- Jan 4, 2012
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That is a 'interesting' ram usage for G DATA. Nearing some of my VM's 
G Data Internet Security - memory usage
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- Feb 25, 2017
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Should go down after a day or two. Had a similar usage.
- Jul 27, 2015
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- Feb 25, 2017
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Nope... I guess G-Data does some background scanning or hashing once installed on a new system. But that's just a guess.Did reboot help?
- Nov 9, 2022
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This is normal with G DATA the more memory installed the more memory G DATA uses.
- Jan 4, 2012
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Yes, I did guess as much (I do have 80GB-Ram), still quite the amount.
- Feb 25, 2017
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Are you working for NASA or what do you need 80 GB for?
- Jan 4, 2012
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- Aug 28, 2015
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- Feb 25, 2017
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Thanks for your valuable input
- Feb 25, 2017
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As mentioned multiple times now, G DATAs RAM usage normally goes down after a few days of usage. And correct me if I am wrong, but I think RAM is made to be used.
- Feb 7, 2023
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Partially true, it is made to be used but not just by the antivirus. This is a straight 1.5GB over there and is much higher than the competition. Even on systems with 16GB it’s unacceptable. Considering Windows draws about 4-5 and a browser 0.5-1 GB more. What if users have to use creative software or something? Customers are paying for a balance of performance and protection, and not for the antivirus to take over their PC.
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Exactly ,ram needs to be used but not this much , what about other things running on your pc ,all the windows stuff and what else your doing. Does not make any sense
- Feb 7, 2023
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Also not sure what all this RAM is reserved for as the whole Bitdefender engine is about 500-600MB and the CloseGap (engine B) is about 70 (or at least was before). Even if the whole engines are always in memory, there are still about 500MB unexplained. Maybe they are reserved in case something needs to be unpacked. It’s a weird case.
- Feb 25, 2017
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If you launch a scan, does it go up?
- Feb 25, 2017
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Yup, quite a bit when initializing the scan. After that it goes down again. But doesn't bother me anyway cause I only do a full system scan once installing a new AV. After that Real-time protection should take care of the rest.
- Jul 27, 2015
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Post/thread bookmarked and saved for future help reference. Thanks for the info/share.I give up...
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