Security Suit light on internet connection

[echtp]

Yesterday my new 50Mb internet connection started;D Not so happy was I with Avira: it slowed down speed to only 17Mb. So my question is: what Security suites are 'light' on the internetspeed?

[The Hammer]

-{ Quote: "Yesterday my new 50Mb internet connection started;D Not so happy was I with Avira: it slowed down speed to only 17Mb. So my question is: what Security suites are 'light' on the internetspeed?" }-
50mb is only the theoretical upper limit. I wouldn't think you would actually achieve that and 17 is pretty good. There are ways to find out what speed others at your ISP are getting.

[King Grub]

Kaspersky Internet Security and Norton Internet Security give me zero slowdowns.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/780835202.png

This was with KIS 2010, everything enabled. NIS 2010 gives similar results, as does doing the test without any security software.

[echtp]

-{ Quote: "50mb is only the theoretical upper limit. I wouldn't think you would actually achieve that and 17 is pretty good. There are ways to find out what speed others at your ISP are getting." }-


Well I get 48Mb with Eset!

[doktornotor]

-{ Quote: "Well I get 48Mb with Eset!" }-

Shrug; any webshield has an overhead. Yeah, Avira webshield is pretty bad in this department, had slowdowns too. W/ ESET it's been even worse experience, it's basically causing browser freeze w/ downloads (http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=269900), been an issue for quite a while for me. Currently using Avast Free and seems trouble-free so far wrt HTTP scanning, knock on the wood. ;D

[adik1337]

Avira's webguard really is a pain in the a$$ ... when I tried ESS/Avast it seems to work right for me ... no noticeable browsing/download overhead.