TTQ B4U Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 Had to replace the hard drive in a 6-7yr old laptop that's no longer the top of the heap in terms of speed. It's only got 1mb RAM and runs the Intell U1400 1.2GHz processor but is a solid PC nonetheless. I can bump the RAM to 1.5mb but it's a funky micro-dimm that I'd have to source somewhere. The laptop is my old Panasonic Toughbook W5. I really have had great success with not getting any virus or bugs due to smart surfing but also MSE on my other PC's combined with Malwarebytes have been great. The problem is MSE seems to really, really slow this laptop down and hog 80-90% of the CPU Cycles. Not sure WTF is going on. It barely dents the CPU cycles on my other machines but they are i7's with a lot more grunt and memory. It's a completely new drive and fresh Win 7 32bit install with MSOffice 2010 is all that's on it now and MSE still bogs it down. I'm running a license version of Malwarebytes and real time protection but am wondering what else would be good to use that's not a system resource hog? Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco-REX Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 NOD32 used to be a very small footprint. But it's been about 5 years since I've worked with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbs3000 Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 I've always had decent luck with avg on older pcs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRed05 Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 I've always liked AVG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Brian Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 I use Avast and Spybot. http://download.cnet.com/Avast-Free-Antivirus/3000-2239_4-10019223.html http://download.cnet.com/Spybot-Search-Destroy/3000-8022_4-10122137.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson1647545504 Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 NOD32 used to be a very small footprint. But it's been about 5 years since I've worked with it. this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sol740 Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 Pandavirus is cloud-based, and quite light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffro Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 MSE. You can configure it to only utilize part of the CPU. Meaning you can set it to only use 30% cpu or whatever you desire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browning Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 Avira shits on others imo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akula Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 Best antivirus? No antivirus. Keep your systems patched and you will never get a known virus, anti virus is only good for known viruses... Any virus that has mutated isn't going to be detected by signature based AV. Regular patching, looking at your browsers and patching all browser applications (adobe, java, etc...) is the best security. I work for Qualys so I can state with a pretty good idea of the space, running a tool like our browsercheck will keep you safe. https://browsercheck.qualys.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supplicium Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 I always do MS Essentials scan, malwarebytes scan, Trendmicro Housecall scan, CCleaner scan then updates with a defrag at the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
90G60 Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 NOD32 used to be a very small footprint. But it's been about 5 years since I've worked with it. This, with Malwarebytes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kshymkiw83 Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 Best antivirus? No antivirus. Keep your systems patched and you will never get a known virus, anti virus is only good for known viruses... Any virus that has mutated isn't going to be detected by signature based AV. Regular patching, looking at your browsers and patching all browser applications (adobe, java, etc...) is the best security. I work for Qualys so I can state with a pretty good idea of the space, running a tool like our browsercheck will keep you safe. https://browsercheck.qualys.com That isn't true. You can still get Viruses from opening mail attachments, etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin5s Posted July 10, 2013 Report Share Posted July 10, 2013 Microsoft Security Essentials is what's on all my windows laptops except for my work one which is running Trend. I've had good luck with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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