Battle Avast 7 vs Eset SS 5 or (6 beta), Gaming PC

[.Sam.]

Hey, I'm looking for an antivirus which is good protection + no lag in gaming or slowdown, I've tried most of the products, eg. Kaspersky Pure, norton 360, bitdefender total security , Avast 7 Internet security and Eset Smart security 5.

i came up some conclusions:
Kaspersky Pure= Lag + Slow loading + slow web page load
norton 360=Internet lag+slow web page load
bitdefender total security=slow web page load
Avast 7 Internet security=little slow on web page load
Eset Smart security 5= no lag at all but problems in firewall

I didn't try any other products, if you could recommend me a better one I'll for sure use it.

I don't understand why people say Kaspersky doesn't lag at all, while I feel Tonnes of lag

So my viewpoint shrieked to:
Avast 7 Internet security vs Eset Smart security 5 or (6 beta)

Which one's better? or any other better ones?

What I want is: I game a lot , so I have to make sure there's no lag at all.

Thanks.

PC specs:
AMD Phenom II x3 720
6GB RAM
HD 6850 1GB VRAM
Windows 7 ultimate x64
500GB HDD Free space around 100GB

 

[Deleted member 178]

OK , I'm trying CIS , Is it enough protection for just CIS?

Antivirus + Cloud + Firewall + HIPS + Sandbox + Secure DNS ?

of course it is more than enough and very light.

also check this tutorial done by our member Chiron for installing and setting up CIS properly : http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/how-install-comodo-firewall.htm

 

[.Sam.]

OK , I'm trying CIS , Is it enough protection for just CIS?

Antivirus + Cloud + Firewall + HIPS + Sandbox + Secure DNS ?

of course it is more than enough and very light.

I'm just curious asking that question because you're using 2 antivirus software.

Link: http://malwaretips.com/Thread-How-to-set-CIS-EAM-for-max-compatibility-security

 

[McLovin]

I'm just curious asking that question because you're using 2 antivirus software.

Link: http://malwaretips.com/Thread-How-to-set-CIS-EAM-for-max-compatibility-security

You can use 2, but it's not advisable to run 2 because they might conflict with each other.

 

[Deleted member 178]

I'm just curious asking that question because you're using 2 antivirus software.

hahaha ok, you will know with time while browsing the forum, than i am a wisely paranoid user that really like to test the compatibility of so called companion Av/suite with classic ones.

EAM Full is one of the AVs that can be run alongside others without conflicts.

I won a license for it so i used it alongside CIS, if i didn't won i will just use CIS alone

(edit the post above)

 

[malbky]

CIS is good enough if you know to configure it. IT has loads of configuration options and has great detection rate. I would trust Comodo as I was a Beta tester of Comodo AV. That time its HIPS was horrible. Also previous version asked a lot of questions but now the popups have gone down drastically.
So even recommend it to new users. Great way to go comodo. Just get something like Bitdeefender Trafficlight or linkscanner from AVG and you are good to go.

 

[thepiratedon]

Hi!
Welcome to MalwareTips!

From my point of view, as well as some others.
ESET's firewall / hips, is not good enough. (Sadly...), so go with NOD32 antivirus and Windows firewall.

As for Comodo it's has excellent protection, but I personally would not use it for gaming. (It has some tendencys to slow down the computer, especially with the recommend congfig umbrapolaris posted. Since the defence+ is a little to happy to sandbox mostly everything .) But if you can survive the painfull initial time with defence+ you good to go.

As for Avast, I think you can go internet security, and have a good time.
But go for NOD32 and windows firewall! That's my recommendation. (and add, malwarbytes free as on-demand scanner).

 

[Spirit]

Please don't use 2 antivirus,its horrible.Go for eset + windows firewall or avast.

 

[Deleted member 178]

Please don't use 2 antivirus, its horrible.

If the user don't know what is he doing by taking 2 AVs randomly, that is true.

For example, my config works like a charm, no conflicts, less resources usage that some full-fledge suites.

 

[thepiratedon]

Please don't use 2 antivirus, its horrible.

If the user don't know what is he doing by taking 2 AVs randomly, that is true.

For example, my config works like a charm, no conflicts, less resources usage that some full-fledge suites.

Have to agree with umbrapolaris, 2 AV's isn't any problems, as long as you know what you are doing.
But I personally would never recommend 2 AV's. (or use to different av's) however using complementary products like malwarebytes or hitman pro, I'm all for! ^^

 

[Ink]

It's better to narrow down the choices, rather than expand to more options. Otherwise you'll be sitting here all day, do you have a spare PC or VM, to try these software in?

