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Panda is a very basic AV with almost no feature at all. So it's no surprise that it is light. I tested it a few days ago and I can confirm that it's one of the lightest AV available but not so good at protection.Panda lighter than ESET ????
The last time I tried it felt heavier than EIS despite having almost no features aside from signature/cloud AV.
Most people find Panda to very light, but there are rare exceptions. It is one of the lightest antiviruses I've ever used and is even very light on low-end systems. It's one of the few antiviruses that I know is going to be very light on just about any system I install it on. Having said that, it's a product I avoid these days because there are much better alternatives.
Adding extra features not related to protection, generally has zero impact on system performance. As an example, I use 360 Total Security, which despite being bloated in terms of features, is one of the lightest antiviruses there is. Also, the system impact will vary between different antiviruses using the same engine.
in my real daily use panda and eset have always been heavier than trend micro which I use on my laptop. if an application opens a few tenths of a second later you don't notice it. false positives are lower and web protection is much more efficient and faster. I keep finding kaspersky a step above the others but being incompatible with business applications the only one that satisfied me as a whole was trend micro. you don't realize you have it but when you need it it's always ready.Panda lighter than ESET ????
