Windows 7: a-squared uses 620kB memory for realtime protection !

hackerman1 · 17 Jan 2010

hi !

which Antivirus & Antimalware uses the smallest amount of memory for the realtime protection ?

running taskmanager as admin i looked at a-squared (a2), it uses 620kB....
i only find 2 processes, that seems to belong to a-squared: a2guard.exe & a2service.exe.

am i missing something or doesn´t a-squared use more memory ?
that must be the lowest usage, or does anyone know another A/V & A/M that uses less ?

7mm · 17 Jan 2010

How's the load felt on the system?

jav · 17 Jan 2010

I am sure you are missing something.
Can't remember how much was memory usage but I have used it for several days and I am sure it was heavier then 620kB...

Dinesh · 17 Jan 2010

Avast 5 is using around 8 MB RAM.

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I know A Squared uses between 3-8 MB RAM, but not 620kb. There's something wrong. I guess its not working ATM. open a2 and then check the mem usage again.

hackerman1 · 17 Jan 2010

Quote: Originally Posted by 7mm

How's the load felt on the system?

load ?

Dinesh: "I know A Squared uses between 3-8 MB RAM, but not 620kb. There's something wrong. I guess its not working ATM. open a2 and then check the mem usage again."

it IS working....

i installed Avast5-beta earlier today, it used almost 12MB.

madtownidiot · 17 Jan 2010

If you don't spend your time on the internet trying to get something for free, generally you don't have to worry about viruses. I've been running win 7 without an AV for a couple months and it hasn't slowed down at all.. and it still has the same memory usage and number of running processes it did when I finished setting up this laptop.

hackerman1 · 17 Jan 2010

madtownidiot: what has this to do with the subject ???

"a-squared uses 620kB memory for realtime protection !"

jav · 19 Jan 2010

ok, fresh install of Windows 7.

Just Windows update and A-squared Anti Malware.

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And when Security Centre is opened:

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hackerman1 · 20 Jan 2010

hi !

interesting, i´m looking at taskmanager right now:
a2guard=184 kB
a2service=608 kB

Airbot · 20 Jan 2010

Are you looking at it after clicking on Show processes from all users?

Windows 7: a-squared uses 620kB memory for realtime protection !

a-squared uses 620kB memory for realtime protection ! problems?