What's the best and the most lightweight...?

[Creer]

Hi,
in my opinion Avira is very light AV.

If you ask about firewall, here is my scale (from lightest to heaviest):
Kerio 2.1.5 = DefenseWall Personal Firewall (keep in mind it is in beta tests) = Ghostwall > Rising Firewall Free > Ashampoo Firewall Free > PC Tools Firewall >/= Comodo FW > Zone Alarm > Online Armor >> Outpost >= Sygate FW.

 

[SlackerITGuy]

Is VIPRE free?

 

[A320]

Is VIPRE free?

No, but you can trial it for free.

VIPRE - The End of Antivirus Software As You Know It!

 

[SofTones]

Use DeepFreeze... all your HUGE antiV progs you can kiss goodbye.. and all the trouble they cause

 

[Zahl]

I know most of you guys hate it but NIS 2010 is very light on my sys; usually using well under 10mb ram. Its even less with firefox closed. Very impressive for everything it does imo

 

[whs]

At this moment, my NIS09 runs at 2.936K. NIS09 is great and has never been in the way. I also like that it scans at idle times. In the early days, I called the Symantec support a few times and they were always very helpful, both for the Internet Security and Ghost, which I also run. And good support is not obvious with many other companies.

 

[Subsonic]

I've switched to NIS2010 too. It really is light on resources and so far does a great job. The one question many of the Anti-Norton crowd like to ask besides the now debunked "bloatware" and "system hog" claim is how hard is it to un-install? I can't answer this yet as I don't want to uninstall it. Has anyone tried to uninstall?

 

[myself]

Antivirus around?

How about Firewall?

Thanks!

I´m using Prevx 3.0 (removal and realtime) with Windows Defender (realtime) on Vista Ultimate and Windows 7.

Windows Firewall with W7 Firewall Control.

The ´lightest´ combination you can think on.

 

[whs]

I've switched to NIS2010 too. It really is light on resources and so far does a great job. The one question many of the Anti-Norton crowd like to ask besides the now debunked "bloatware" and "system hog" claim is how hard is it to un-install? I can't answer this yet as I don't want to uninstall it. Has anyone tried to uninstall?

To uninstall any Norton product, you have to use the Norton Removal Tool ( Download and run the Norton Removal Tool ). That works very well. The only problem is, if you have several Norton products installed (like I have NIS and GHOST), it will remove all of them in one run.

 

[A320]

I guess Microsoft Security Essentials has been officially released now:

 

[gswilder]

NIS2009 or NIS2010

After leaving Norton 5 years ago, I returned a year ago when then completely revamped NIS2009. Installs in 1 minute. Light on resources and minimal impact to PC operations. Very pleasantly surprised.

Just installed NIS2010 on a new Win7 install. Seems to work great so far.

 

[gforce23]

I've tried a dozen-odd antivirus and firewall solutions and I think these are the best there is:
A/V: NAV 2010: Total footprint: 12-15MB
Firewall: Comodo 3.11 with D+: Footprint: 15MB

The two combined give the user a ridiculously secure setup that can shut out pretty much any trace of malware in addition to providing all forms of leak protection (unlike ESET ESS, Avira ISS etc). Too bad NAV has some issues at the moment that prevent me from recommending it wholeheartedly. Until Symantec (& Kaspersky) fix some niggling issues with NAV & KAV, Avira and GData are a wee bit better although they're memory hogs.

That said, the lightest (and one of the best) firewall I've ever tested is the age-old Kerio (Win98, XP, 2000). With a footprint of <4MB, it's super easy to configure and set-up.

 

[Mercurial]

Yeah, me too, and for those that like ESET, I'm not saying don't use it, it is a good product. But I'm saying that I like Vipre better. That is all.

/ho

well I'm saying Eset is way better =)

though I dont really like post all over the security section about it just to get some more to use it. LOL!

 

[TheIgster]

Yeah, me too, and for those that like ESET, I'm not saying don't use it, it is a good product. But I'm saying that I like Vipre better. That is all.

/ho

well I'm saying Eset is way better =)

though I dont really like post all over the security section about it just to get some more to use it. LOL!

Um, yes, you do.

Sorry, but I ditched a PAID LICENSE for ESET for Vipre.

Vipre is better.

Thanks!

 

[nightmare732]

I would recommend Avast.. It has high detection rates, a great resident scanner, is low on resources. It also comes with a free version that is just as good as the paid. For a firewall you should just stick with windows firewall, it is actually pretty good.

 

[Creer]

There is no such thing like better and the best in AV case.
Efficiency of AV software depends on updated signatures and this activity is based on old mechanism known as blacklists. AV are good for detection but when we are talking about prevention they simply failed. No AV on the world can stop/detect new, unknown malware which have been written eg. 5 min ago. AV works when detect known malware which they have in their signatures.

About lightweight, here is my security setup - yes you are not wrong, only one application
I have this configuration (in sig) for months - no issues/problems/infections anymore:

 

[tw33k]

Vipre is better.

Thanks!

You can't make a blanket statement like that. I tried Vipre and it falsely detected one of my files and screwed it up and I had to reformat to get the program working again. So in my opinion it is crap.

 

[Dinesh]

Today Vipre detected Internet Download Manager as a trojan and it deleted the whole program. I reinstalled IDM and it detected again. So i had to uninstall Vipre to get IDM working. I know its a false positive but its pain.

 

[tw33k]

False positives are a pain, I know the feeling all too well which is why I've gone back to NOD32

 

[stew2]

There is no such thing like better and the best in AV case.
Efficiency of AV software depends on updated signatures and this activity is based on old mechanism known as blacklists. AV are good for detection but when we are talking about prevention they simply failed. No AV on the world can stop/detect new, unknown malware which have been written eg. 5 min ago. AV works when detect known malware which they have in their signatures.

I agree completly, Antiviruses are a rubbish means of keeping a pc safe. I use Greenborder