Hi i am looking for a ligthweigth configuration. I see my computer works well whith Bitdefender free, but i am fan of emsisoft. I like emsi for quick support, professional people, ligthweigth and not unecesary add ons. I know bitdefender free have behavior blocker. In terms of protection i think they are similar and in terms of resource consumtion are similar. What advantaje have Emsi? I see less FP in BD free (include BD is have less alerts and less FP) i never report a suspicious file to bitdefender support and dont know if they are good. ¿What do you think? ¿Emsi offer any advantaje over BD Free?
Bitdefender Free vs Emsisoft Anti-Malware
- Thread starter Aktiffiso
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- Jul 14, 2015
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Very happy to hear thatIt runs now for 2 weeks on my system and haven't seen any bug
I just mentioned my experience with it.
- May 4, 2018
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Based off the fact its these two alone. Would have to be Emsisoft.
~LDogg
~LDogg
- Jan 10, 2017
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The RAM is the fastest memory in your system....so that's not an good indicator if a program is light or not.
you have to look how many processes are working and if there are any slow downs or breaks
p.s: i have tested a trial of bitdefender antivirus plus 2019 and it was light on
my system (i5 8600k overclocked, 16GB RAM, WIN 10 64 bit, SSD 850 EVO)
- Jul 14, 2015
- 733
You talk Bull.... ! On my system it is lighter than Kaspersky free, folders and other things are opening faster with BD free
- May 9, 2015
- 625
Isn't Emsisoft uses Bitdefender engine ? If it still does why not use an original Bitdefender AV itself than Emsisoft AV with a modified Bitdefender engine? Protection wise both AVs are more or less similar, what differs is the features and configurability which Emsisoft is obviously better. I would say instead of paying for Emsisoft, use BD Free (if you prefer BD engine) coupled with OS armor, SysHardener etc will give you lots of protection free of cost. With the saved money on Emsisoft get an SSD or RAM upgrade which is more worth the money returns.
Protection wise both AVs are more or less similar, what differs is the features and configurability which Emsisoft is obviously better. I would say instead of paying for Emsisoft, use BD Free (if you prefer BD engine) coupled with OS armor, SysHardener etc will give you lots of protection free of cost. With the saved money on Emsisoft get an SSD or RAM upgrade which is more worth the money returns. 
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- Jan 28, 2016
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@Aktiffiso. I am the same as others here who found Bitdefender Free anything but light, in fact one of the heaviest av's I've used and it made things noticeably sluggish, and it was also pretty buggy as some other folk here have mentioned. It's a while since I used Emsisoft but that wasn't exactly light either, so I wouldn't recommend either of your choices if you're looking for light.
How about something like Kaspersky Security Cloud Free alongside OSArmor, although it's probably unnecessary.
How about something like Kaspersky Security Cloud Free alongside OSArmor, although it's probably unnecessary.
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Windows Task Manager is hardly a benchmark, and even there is using way more resources than Kaspersky Free,You talk Bull.... ! On my system it is lighter than Kaspersky free, folders and other things are opening faster with BD free
Using memory as performance hit is dumb though, under the right circumstances Kaspersky is extremely light, doesn't take long to go through Kaspersky Sub-Forum and check the performance feedback (the opposite is said of Bit Defender on it's Sub-Forum).
We can't also forget how unstable and buggy BitDefender is too, specially the Free version!
Allways Bitdefender,but I would go for a purchased version,I use Total Security.
- Jul 6, 2017
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You can not compare with Bitdefender for free with Emsi ... Emsisoft, all life.
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