Which AV takes more or less memory?

Hi all, I'am interesting diferent AV memory usage.
I'am using nod32 2.70.23, in 512 MB of memory it takes totally max 23 MB( min 6 MB)
What can say other AV users?

 

KAV for me took like 8-18k for me (depends), but it was usually at 11-13k most of the times i checked.

NOD32 is taking 11k (right now) but i have seen it take up to 20k at the most. Averages 10-15k when i check on it though.

I have 512mb of memory too.

So yeah there around equal.

And I'm not going to discuss when I had Norton....

 

avguard.exe on AntiVir free consumes less than 5mb.

 

OH yeah, norton is monster, but I heard NAV 2007 uses less memory than 2006, I'am also interesting how is symantec corporate 10 ?

 

Doctor Web about 6mb without spider mail(don't need it).

 

dr.web 4.4mb, (without spidermail)

with spidermail it is 20mb.

 

McAfee total protection 2007

all 10 modules running except siteadvisor use on average about 37mb's

 

thats good for macafee.
how many processes?
i aks because my next door neighbor has a 90 day trial of macafee 2006 and it uses around 13 processes and since the new version seems to use less i might see if he dont mind paying for the 2007 version and i can set it up for him.
lodore

 

here is what mcafee has to say. it doesn't mention siteadvisor but it is included also

McAfee Total Protection

 

NOD32 2.7 takes up: nod32krn.exe 21k + nod32kui.exe 1k = total of 22k.
I have 2gb of RAM

 

if you turn all settings to max, and have all modules loaded such as spiderguard, spidermail and schedular, dr.web has a ram usage of 23mb.

if you dont need a schedular or spidermail, it can be as little as 4mb, so the choice is yours.

but if you have 2gb of ddr2 ram, why does it really matter?

 

2 GB of RAM ? ? ?

WOOW !!!

 

The amount of memory an AV takes is probably only important on older computers which maybe RAM-limited.

For example, AntiVir Premium is taking up over 50 MB RAM on one of my systems here, whereas in another snapshot on the same machine, FPAV 6 is only taking up 7 MB VM. Yet AntiVir seems as light if not lighter than F-Prot. ( Probably because FPAV 6's Real-Time protector is set to scan ALL files ). This result is probably not surprising, as this machine has 2GB RAM installed.

Further, memory usage also will depend upon the OS used.

Overall, IMO, the amount of memory an AV will take up maybe of interest but will tell you little about how it will run on a particular setup unless you have a very old machine.

 

My home made security suite setup memory load just now = RAM 47,53 MB. Total RAM = 1014 MB

Best regards,
Firefighter!

 

NOD32kui.exe 1,244k

NOD32krn.exe 19,856k

Total = 21,100k

 

I agree if you have a ton of RAM it makes little difference. BUT for those who have an old system that is really not worth the continued upgrade or the removal of 128 cards and to replace with 256 cards on systems of say 6 years or more that were only middle of the road when purchased.

...this makes a lot of difference to those who are in such circumstances but wish to keep a otherwise operating pc going until the next system can be purchased.

I really do not detect it so much in this thread but I have in others. Some seem to think this is a question of not much value almost silly. I think these questions are of good value to the membership as they offer assitance to those in such circumstances.

I continue to read the valued experiences and postings of resources used of those here.

 

if your machine cant handle ANY antivirus program, then id say this is a simple and good way of saying 'time to upgrade'.

 

"My pc" current set up works great. It is the only one that is ram challenged.

Upgrade, I sure will when the funds are there and Vista has been out for a while. For now I'll hang on to the old one.

 

Just out of curiosity how much does Norton, McAfee and Zone Alarm AV's and/or security suites use? I am with NOD32 now and pretty satisfied.

 

Well looking at the taskmanager, it tells me that avg 7.5 is only using 1.5-2mb of ram which i find quite amazing. Whether or not this is accurate i do not know.

 

Seems to be rather misleading I've been surfing and using yahoo chatrooms for an hour or so,and after reading TheHammers post I checked my stats and the readings I get are :

NOD32kui.exe 23,020k
NOD32krn.exe 46,400k

Total: 69,420k

 

thats high usage for nod32, when i tried it ... it never was as low as 23 mb, only when i had just rebooted it was that, but then again it wasnt as high as you stated, more around the 50mb mark, so yeah, i find it mis-leading too.

however, i must state, that the figures given for dr.web are not just after a reboot and they are while surfing, ive checked it after reboot too and the difference is none.

 

I've been switching back and forth between KIS & NOD on my P4 x 480mbRAM. In scanning mode NoD plods away in the background without much intrusion except when it scans a particularly 'heavy' file.

Kaspersky on the otherhand is a brutish lout who is constantly taking us processing capacity and forcing the PC to reach for the asthma ventilator.

 

At the moment on my setup:

nod32krn.exe: 22,528 K
nod32kui.exe: 3,032 K

Total: 25,560 K