Battle Which is the lightest antivirus/security suite you used in last 6 months?

[Spirit]

Which is the lightest antivirus/security suite you used in last 6 months?

You can vote to the product either you used only av or security suite like avast user can vote to avast "option" either he have avast free avast pro or avast IS.

You can mention it in your reply.

 

[bogdan]

OK, got it. Panda Cloud is indeed light and it should be, given the fact that it is a cloud solution. The Pro version probably is not as light as the free one because of the added behavioral analysis but that adds to detection of new malware as well. (Offtopic: Just noticed that their homepage doesn't work at this moment.)

So Panda Cloud + The built-in Windows Firewall (Windows Filtering Platform) made usable and more secure (with added outbound protection) by something like TinyWall could be the base of a light solution. Of course I would still use a non-admin (and TinyWall seems to work just fine without admin privileges) Windows account and a backup solution to feel safe.

 

[Deleted member 178]

I generally set PCAV + Win7 firewall/Tinywall on customers/friends machines, light and silent combo, they dont have to touch anything.

 

[tapoo]

what is PCAV??

is that means PC tools or Panda Cloud ???

 

[Plexx]

what is PCAV??

is that means PC tools or Panda Cloud ???

Panda Cloud Antivirus

Its free.

 

[tapoo]

^^ ok,

anyone using Roboscan Internet security Free???

i used it some 2 months ago, was quite OK......

 

[Plexx]

umbra has requested a review.

Text review on my to do list upon further messaging with him.

On a side note, does anyone know which AV uses nProtect engine?

 

[ranget]

webrooot for sure

dude the whole package is about 4 meg amazing antivirus

 

[Deleted member 178]

I agree WSA is very very light

 

[jamescv7]

For about several years I've used an AV for my Windows XP SP3. Avira was in my opinion to be the lightest but as the version updated it likely known to be a bit lag especially on booting times.

Repetition of the process even before does same too.

So next and current so far is Avast and it found to be fine and lightest as boot times were back to normal like feather.

 

[bogdan]

The AV-Comparatives Performance Test (June 2012) is out placing Webroot SecureAnywhere Complete 2012, avast! Internet Security 7.0 and ESET Smart Security 5.0 in the top 3 spots.

 

[bitbizket]

I've try Webroot SecureAnywhere for several months and on several occasions but it isn't the lightest.
Don’t get me wrong, cloud antivirus are light but definitely not the lightest.
To be honest i don't feel comfortable on relying WSA as a my only protection.
I've try a couple of combination using WSA as a companion antimalware but they all have some impact on my system overall performance.
The only combination that i found to be a good pair was having WSA and Malwarebytes Antimalware Pro together.
This combination increases the Prevention which WSA really is lacking off.
Raymond share the same finding as mine but this review is a little bit old but it's still worth as a cross reference.
http://www.raymond.cc/blog/cloud-antivirus-review-possible-replacement-for-traditional-signature-based-antivirus/

Worth checking out the latest Emsisoft Antimalware 6.6 too which i believed is underrated by many.
Probably the most improved antimalware of 2012.
They prefer to spend their limited resources on developtment than spending them on some tests.

Thanks

 

[bitbizket]

For the longest it was advertised on their homepage to work with your current AV. It even had a Antivirus compatible chart. I see that it has been removed from their homepage now. I guess they now feel confident enough to list it as a full AV. I see a lot of mixed answers on their forums about whether it should or should not be used with another AV.

Yeah that was back in its earliest days and I recall pbust saying they changed their mind. I guess that means you haven't visited their website in a long time?

The mixed answers you see on the forum could be from the few users that were doing this and recommending it to others. Such as nsm, who was causing alot of trouble there. Anyways, we tell them that we don't recommend it but its their choice of course.

That was like kinda 2 years ago when Panda Cloud was at version 1.0. It was a companion cloud antivirus according to their developer in their blog. I think Softpedia did an interview also back in 2010. As i remembered as of v1.10/1.20 users starts complaining about possibles conflicts.

Avira is my choice for the lightest and one of the few i like but it's ProActive have many issues. Wait for a new bb from them totally written from scratch.. coming soon.

The interface stills looks classic.. what's the average age of Avira's 50's, 60's? Even Unkle UK have a better taste, common guys kids loves some eye candy..

 

[Deleted member 178]

Worth checking out the latest Emsisoft Antimalware 6.6 too which i believed is underrated by many.
Probably the most improved antimalware of 2012.
They prefer to spend their limited resources on developtment than spending them on some tests.

