Lightest Anti-virus for browsing

sure, an http scanner can slow browsing down,

however......

i notice different browsing speeds between different non-http scanning AVs, and i think its mainly due to the large footprint some avs put on the computer, especially when compared to drweb.

 

doesnt make sense lucas, because you dont have an AV then.

fastest & lightest AV is drweb, pure and simple.

but of course, just my opinion

 

@Bunkhouse Buck
If http scanning is considered then avast is certainly the lightest and kaspersky is the slowest av according to my experience .

 

Of course AVs will always drag the system, because they need to hook the filesystem (realtime scanner) and the network stack (web scanner)
Surely, there are light and heavy AVs, but since I don't need them, I'm free from their drag, no matter how small it is.

 

Dr web may be the lightest but not the fastest . According to IBK's test the fastest one is Fortinet

 

isnt that just the fastest on-demand scanner?

not the fastest resident shield / fastest computer performance etc.

 

How do you expect fast resident shield from an av with slow scanning speed ?

 

the guard and the scanner are two totally different things.

plus, the 'fastest scanner' test is also flawed, because some scanners simply dig deeper than others.

 

Every body would recommend their Av of choice and there is only one way to find that is by testing yourself. AV recommended by the fellow members are good but i think i have to agree with Lucas1985 that no AV is truely the lightest of all.

But if i have to suggest an Av i would Say NOD32 2.7 because it is the one that works great on "My PC".

 

thank you for the advice
i will return to kaspersky internet security today

 

Right. Usually, the RTM uses different settings (example, no scanning of archives) and scans on different file operations (open, close) so caching has a great influence.

Partially right. Some AVs dig "deep enough" and are fast (Symantec, F-Prot, NOD32). Also, it's very unlikely for you to catch malware by simply digging deep. Current obfuscation techniques are very hard to deobfuscate.

 

tell me 1 AV that has a fast scanner, that has great removal?

doesnt exist....

i figure its because that fast scanners dont dig deep enough, to find all remnants of the infected.

disagree, .... alot.

its easy to say virus detected, virus removed.

but id put my money on, these types of scanners just wont find all the files the virus has infected, it will just (if that....) remove the main virus, leaving all remnants on your machine, especially the stuff that is deep into your core system.

you know lucas, cureit never gets labelled as a slow scanner like drweb AV does, probably because cureit just saved their ass and they dont want to give it a negative jibe

 

If I had to pick I would say F-Secure.

 

i too noticed, that even though it takes a while to boot, browsing is crazy fast with F-Secure.

definatly my #1 vote in this thread for an AV with http scanning.

 

Symantec for example.

Fast scanners analyze files files quickly, that's all. Even more, some fast scanners (NOD32, F-Prot, Symantec) use sofisticated techniques (generic unpacking, emulating, behaviour analysis) which are very resource-hungry and they're still fast.
Good removal has no relation with removal of every layer of packers/archives. Good removal has to do with scanning using low-level disk access, using HIPS components (behaviour monitoring, registry tracking) and better/more complete cleaning routines. None of them has appreciable impact on scanning speed.

Today's removal tests aren't performed with file infectors. Removal of today's malware consists simply in deleting files and the registry keys/values associated in a precise manner (to prevent crashing of the OS and/or recreation of the malware)

 

Hi bigc73542 and computer geek. Since you guys are McAfee users, just a quick question. Why is it when I install McAfee Internet Security 2008, I see an AOL listing in my RegCleaner software listings? When I uninstall McAfee, the AOL listing is gone. What does AOL have to do with McAfee?

 

Trifecta (win - place - show):
DrWeb - Avira - VBA32

 

With these 5 i had fast browsing & system performance in no particular order. Nod32 (2.7&3.0), Avira premium, Avast free, F-Prot, Dr.Web

 

I recall that the http scanner had little effect on browsing in FSIS. I remember that it was turned off by default. I turned it on, did some surfing, and came back to make sure that setting had changed. I did not see any difference, lol.

OC is ok while surfing. I have seen worse.

 

Hi,

is there any test available about Web AVs / http sanners?
About detection rate, scan speed etc.

Because just dropping names and swearing it's the fastest and the best is somehow

Cheers

 

http://www.av-comparatives.org/

All AV product's can run differently on PC's for various reason's, it's just finding the right one that click's with it. And most likely the AV's listed in this thread clicked for those people.

 

Mcafee is pretty fast on my comp but it is not as light as Antivir PE premium

 

The fastest one I've tried is still ESET's products.


Cheers

 

Have to disagree. F-Secure slows down browsing on my machines significantly. Fastest are Avira, F-Protect, Dr. Web, and Eset.

 

Agreed.