G Data Internet Security - memory usage

[Neno]

That is a 'interesting' ram usage for G DATA. Nearing some of my VM's

 

[Kongo]

That is a 'interesting' ram usage for G DATA. Nearing some of my VM's

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Should go down after a day or two. Had a similar usage.

 

[upnorth]

Should go down after a day or two. Had a similar usage.

Did reboot help?

 

[Kongo]

Did reboot help?

Nope... I guess G-Data does some background scanning or hashing once installed on a new system. But that's just a guess.

 

[TuxTalk]

That is a 'interesting' ram usage for G DATA. Nearing some of my VM's

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This is normal with G DATA the more memory installed the more memory G DATA uses.

 

[Neno]

This is normal with G DATA the more memory installed the more memory G DATA uses.

Yes, I did guess as much (I do have 80GB-Ram), still quite the amount.

 

[Kongo]

Yes, I did guess as much (I do have 80GB-Ram), still quite the amount.

Are you working for NASA or what do you need 80 GB for?

 

[Neno]

VM's tend to eat RAM a lot.

 

[Trooper]

This is normal for GData.

 

[blueblackwow65]

What junk

 

[Kongo]

What junk

Thanks for your valuable input

 

[blueblackwow65]

It's true ,no good av should have these readings

 

[Kongo]

It's true ,no good av should have these readings

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.

 

[Trident]

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.

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.

 

[blueblackwow65]

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

 

[Trident]

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

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.

 

[Kongo]

I give up...

 

[Trident]

I give up...

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If you launch a scan, does it go up?

 

[Kongo]

If you launch a scan, does it go up?

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.

 

[upnorth]

I give up...

Post/thread bookmarked and saved for future help reference. Thanks for the info/share.