Most performance efficient Free AV and other anti-malware ?

Re: Most performance efficient Free AV?

What's surprising is that the pirated copies work pretty well. I guess some vendors choose to turn a blind eye to it to varying extents for marketing purposes.

 

Re: Most performance efficient Free AV?

From my personal performance tests avast was the best although its not the lightest on resources. Second best was antivir.

 

I had runned SUPERantispyware (aka: SAS)... good merchandise & quite lite on resources. You may want to check this out too... Ledsr40?

 

Re: Most performance efficient Free AV?

Avira classic does have dialer and rootkit protection. However, the free version has limited anti-spyware capabilities.

 

The free one doesn't have real time protection.

That's too bad. I'm still trying to find a light free AS to go along with the Avira.

How are you supposed to get updates for pirated copies? And how do you know that those versions aren't fake ones that have been infiltrated with viruses so they compromise your PC without you knowing? It's like letting a robber be your security guard.

 

@ Ledsr40
if u want free as with real time protection then there is only two good options .
lite version of spyware doctor offered by google with google pack , and spyware terminator . links are here :
http://pack.google.com/intl/en/pack_installer.html?hl=en&gl=us
http://pack.google.com/intl/en/learn_more_frameset.html
http://www.spywareterminator.com/
well my personal experience is both of them are resource hog . try them if u want to ........
good luck .

 

Spyware Terminator has an issue for some as it did for me, where one of its processes has very high memory spikes that cam be seen in Task Manager, and has been reported in their forum. Spyware Doctor Starter Edition while it does runs at around 30k of memory in Task Manager, did not slow my system down at all while using it with Avast and ThreatFire. Also while SDSE doesn't have all the features that the full version offers, it is suppose to have good detection rates. I think using Spyware Doctor Starter Edition and ThreatFire Free, with any of the Free Antiviruses would make a good security set up, including Spyware Doctors's own free AV. Of course a router firewall and Firefox wouldn't hurt either. LOL.

 

Re: Most performance efficient Free AV?

It does protect well against the heavy malware like trojans and rootkits.

When you are behind a router with FireWall, disable the windows firewall, use windows defender intrusion detection (deselect the IE options) and make sure it creates a restore point. Set Avira to only check at writes and perform a scan once a month.

Try SafeSpace Personal for dodgy browsing, turn it off when gaming. When using Spybot do not use the IP protection (a large host file can slow down browsing).

Regards Kees

 

What difference does Threat Fire make? Isn't it the same as any old heuristics from AV products?

 

ThreatFire is a Behavior Blocker HIPS, and doesn't have Heuristics. However going by what many people here, other forums, and reviews have to say about ThreatFire, it is supposed to be one of the best add on security software's you can install for free. I have used it with three of the free Antivirus Programs, and now have it installed with Zone Alarm Anti-spyware and Avast Home AV. It runs well with those two programs and I believe compliments them nicely for additional security.

 

Hi Ledsr40, avira antivir does not have spyware/adware protection. It does have dialer and rootkit protection. At least according to their site. http://www.free-av.com/

There isn't much choice in free AS. Wordward has a good idea. Threatfire or one of the other HIPS programs might be a something to consider. I have no idea how they would perform while online gaming.

If you go with avast free, I don't think I would use the Web shield for gaming. Only use the shields you need. Avast is highly configurable if you look hard enough in the options. As already mentioned, it does have some spyware protection.

 

I game all day with Avira guard, Comodo BOClean, and looknstop firewall, still trying out the 30 day free.

 

Is the free version of Threatfire as good as the paid version in terms of effectiveness?

How much resources does ThreatFire use up?

Do you guys use the paid or free?

 

@Ledsr40: TF Pro - AV = TF Free

But Threatfire is not to consider if you have an older system. It´s a good add-on to your AV, but it has high values regarding I/O read & write. Avast with webshield enabled as well as AVG AS have both a low impact on performance regarding I/O total.

/C.

 

AVGAS does not have guard, only on demand scan.

I'm now looking at comodo, isn't that thing free? Isn't it just a free AS?

Also, how much does Threatfire use? I should turn it off while gaming right?

 

AVG AS do have a resident guard, but not the free one.

What are your priority? Performance or that it should be free? There´s already a lot of suggestions in above posts about several programs, so I suggest you test different setups and run some benchmark tests instead. That´s the only effective way for you to decide which programs to use while gaming.

/C.

 

Re: Most performance efficient Free AV?

Hello everyone Sorry for bumping this thread but I need some more input from the community on this.

I am also trying to set up a pc for online gaming and would most likely go for the avira - avast combo with avast having p2p, IM (well maybe not this), Web and network modules on and avira configured as stated on the above post. I have a prolink hurricane 9200 modem/router provided by my ISP although I still don't know if I should enable both its firewall and NAT. And I am also thinking of installing ThreatFire with perhaps one notch lower than default settings and turning off avast's network module although not quite sure if TF is suited for gaming since someone posted about it having a high I/O. Should I just forget about installing TF and stick with the HIPS like network module of avast or forget the two altogether?