Norton IS 2010 - Resource Hungry

i wasnt being comodo specific since i didnt really look into it, but im talking programs in general so dont be fooled by the 4mb u see...

 

Yeah no AV program takes such less memory usage.
Even Norton takes around 15-25 MB (No Comparing please ) when idle. But I want to ask one question do this really matter. I mean most of you all might be having atleast 1 GB of RAM so that much is more than enough for any security application to work without slowdowns.

Unless you do something that you should not do

 

I have only 2GB of memory in my laptop, and since I use VMware Workstation on it to test, I don't need mem. hogs.

Maybe so. But how would one do this? ProcessExplorer shows what is using svchost.exe's when you hover over it, and I didn't find any Comodo things there.

 

I believe that is because Comodo truly only uses 4-10meg. And i agree, regardless how much ram my PCs have, that doesn't mean I want it used for security programs. I like to keep it free for games, and more demanding apps.

 

So let me get this right, Your gaming why your computer is doing a full scan or something else that requires it to eat more memory then normal ? Last I checked I can't run World of Warcraft, Eve Online or any other game why my Anti-Virus is Full scanning my computer. But maybe that's just me ?

Hence why I have the program scan the computer only at IDLE or AWAY from it.

 

I belive you have to look at private bytes also in processexplorer,.
Don't get me wrong comodo is one of the lightest i've seen but it can't use only 4,000 k

 

No, I would never ran a scan while gaming. Where did you get that idea?

 

I do check private bytes in process explorer. Load it up and check for yourself.

I do not have CIS installed at the moment, but have the following:

PRIVATE BYTES:
Avast 5 - 9meg
Threatfire - 4meg
Prevx - 10meg


Why is the thought of Comodo using 4meg seem so unbelievable?

 

POINT!

All Security apps normally sit around about 10-20 megs at idle, so unless your arguing over 20 megs of memory. I can only guess your talking about using the program in full scan mode where it would use the memory.

 

I don't know what you are getting at. My point is if I am going to choose between a security app that uses 5meg, or one that uses 50meg (all other things being fairly equal), I will choose the one that uses 5meg regardless of how much RAM my PC has.

I never said anything about scanning and gaming at the same time.

 

I'm sorry worrying over 5-50 megs in a world of 4+ Gigabyte standard just seems dumb to me this is not 1997. To me that's kind of like worrying about a 10gig Game/App on a 500gig HD. But that's just my opinion and everyone has there own.

 

I guess most computers I work on have less that the "4gb+ standard".

 

Dang, I have not seen less then 4gigs in a long time even on my oldest computer AMD64 3500+ had 6 gigs on its board. Along with most the computers I work with, but meh maybe that's just me.

 

The avg Wilders Security forum user is much different than the average PC user. Most of my families and friends PCs are a few years old, and have less than 4gb.

I have four PCs myself, and two have less than 4gb. For the most part, you only need about 2gb, if you don't have bloated software running in the background.

 

For the VMWare's I run and for Adobe Imaging I can not have less then 4gigs or my computer would scream at me. Not to mention the field I'm in I kind of have no choice infact its getting to the point where 8gigs is needed just to keep things running smooth.

As for Norton the 2009 and the 2010 run light on one of my computers. I can't say about the others as they have different AV software on them. But the one it runs on I barely notice its there if at all.

 

Well, that's one thing we can agree on. I find both Norton 09 & 2010 pretty light. It may have bulked up a bit since 2009, but still pretty good, and probably has more features than last years build.

 

What is running on your computer

 

Right now all but 1 are Windows 7. Other then that VMware and other "Work" related programs. I normally am chewing up about 2-5gigs at a time when I'm in full motion.

 

With VMware and 2GB RAM, I barely have any memory to spare.

Other AVs/Suites I have tested usually have more than 10MB RAM, in my experience.

 

FYI -- Some readers of this forum may not be aware that if you’re running a 32-bit version of Windows, all memory beyond 3Gb (approximately) is literally of no benefit. Please see What Happens when 3 GB or more RAM is installed with Windows? for an explanation.

 

Ahh. I never think about 32Bit anymore, Ever sense Vista was released I been 64x only.

 

That alone can eat all my memory depending how many I'm running at once. Tho normally I don't have more then 1 or 2 running at once.

 

I both agree and disagree with this thread. I agree that norton IS 2010 is light, but at the same time heavy!

I run xp pro sp3. I had to uninstall NIS2010 because of problems with ccSvcHst.exe. It was very often running using my cpu at 100%. I never had that problem with NIS 2009.

But, when the ccSvcHst.exe was running normal, NIS 2010 was very light! Couldnt feel it was at my computer at all.

 

Intresting, Might be a conflict on your computer. On mine the computer's uptime is 61 Hours and Norton's ccSvcHst.exe *32 is at 2:47 Keep in mind the computer idles Thur the night so that can also be from quick scans. But I cant argue with just under 3 min.

 

Hi coolbuy,

This is Mike from the Norton Authorized Support Team.

The issue you are having with NIS 2010 consuming more resources can be due to either and infection, software conflict or threat. If you are sure that there are no other real-time security applications installed, and the Windows Firewall is disabled, I would suggest that you manually run LiveUpdate, restart into Windows Safe Mode and then perform a "Full System Scan" from there. If no infections are found or if they were fixed by Norton, I would suspect that the in-place upgrade may have caused a problem. In this case, please follow the instructions below to properly remove NIS 2010 and then reinstall the software cleanly.

1. Click on the following link to download the Norton Removal Tool:

Norton Removal Tool and Instructions

2. After you run the tool, please restart your computer. Log into Windows again and run the removal tool again. Restart your computer after it is finished running the second time as well.

3. Click on the link below and choose "Save File" to download the latest installer for NIS 2010. Double-click on the file to begin the installation.

Download the latest installer for Norton Internet Security 2010

4. When the installation is complete, launch NIS 2010 and manually run LiveUpdate. After the updates are complete, restart your computer and then check the memory usage.

Thank you,
Mike