NOD32 Impact on System resources

On WinMe SONY laptop, I notice that available system resources drop from 83% (using NOD version 1) down to 68% using the new Beta 2 version. 15 points is an awful jump in system resource use. No other configuration changes to account for this. Anyone else notice this? I'm not sure that this is a problem, per se, since windows can function with less than 30%. But it could cause problems using when multiple programs that are also heavy on system resources.

 

You might wish to add your post to the bug report sticky thread above. Several 9x and ME users have reported a whopping hit on resources (approx 15% to 20%) when the NOD Beta is running. So you're evidently not alone in your experience.