Lightest antivirus

[lastshot]

it can be paid or free just looking for what i need

 

There are a lot of mixed emotions about the lightest antivirus out there so i want to come to a unified conclusion

 

The reason im looking for a fast, slim anti virus is because i dont have the best system and i do professional work on it and every mb of ram i can get would be amazing!

I know computers pretty well. I am not that venerable to viruses, so i do not need some protect your computer and your dog and your mom

 

Thank you for your help.

[d3sl91]

Most AV only chew up lots of performance when running active scans.

 

MS Security Essentials is pretty light, and AVG is also devent - but has gotten more resource hungry in recent years.

 

I have folks running AVG on old single cores with 512MB ram, and it doesnt bother it much when AVG is idle. 

[jnmbhj]

McAfee anti-virus best anti virus out there. (Jk NEVER GET mcAfee) as for an actual antivirus i heard kaspersky antivirus was very good and very light. But I have not tested it. I currently use norton 360 and have no issues with it.

[auraofjason]

Microsoft security essentials.

[XTankSlayerX]

I use Avast... It does stuff.... Mind you I have 24 GB of RAM but I also have a i3.

[iruixos]

Lightest, as in resource usage? I haven't used a lot of the newer solutions out there, but I've been using ESET for a few years now.

 

Per Wikipedia, "ESET makes extensive use of assembly language in its codebase, reducing system requirements and disk space utilization."

 

www.eset.com

[jnmbhj]

Can you stop reposting this? This is your third time.

[QueenDemetria]

I don't know, Eset, Avast, Malwarebytes? Just stop making threads on this lol. One is enough.

[NeCoNLive]

Microsoft security essentials. is what I prefer, but I don't think its good, it never found anything or else I'm just very lucky.

[lastshot]

 

Can you stop reposting this? This is your third time.

 

 

I don't know, Eset, Avast, Malwarebytes? Just stop making threads on this lol. One is enough.

 

I apologize sincerely. I did not do this on purpose, Every time i tried to post a thread it gave me an error.

Otherwise thank you for the help 

[ERSCreeper]

I prefer to use Malwarebytes and Kaspersky on my systems.

[mr moose]

I just use windows defender and malware bytes, run a full scan once a week.  Every antivirus has it's flaws, unless you are dong silly things (like visiting random porn sites and clicking ads) you don't need anything special.

[cooperb21]

I also just use windows defender and malware bytes its not hard on system and good does not mess up anything.

[kameshss]

Microsoft Security Essentials is best! Been using it for 4 or 5 years, Encountered no problem till now. Lightest too!!!!!!