Battle Is VIPRE Antivirus the lightest antivirus?

[ifacedown]

Hello,

As you know, VIPRE is one of those AV Products that claims to not cause any slowdown on your computer. ESET, Baidu and Webroot are popular to be light AVs.

How would VIPRE measure up with those products, in terms of:

1. boot time/shutdown
2. file copying/moving
3. web browsing
4. scanning
5. everyday computing

Thanks.

 

[software182]

I never try VIPRE, but ESET is soo damn good i think

 

[ifacedown]

Yup, ESET is really light... but Webroot is still a lot lighter than ESET.

 

[barti]

I think Panda Cloud Antivirus is lighter.

 

[Infrared]

When i test VIPRE it takes forever to update the database i don't know why but it does, that being said i have to agree that panda is on the lighter side but you also have Bitdefender free which is also light.

 

[Exterminator]

I would give the edge to Webroot although I use have used ESET for a very long time and has never caused any slowdowns.This is subjective however because depending on your PC's hardware configuration and running programs any light program can be heavy on your system

 

[indra11tng]

I Think Eset. Eset popular in indonesia

 

[illumination]

I would have to agree with exterminator, that webroot has a slight edge on lightness over Eset, and it would greatly depend on your system and other software.

 

[ifacedown]

I would have to agree with exterminator, that webroot has a slight edge on lightness over Eset, and it would greatly depend on your system and other software.

Would have to agree on that. But I prefer ESET in terms of detection.

Webroot maybe is the lightest of all.

I can't run ESET properly on Windows 8.1 Update 1

 

[Ink]

@ifacedown What are your system specs? Results will vary on different systems. For the most accurate outcomes you need to test this for yourself.

 

[ifacedown]

@ifacedown What are your system specs? Results will vary on different systems. For the most accurate outcomes you need to test this for yourself.

Netbook

Intel ATOM N455
2GB DDr3 Memory

Windows 8.1 Pro 9600.17025

 

[WalterWolf]

You can add Avast there,it's very light.

 

[Oxygen]

I'm not sure.... I use comodo but i think ESET would be the best overall.

 

[Petrovic]

Webroot is the lightest of all.
AV should work 745kb install file and all the work done in the Cloud and 3 to 6MB of RAM usage

 

[zeusc4]

on my PC, comodo use 12mb to 22mb RAM for 4 processes (2system, 2 user) it's little RAM for me

i think it's webroot, but cloud AV needs INTERNET

 

[Dark Knight]

To be honest I cannot really say if Vipre is lighter or not, the last time I used it was on Windows 7 when it first came out and it's performance then was superb.
Being on Windows 8.1 now, I have tried a lot of different AV's paid and free, the only one I have come across that is light on resources is Webroot Secure Anywhere.

 

[Petrovic]

i think it's webroot, but cloud AV needs INTERNET

comodo updated from the air?
The question was:
Which is the lightest?
-Webroot is the lightest of all.

 

[nastavnikhe]

Webroot is very light but F Secure is also light enough

 

[toffee]

I am using Webroot SecureAnywhere Complete, I can suggest using Webroot.

 

[Countryboy_MN]

My question would be of the three products listed which one offers the best protection?