Low Resources Anti-Virus

mightymilk · 04-27-2008, 04:29 PM

what's the opinion on the best AV software that doesn't boggle down a system? haven't used any in a few years, but i've been leeching/seeding torrents alot lately.

used to use norton a few years ago, but the new version seems to ruin performance for just about any system. honestly i just want something reliable, doesn't use alot of resources, and can be disabled when i'm doin important stuff like recording, encoding, burning, etc.

codeman0013 · 04-27-2008, 04:30 PM

AVG its free and IMHO its the best one out there but that just my opinion.. Also there is Avast that is free as well and neither one will bog your system down..

soccerdude · 04-27-2008, 07:42 PM

Which anti-virus are you looking into? Free or paid?

**The_Other_One** · 04-27-2008, 07:58 PM

I agree with AVG. I can't tell any real adverse effects on my machine while it's running in the background. It's probably about as good as you can get(for free, for low resource, etc)

04-27-2008, 04:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
mightymilk New Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 21	Low Resources Anti-Virus what's the opinion on the best AV software that doesn't boggle down a system? haven't used any in a few years, but i've been leeching/seeding torrents alot lately. used to use norton a few years ago, but the new version seems to ruin performance for just about any system. honestly i just want something reliable, doesn't use alot of resources, and can be disabled when i'm doin important stuff like recording, encoding, burning, etc.

04-27-2008, 07:58 PM	#4 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 23 Posts: 12,307	I agree with AVG. I can't tell any real adverse effects on my machine while it's running in the background. It's probably about as good as you can get(for free, for low resource, etc) __________________ Urban De-Development * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2048M RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT * C2D T5250 \| 2048M RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100 * G4 1.33GHz \| 512M RAM \| 40G HD \| Radeon 9200

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04-27-2008, 04:30 PM	#2 (permalink)
codeman0013 Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Inside my network at work Age: 23 Posts: 1,448	AVG its free and IMHO its the best one out there but that just my opinion.. Also there is Avast that is free as well and neither one will bog your system down..

04-27-2008, 07:42 PM	#3 (permalink)
soccerdude Platinum Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 804	Which anti-virus are you looking into? Free or paid?