http://www.av-comparatives.org/performance-tests/ http://www.av-comparatives.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/avc_per_201604_en.pdf Well done Avira, Eset, BD , kaspersky, avast ..... Seems like Windows defender is heavy.
Panda, Panda where is Panda ? Hope they return to AV-C tests. I would have been more curios about the detection test, because regarding performance i use it for some time on an old PC and i have no complains. I think it would top this chart
Panda has been out for a few months now, and before it was removed it routinely did poorly on performance comparisons.
Gone are the days when Vipre used to top charts of this type of tests. I knew Avira will top. Webroot would have easily beat Avira though.
I'm not surprised about Avira, even my 9 years old computer's performance with Vista, doesn't seem to be affected by it, although I can see that most AV's are very light.
.... and greater for MSE! --------------------- http://chart.av-comparatives.org/chart1.php?chart=chart4&year=2016&month=4&sort=1 .
That's why I respect @SweX signature so much, because it is so true. MSE is the least bloated of all but it is the one which's presence I've felt the most on all the systems I have used so far. Not going to happen.
Meh. I trialed bitdefender recently on a whim, and I was thoroughly unimpressed. F-Secure and Avira were much more impressive, but in the end I went back to Webroot.