Antivirus that runs when I want it to. Ondamand no background service.

Actually, you do need real time protection. Otherwise, you will catch viruses only after you have been infected and the nasty little buggers have had time to wreak havoc with your system and data. Also, it's much easier to keep viruses out than it is to get rid of them once you have them.

Having real time virus protection is analogous to being vaccinated against a disease. The vaccination keeps you from getting the disease whereas, once you have the disease, it can be difficult to get rid of and, before you do get rid of it, assuming you even can, it can do some really serious damage or even kill you.

I know of none which can be installed and have no service running. Of course you can go to Services and disable them if desired, but why?
If you're having an issue with RAM being used, get rid of something else. There are boatloads of websites that can infect you, and not just porn or hack sites. A crafty ratbag can inject malicious Java Script (Not the same as Java from Oracle) into a good site and you're done for.
I have Norton Internet Security and I can turn off realtime protection, but services still run.

MSE is a very low end, low protection thing MS brought out to make it seem it was concerned.

On demand may, may have been effective in 1993 when the MS home page looked like this.
Note the statement about browsers supporting images.

New FS said:

Firstly I would like to say hello and good day to all. I am not sure if I am posting on the right forum because there are like 5 different windows 7 forums but i choose this on because the websites looks nice , It seems alot more active then others, and i think i have used it before.

Anyway to the question. Are there any antivirus programs are ondemand only(Or can be used as an on demand scanner preferable it doesn't run any services in the background unless the program itself it launched). I don't really need the real time protection (My choose) But an ondemand scanner would be nice. I wanted to use MSE because it seems simple to use and microsoft made it ( I would assume this is would be an ok antivirus to use considering it was made by microsoft...) But it is very stubborn when it comes to changing it service to manual(It just flat out will not let you)

I will answer your question in the way it was asked. Do note however that the above advice is solid.

Yes, there are programs you can use that do not offer real time protection, but can scan your system for threats.

-Hitman pro
-malwarebytes free
-herdprotect
-superantispyware free


etc. You can also install panda antivirus or avast and disable their on access shields permanently.

Keep in mind with all the above options, you will need to manually update and scan, as well as losing the most important feature of protection----> Prevention in the first place.

These are, and have been my security recommendations: (they will change from time to time)

I advise you to install and use the following security programs:

-Panda antivirus -You can only have 1 antivirus installed at a time, I recommend using this one and uninstalling what you are using now.

-Malwarebytes
-Superantispyware
-Should I remove it

Run them around once every 2 weeks.

Should I remove it is not a malware scanner. What it does is it looks at all of the installed programs on your PC and gives you a percentage % of how many people uninstall the software. If the percentage % is high, I would remove it as it is most likely not a good program. It also gives a ton of information about what the program does and how it behaves.

I also suggest using a standard user account in windows, and only using an admin account when you need to install software:

User Account - Create

When using a standard account and you make a change or install a program that affects the whole system, UAC will prompt you to continue. Make sure the setting or program you are tying to install is listed, then click yes to continue. If you are just browsing the web and the prompt appears with a program you have not heard of, or do not know what it is, it is much safer to click no then yes. No will block the action, and if you were trying to do something, you can always start it again and choose yes.

UAC makes this easy, see here:

What is user account control (UAC)?

I also suggest choosing always notify for UAC:

What are User Account Control settings?

I also recommend that you use bleeping computers suggestions which can be found here:

So how Did I get Infected?


Those are my recommendations to you, and I Highly suggest you follow them.

New FS, you are correct; it is your choice not to run active security programs. In my opinion a very poor choice.

Their are many active security programs to choose from but in most case it will be down to just a few on this forum. These few are because the members have tried many and slowly got the choices down to a few that work well and get along with Windows 7 and each other. Some are free and some are not free.

Thinking one can avoid infections because they only go to the "Good Sites" is also foolish. The bad guys are not dumb; they will also leave their little goodies on "Good Sites" and many times "Good Sites" don't know they are on their own site.

Now what does one do?
In my case I run two active security programs that get along with Windows 7 and each other. I don't stop there.
I also run several on demand security programs updated and often. I run these security programs whether I think I'm infected or not. The creators of these infections are very clever and knowledgeable. They will hide their creations very well.
You can have a infection for a very long time and not even know it.
You can not hide from the bad guys but you can improve your odds of not getting their junk if you use a layered method.
1. Active anti virus program.
2. Active anti malware program.
3. Active firewall
4. A router with proper security settings.
5. Several on demand programs.

One person with a computer can not out smart the thousands of infection created per day. Active security programs will improve your odd of happy computing by astronomical amounts.
Again New FS it's your choice. Please let us know what you choose.
If you need help on which programs to choose just ask. Well will gladly give our suggestion. The suggestions will very but give you a good idea of what works.

PS: Please don't choose anything from IOBit.

If you're getting the CPU so hot it throttles and shuts down or becomes unresponsive, I suspect you have some serious hardware issues - or a serious infection. MBAM and SAS are both top notch program, I have and use both alongside of Norton. MBAM is the Pro and SAS is free, neither is a AV program.

MS is constantly working against maleware, it's in their best interest to do so. Mac and Linux aren't bullet-proof either, Windows is a much bigger target and so appears more vulnerable. The malware authors are always working harder to exploit or negate any fixes or blocks that are made. Oracle is a good example with their Java, releasing security fixes several time a year, or month at times. I don't even have it installed, as I've said several times, if a site needs Java to run, I don't need that site.

If you have Windows installed it is used on each and every startup whether or not you open a browser. I understand many games use an active internet connection as well. Gaming sites and internet aware games are easy targets for those who work the dark and slimy side of the net. Bots, worms, and Trojans can infect a machine with no trouble and the user doesn't know it until the machine starts running very slow or there are odd changes in behavior.

I suggest you open Resource Monitor (Start/Search, type resmon, hit enter. Open the CPU tab and watch what is hogging your CPU cycles. Maybe this will give you a clue to the overheating.