Ansaf's Config - Security software for my old pc

[Ansaf]

Hi all,
please suggest me a best antivirus software for my old pc which is running xp.my pc is intel d101ggc(pentium4) with 1.5gb of ram. All i need is a best less resource consuming software. i am a daily internet user so light ad-blocker, firewall and on-demand scan apps are also needed. please do not tell me to increase RAM.

Thanks.

 

[Aura]

Well, ESET products are known to be quite light-weight. If you want a good Antivirus that is really light, the lightest you can get would be Cloud-based Antiviruses like Panda Cloud.
Didn't you think of upgrading your OS and buying a new computer at this point ? Windows XP is discontinued and therefore vulnerable.

 

[Ansaf]

Well, ESET products are known to be quite light-weight. If you want a good Antivirus that is really light, the lightest you can get would be Cloud-based Antiviruses like Panda Cloud.
Didn't you think of upgrading your OS and buying a new computer at this point ? Windows XP is discontinued and therefore vulnerable.

Dear Aura,
i once installed windows 8.1 on my pc .it works good. but there is a problem with display driver, which will stuck on black screeen with mouse pointer on most startup. Is Panda cloud a good antivirus ..will it fight against viruses??

 

[thepierrezou]

Qihoo IS can be a good choice.
Webroot too but the protection level is low (it's my opinion !! )

 

[BERROHO]

if you want to be secured use eset with malware byte ; power and light-weight ; or 360 total securite with private well firewell

 

[Ansaf]

Qihoo IS can be a good choice.
Webroot too but the protection level is low (it's my opinion !! )

any professional ones ??these all i think are new comers ..wht abt avast??

 

[No Malware]

Emsisoft Anti-Malware, ESET
Both : light,very good detection,very good web protection and Emsisoft has a very good behavior blocker .

 

[thepierrezou]

avast it's good if you don't click everywhere ^^

 

[Aura]

Dear Aura,
i once installed windows 8.1 on my pc .it works good. but there is a problem with display driver, which will stuck on black screeen with mouse pointer on most startup. Is Panda cloud a good antivirus ..will it fight against viruses??

Panda Cloud Antivirus scored very good in the AV-Comparative tests, so yes it's a good Antivirus.
Also, what graphic card do you have and where were you installing the drivers from ?

 

[Ansaf]

avast it's good if you don't click everywhere ^^

everywhere means??

 

[BERROHO]

any professional ones ??these all i think are new comers ..wht abt avast??

 

[Ansaf]

Panda Cloud Antivirus scored very good in the AV-Comparative tests, so yes it's a good Antivirus.
Also, what graphic card do you have and where were you installing the drivers from ?

Aura, i uses onboard graphics (ati radeon xpress 200) and i download the drivers from ati site,windows update catlog . i tested each by formating and reinstalling windows 8.1.

 

[BERROHO]

everywhere means??

look i'm a newmember not a expert member ; avast so good in detecting file but he cant delet it ; and in adwares he is 000 ; you will turn arround and backing to eset the best in dtetcting an deleting after Kaspersky

 

[Ink]

"VM Malware Testing: No, but I plan to start testing soon" - Why do you plan on VM Malware Testing? Are you aware of the risks imposed by using a vulnerable OS?

How much HDD space do you have? Do you own an external HDD? I recommend creating regular snapshots/system image backups.

 

[Ansaf]

wht abt the trendmicro maximum security??

 

[Aura]

"VM Malware Testing: No, but I plan to start testing soon" - Why do you plan on VM Malware Testing? Are you aware of the risks imposed by using a vulnerable OS?

How much HDD space do you have? Do you own an external HDD? I recommend creating regular snapshots/system image backups.

With these specs, he can only create a Windows XP VM with like 512MBs of RAM in my opinion.
And did you check if the drivers were compatible with Windows 8.1, @Ansaf ?

 

[Aura]

wht abt the trendmicro maximum security??

Not light-weight enough. Also, TrendMicro isn't the best company when it comes to personal consumer Antivirus solution.

 

[Ansaf]

With these specs, he can only create a Windows XP VM with like 512MBs of RAM in my opinion.
And did you check if the drivers were compatible with Windows 8.1, @Ansaf ?

Aura,
on windows update catalog the drivers are for windows 8.1 32bit . i checked it.

 

[Ansaf]

Not light-weight enough. Also, TrendMicro isn't the best company when it comes to personal consumer Antivirus solution.

so, in ur opinion panda is best in detection ?? if i use panda did i want to use any on-demand scanner like MBAM,etc ? and also suggest me a best ad-blocking app

 

[Aura]

so, in ur opinion panda is best in detection ?? if i use panda did i want to use any on-demand scanner like MBAM,etc ? and also suggest me a best ad-blocking app

You can check the detection ratio of Panda by yourself if you want on AV-Comparative website. So performance/detection ratio wise, Panda would be the best solution.
Also, AdBlock Plus/Premium will do the job. There's another Adblocking extensions a lot of people here uses and is said to be lightweight, however I forgot it's name.