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    Free AV CPU, Threads, & Memory Usage Comparison

    Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by thegreatsquare, Feb 11, 2014.

  1. thegreatsquare

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    It is time for me to renew my free Avast AV and I was wondering what is the lightest GOOD antivirus [MSE need not apply]. I think I'm primarily looking for the one that uses the fewest threads. Avira, Bitdefender, & Comodo come to mind. I'm not keen on AVG, seen that fail on a few laptops people have asked me to clean.

    So, if you can post a pic of the task manger with the info for threads and working set of memory [private and total] like so:

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    thegreatsquare, Feb 11, 2014
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    Really?

    124 views and nobody can be bothered to use the snipping tool for one minute to take a shot of their taskmgr?
     
    thegreatsquare, Feb 12, 2014
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    Thank you for actually replying. I was aware of that test, but they don't include the actual thread count. The thread count is what I'm looking for. As an example, I would rather have an antivirus with four processes and a total of 100 threads than one with two processes and 135 threads. I would consider the former to be lighter on the CPU.
     
    thegreatsquare, Feb 13, 2014
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