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Dinesh · 01 Oct 2009

swarfega said:

How much does nod32 use then? Bare in mind that some av software use another crafty trick of hiding behind the svhost.

+1.

Dinesh · 01 Oct 2009

swarfega said:

How much does nod32 use then? Bare in mind that some av software use another crafty trick of hiding behind the svhost.

NOD32 uses around 25-35 MB RAM. However, i have noticed that while scan, NOD32 hikes the CPU usage.

tw33k said:

Dinesh said:

An anti virus can never run at just 3-4 MB RAM. All you guys need to click Show Processes from all Users in task mgr and then check the exact RAM usage. You will be surprised to see that it uses around 30-35 MB RAM.

You beat me to it. You are exactly right, no way does it run at <4 Mb

I won't be running it as I've learnt my lesson and am sticking to NOD32 unless something drastic happens

NOD32 is way better than MSE.

Barman58 · 01 Oct 2009

I think at the moment we are seeing a lot of opinions on the suitability and effectiveness of MSE, a new and relatively untried application.

I for one am in the process of evaluating the product.

Time will tell if MSE is the tool that the industry needs to educate the masses of system users who use computers on a daily basis on the need for security .

I must say that my Initial impressions of MSE are good, but I will of course continue my evaluation and only make a decision on continued use and If I recommend it to others, once this evaluation is completed.

Antman · 01 Oct 2009

tw33k said:

Dinesh said:

An anti virus can never run at just 3-4 MB RAM. All you guys need to click Show Processes from all Users in task mgr and then check the exact RAM usage. You will be surprised to see that it uses around 30-35 MB RAM.

You beat me to it. You are exactly right, no way does it run at <4 Mb

I won't be running it as I've learnt my lesson and am sticking to NOD32 unless something drastic happens

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Teerex · 01 Oct 2009

Antman said:

tw33k said:

Dinesh said:

An anti virus can never run at just 3-4 MB RAM. All you guys need to click Show Processes from all Users in task mgr and then check the exact RAM usage. You will be surprised to see that it uses around 30-35 MB RAM.

You beat me to it. You are exactly right, no way does it run at <4 Mb

I won't be running it as I've learnt my lesson and am sticking to NOD32 unless something drastic happens

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That's the usage of the user interface, you need to look for the msmpeng.exe to see the usage of the engine.

Antman · 01 Oct 2009

Teerex said:

Antman said:

tw33k said:

You beat me to it. You are exactly right, no way does it run at <4 Mb

I won't be running it as I've learnt my lesson and am sticking to NOD32 unless something drastic happens

...

That's the usage of the user interface, you need to look for the msmpeng.exe to see the usage of the engine.

The discussion took a left turn. The issue was specifically msseces.exe until Dinesh (dropped his FNG badge). MSE has always run around 50MB on my machine.

BFG · 01 Oct 2009

There's 2 things so far I wish they would've done.

made it optional to add to the context menu during install and not have the interface always open. I had to remove it from the start up and if I open it and want to close it I have to kill the process in task manager.

Core7 · 03 Oct 2009

Can I run MSE and AVG and malwarebytes on one pc?

Dinesh · 03 Oct 2009

Core7 said:

Can I run MSE and AVG and malwarebytes on one pc?

2 anti virus in one pc?

Tews · 03 Oct 2009

Dinesh said:

Core7 said:

Can I run MSE and AVG and malwarebytes on one pc?

2 anti virus in one pc?

+1 Dinesh ... That thread should be required reading... Thanks!