In search of.....

lowest internet security suite resource/memory usage

Published on May 3, 2006 By sTonEbLuE In Personal Computing

I am interested to know which internet security suite program, through experience, uses the least amount of resources/memory usage.
Currently I use Trend Micro 2006 Internet Security suite.If you could, post numbers from the task manager.

Mine - approx.....85,700k total.

Thx....

Comments (Page 1)

ZubaZ

on May 03, 2006

What features are you using? I don't use a suite. I use seperate apps for viii, firewall, and spyware. I would want to report apples to apples.

Also, it depends if you updates are a priority. My app may update faster (more often) than yours. The other thing is my seperate apps may use more resources at specific times, like when I am doing an update or a scan opposed to just sitting there waiting for action.

sTonEbLuE

on May 03, 2006

What features are you using?

It includes the firewall, AV, antispyware. It updates everyday, sometimes twice.

I'm not talking about doing scans. Just after boot-up...total memory usage.

So what are your numbers and what are you using?

ZubaZ

on May 03, 2006

AVG: 30,836k
Zone alarm free: 3,724k
Windows Defender: 12,552k

Total: 47,139k

sTonEbLuE

on May 03, 2006

Thx Zubaz. I guess no one else gives a sh*&.

Don't know why I bother.

ZubaZ

on May 03, 2006

I care man . . . ain't that enough?

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seldomseen

on May 03, 2006

I dunno if I give a s___ or not

Ad-Watch: 11,296K
McVSEscn: 6688K
MpfAgent: 2188K
mcvsshld: 3196K
mcagent: 1868K
MpfService: 920K
McTskshld: 1316K
McShield: 19,372

OINK!!
Mcdetect: 4112
MpfTray: 5836K

Total: 56792

Using Trend Micro and Norton on laptop. Will get it later. Good comparison thread.

...still don't know if I give a *oops* or not...

PoSmedley

on May 03, 2006

avast
mail 3036
web 2084
disp 2972
serv 10032
upd 196
Spybot teatimer 11272
ZA 6684
Winpatrol 7040
SpywareBlaster 13916

TOTAL 57232

Jafo

on May 04, 2006

I guess no one else gives a sh*&.

Don't know why I bother.

Whether or not you 'bother' is entirely up to you, but as to people 'not giving a sh**' that's a bit judgemental. You may 'want' to know, but that doesn't necessarily follow that people will equally 'want' to sift through their processes and list them....just to appease your curiosity....

Jafo

on May 04, 2006

I have 62 processes listed as running....determining exactly which one does what and why so that an accurate indication is given would take more time than I feel warranted...

Keikonium

on May 04, 2006

Not everyone flocks to new topics either

.

Anyway, I run the following:

avgemc.exe = 6,900 K
avgupsvc.exe = 3,328 K
avgamsvc.exe = 7,180 K
avgcc.exe = 15,808 K
zlclient.exe = 5,732 K
-----------------------
Total = 38,948 K

I have no clue what half that avg stuff is... but it runs

. My computer isn't as secure as I'd like

sTonEbLuE

on May 04, 2006

that people will equally 'want' to sift through their processes and list them

I've seen people do more than that on here.

I have 62 processes listed as running....determining exactly which one does what and why so that an accurate indication is given would take more time than I feel warranted...

Knowing what's running and what exactly they are is important to me. It's not that hard to figure out....

sTonEbLuE

on May 04, 2006

By the way...thx to those of you who did respond. Your input is very appreciated....

Jafo

on May 04, 2006

OK...knock yourself out....6 of them are svchost.exe ...ranging from 5,500k to 42,700k.

Good luck on guessing what to which they relate...

Moderateman

on May 04, 2006

just a sidebar, some of us MIGHT want to respond but are to computer ILLITERITE to do so.

Andarus

on May 04, 2006

horray FOR random capitalisation!

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