Also to get a better idea of how you use your PC, I'd recommend posting a current PC Security Config here (it can be updated/edited using the Full Edit button later on, if required):
http://malwaretips.com/Forum-Security-Configuration-Wizard

( http://malwaretips.com/Thread-How-To-Share-your-Config-Read-before-posting )

 

[Mi7892]

I would choose Comodo Internet Security (CIS) 2012. I'm using it and it works great. Great prevention and low memory usage. Its firewall is good too.

 

[Spirit]

Please don't use 2 antivirus, its horrible.

If the user don't know what is he doing by taking 2 AVs randomly, that is true.

For example, my config works like a charm, no conflicts, less resources usage that some full-fledge suites.

Please don't use 2 antivirus, its horrible.

If the user don't know what is he doing by taking 2 AVs randomly, that is true.

For example, my config works like a charm, no conflicts, less resources usage that some full-fledge suites.

Have to agree with umbrapolaris, 2 AV's isn't any problems, as long as you know what you are doing.
But I personally would never recommend 2 AV's. (or use to different av's) however using complementary products like malwarebytes or hitman pro, I'm all for! ^^

Its highly advisable even from software companies not to use 2 av as it conflicts with each other and do bad instead of doing better for your machine.

Here the member asking question about using av which is light and helps it gaming pc so how we can even advice him to use 2 av which will make computer unusable for normal purpose and what i can say about gaming purpose?

 

[Deleted member 178]

Here the member asking question about using av which is light and helps it gaming pc so how we can even advice him to use 2 av which will make computer unusable for normal purpose and what i can say about gaming purpose?[/color]

i didn't tell him to use 2 AVs, just saying that i'm using that kind of config and i have no issues, the secondary AV can be run alongside any other AVs.

The Lightest AV/Suites i tried are CIS, NIS, Panda Cloud AV, Webroot SA.

 

[Ink]

Don't forget minimal interruptions are better for Gaming PC's. Does CIS even have a gaming / silent mode?

 

[.Sam.]

Don't forget minimal interruptions are better for Gaming PC's. Does CIS even have a gaming / silent mode?

I don't think CIS have a gaming / silent mode

 

[iScream]

Get Eset Nod32 AV and njoy gaming.

 

[jamescv7]

CIS have some issues before when games were executed so pop ups were suppose to be excepted.

 

[Plexx]

I would recommend ESET. I use it myself but I didnt have the problem with firewall.
What I had was the problem of gaming mode when going full screen, sometimes it disables the gaming mode when you do an alt tab etc.

But then again thats minimal.

You could choose ESET AV instead of the Smart Security if you wish. Only reason I am using Smart Security is because I got a license as a gift . I was an AV user prior.

 

[Matthaios]

I would recommend ESET's AV (NOD32)...haven't tried Smart Security but the Antivirus part is definedly high-quality. Been using it for 1.5 years. The best AV I have used. Unless the 6th version turns out to be total catastrophe I will definitively renew the licence.

It's light on resources...haven't noticed any performance drop. Hasn't caused any problems to other programs and AV itself has always worked properly. ESET's Web Protection is less pain in the ass than Avast's one. UI is ok....could be better but still less messy than Avast's one.

With Avast 6 & 7 I noticed slight performance drop but nothing serious. I would had been quite happy with Avast if it would had worked properly. Avast 6 & 7 caused some problems to other programs. It sometimes took ages for other start up programs (HP printer drivers and C-Media control panel) to initialize and sometimes they never did unless I restarted Windows. They started to work normally after I uninstall Avast.

And seemed like every major update to 6 & 7 broke it. I got rid off Avast from my desktop pc long before 7 came out but I had it on my laptop until I made the mistake to let it update to 7 and every time I restarted Windows it gave that "Complete your upgrade to Avast! 7" popup message and after I hit finish it disappeared but came back with every restart. Uninstalled Avast 7 about week after that. That bug has probably been fixed ages ago but I'm tired with Avast breeding that kind of minor but irritating bugs every once in a while.

If you're making choice between paid version of Avast & ESET you would definitively get more worth for your money from ESET. Perfect deal would be to get AV from ESET and pair it with for example Comodo firewall. Worked for me without any problems.

 

[malwarekiller]

matthois,ur issues are not even bugs...probably u have been in beta testing lately...For OP,these bugs are crushed already..