5
May 30, 2006 at 8:19 PM
kaspersky never kills 512, i use it on 512 mb ram , blazing fast compared to norton.
I use kis-firewall+zonealarm pro ..a striking combination. best of da best55
MysticHalo
May 30, 2006 at 9:28 PM
@ashfame -: Here's my reply- Norton 2006 sysreq.
  • 300MHz or higher processor
  • 256 MB of RAM
  • 150 MB of hard disk space
@ vyasram -: Try NOD 32 and then tell me which one is faster. with Kaspersky , it takes abt 1 min for everything to load, with NOD, it takes abt 15 secs. And NOD offers grt protection as well :)
ashfame
ashfame #7
May 30, 2006 at 11:27 PM
@ mystichalo
u was saying KAV is gonna kill 512.
may be i understand u wrong buddy
was u in favour of KAV.
Why u telling me the req. of NAV 2006.
i never say its bad with 512MB, its just good i u hav it on >512MB
anandk
anandk #8
May 31, 2006 at 9:23 AM
continue to use nod32 with za..............
deathvirus_me
May 31, 2006 at 12:10 PM
NOD32 over KAV .... much lighter , fast .... and more than effective for me. ..
Darthvader
May 31, 2006 at 12:37 PM
Hell I use KAV in 128 mb but it runs smooth atleast compared with Norton .
MysticHalo
May 31, 2006 at 1:46 PM
ashfame said:
@ mystichalo
u was saying KAV is gonna kill 512.
may be i understand u wrong buddy
was u in favour of KAV.
Why u telling me the req. of NAV 2006.
i never say its bad with 512MB, its just good i u hav it on >512MB

NP, buddy. I know KAV is better in detection rates, but NOD is sufficient. I just posted the sysreqs of NAV to show that those dont mean much...to get the real performance, u need almost double whats posted in sysreqs. If u run NAV with the posted sysreqs, its gonna lag like crazy; same holds true for KAV. Though its much lighter than NAV, but its nnot easy to run it on 512, specially when the real-time scanner is set to HIGH or THOROUGH ;)
amrit1
amrit1 #12
Jun 3, 2006 at 12:27 AM
kaspersky roxxx here dudes
ashisharya
Jun 3, 2006 at 12:22 PM
nod32 protects system more than kaspersky. kaspersky eats up much sys res
Darthvader
Jun 3, 2006 at 12:59 PM
Well No since KAV is set on thorough real time protection on my measly 256 mb ram with no hiccoughs
go4saket
go4saket #15
Jun 3, 2006 at 9:55 PM
For me, NOD32 doesnt even stand near KAV. I find KAV to be the best and with ZA, it simply rocks...
samrulez
samrulez #16
Jun 4, 2006 at 7:31 PM
Thanks for all the help I am now using KAV (the trial version) and will switch to my old combo later...
rajasekharan
Jun 5, 2006 at 2:42 PM
NOD 32 mate....its really good