EAM is my new "i-cant-live-without-it" security apps, it will be a very long time i'm using it and it is both almost perfect as a main AV than a companion one.
Its detection rate always reach 90+% in all tests i did on the malwares offered by our members in the "Malware Hubs (you can check my results there)

Many criticize its "surf protection" for its FPs, because they dont know how to use it, every time it block an url , a popup appears and ask you if you want allow it or not then create a rule , so you just need to refresh after. (seems hard to do for some people )

 

[Spirit]

EAM is my new "i-cant-live-without-it" security apps, it will be a very long time i'm using it and it is both almost perfect as a main AV than a companion one.
Its detection rate always reach 90+% in all tests i did on the malwares offered by our members in the "Malware Hubs (you can check my results there)

Many criticize its "surf protection" for its FPs, because they dont know how to use it, every time it block an url , a popup appears and ask you if you want allow it or not then create a rule , so you just need to refresh after. (seems hard to do for some people )

its detection is good but don't you think its heavy on machine,I have not checked emsisoft from quite long time but a year back it was heavy than kis

 

[Deleted member 178]

its detection is good but don't you think its heavy on machine,I have not checked emsisoft from quite long time but a year back it was heavy than kis

Actually less than 4mb on idle , running alongside CIS. I don't feel it heavy at all, they did a lot to improve its performance and scan speed (in case you feel it heavy , you have now a checkbox to resolve performance issue.)

 

[bitbizket]

Its detection rate always reach 90+% in all tests i did on the malwares offered by our members in the "Malware Hubs (you can check my results there)

Not only on your tests. Nearly most of the test conducted by utube videos testers too. I know they are amateurs but it also did well on AV-Comparative previous internal test, Virus Bulletin RAP test and a couple of other independent test too.

Many criticize its "surf protection" for its FPs, because they dont know how to use it, every time it block an url , a popup appears and ask you if you want allow it or not then create a rule , so you just need to refresh after. (seems hard to do for some people )

Probably because it blocks some porn sites and warez hosting urls.
Correct me if i'm wrong, EAM uses MVPS hosts which has issues with fps and now they change that to MalwareDomain lists which is similar to Malwarebytes's web protection module under the hood.

 

[bitbizket]

its detection is good but don't you think its heavy on machine,I have not checked emsisoft from quite long time but a year back it was heavy than kis

No not at all. My system is rated at 3.7 and most modern system nowdays has at least an average rate of 5.0 and above.

Back while at v.5.0 it's one of the most heaviest antimalware and false positives prone ever and my system came to a crawl when it was active.

I'm not really a fan then but they took a turn and listen to their users. People complains about it web protection, there's no email scans, and there's multiple performance and fps issues (though they took a long time to fix).

Recently many complains that while scanning it slows their machine and prevents from doing multitasking. The developer is aware of this and says it will be fix on upcoming v.7.0. I'm actually surprised with the recent 6.6 updates it's seems to be much better now.

The quick scan is very fast, it did under a minute on my machine faster than WSA did (remember WSA did not run a deep scans like it advertise many files are skip).

They work hard to improved with a limited budgets (they are not a large company) so i think it's worth supporting them. I'm not any kind related to Emsisoft but a normal user like anyone else. They deserved the credits in my opinion.

Umbra has a tweak settings somewhere for EAM if you need a guide.

@Umbra,
Do you know where the re-scan quarantine files switch after every definitions updates is?
I don't want this behavior since it uses some cpu resource on every update. I believed they have this switch on the older version, i'm not sure actually.

Thanks

 

[Ink]

No votes for AVG.

 

[Deleted member 178]

Correct me if i'm wrong, EAM uses MVPS hosts which has issues with fps and now they change that to MalwareDomain lists which is similar to Malwarebytes's web protection module under the hood.

check this : http://www.emsisoft.com/en/support/faq/?id=113

Umbra has a tweak settings somewhere for EAM if you need a guide.

check my sig -> config -> bottom of my post (it is to set EAM alongside CIS)

@Umbra,
Do you know where the re-scan quarantine files switch after every definitions updates is?
I don't want this behavior since it uses some cpu resource on every update. I believed they have this switch on the older version, i'm not sure actually.

i never asked myself this question, but i think that during a rescan, EAM restore the newly found FPs files. you dont have any tweak for this.

 

[bitbizket]

Correct me if i'm wrong, EAM uses MVPS hosts which has issues with fps and now they change that to MalwareDomain lists which is similar to Malwarebytes's web protection module under the hood.

check this : http://www.emsisoft.com/en/support/faq/?id=113

Sorry about that getting mixed up..:blush:
What i really mean was it was hpHosts and not MVPS.
MVPS hosts is the one i used for Hostsman and hardly any fps.

Thanks