Which antivirus you believe is the lightest? In terms of pure antivirus not suite/hips/firewall and suppose you use similar settings in each one. List from wikipedia
ESET NOD32 Very low on resources It's amazingly light weight,effective,and really efficient. Just my 2 cents.
Maybe and I know that there many out there that are light, but I always goes back to Eset NOD32. I think it is not just light but also effective. At least it became antivirus of the year...even... in the past. Still, hoping to regain its position and trophy.
off topic posts removed. Please vote in the poll and by all means say what you voted for but refrain from discussion on merits of this or that vote
tried everything else, on paper someothers look lighter, ram usage etc. Eset 'feels' lighter than anything else i have tried, I hope it remains this lightweight.
I voted for Avira, it appears to run the lightest on every system that I tested it on except for Nod32 v.2.7 which is the lightest that I have ever tried period. Thanks.
As I am unable to because I want to vote Vipre Premium, but the OP says no suites. Agree that Prevx has very little impact on a system, and it was an oversight to not include it in this poll.
I am really sorry about that. I copied the list from wikipedia and prevx was not included. Also luckily for me wiki listed 36 active AVs with real time protection and I had no room for "other" as the poll's option are 36 maximum, even though I thought the list was complete. I will try contact a mod to see if he can edit the poll.
With the help of BlueZannetti two changes were made: Vba32Antivirus replaced by "prevx" and eSafe replaced by "other" Now both Vba32 & eSafe are included in the "other" vote. bellgamin I hope you vote now
My guess is that the Panda Cloud (free) is the lightest. MSE, Avira & avast! are probably not that far behind though.