Bitdefender Total Security - high RAM usage and always asking for restart

[Sunshine-boy]

Anything below 100MB on idle is OK for me.

Try Eset Is. the lightest on the market also solid protection!

 

[Shimul]

Thank you all.. Now I'm understand why I am getting Low FPS in gaming. Going To uninstall Bitdefender. Can you please suggest me which AV will be best and will not decrease FPS while gaming.

 

[shootfire]

During the first install/update it can reboot how many times it wants, I don't care, but what I showed here is after the installation process. The software was in the last update already, and out of nowhere I saw that request on the GUI.

What about resource consumption, how is your Bitdefender doing?

I reinstalled KIS, just to be sure I wasn't crazy, and I wasn't, this is KIS usage on IDLE:

Just two processes, way less RAM intensive...

PS: After a long time of idling this is the lowest I ever got with Bitdefender:

Unbelievable, I'm uninstalling it right now, and firing the 30-day money back guarantee...

I've had the same issue. I've tried BD multiple times, most recently a 90 day trial of Total Security 2018, and I observed it using almost 300MB at idle. Shoot even their free AV uses 200+. It's interesting because other products with excellent protection use as little as 30MB at idle (Norton, which I use now). Heck even the updated McAfee with their new cloud engine only uses 90 at idle.

 

[shootfire]

Try Eset Is. the lightest on the market also solid protection!

ESET actually uses about 100MB RAM at idle. It used to be far less but the past few years it's crept up. From my testing, lightest is Webroot, followed by Norton and Avast. All 30MB or less at idle.