Regarding Antivirus Issue

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Installing any type of Antivirus ......slows down system???????True or False.... Is true......why so????

[cool_techie_tvm]

True, but only to an extend.

Most anti virus programs use virus signature scanning to detect viruses on your computer. This means that the anti virus program has a list of known virus signatures in it's database, and checks this database each time your PC opens or access any file. Because it can take a few milliseconds to screen every file through a list of many thousands of virus signatures, it is common for an anti virus program to make your computer run a little slower after installation. One measure the effectiveness of an anti virus program is how much it does, or does not slow down a computer after installation.

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Heard a lot that Mcafee & Norton Antivirus makes a system very slow than compaire to any other Antivirus

[cool_techie_tvm]

Yes, its true. But the more RAM u have, the less sluggish it will be.

[Cool G5]

True.All antivirus products scan every file u open,copy etc in the background,so there is a little lag in opening of the app.Norton earlier versions were very heavy & used to slow down the system considerably.Newer versions are better.If you find ur sys a bit slow,then you can set the background av agent to low priority,so it won't have a hit on performance.

[ravi_9793]

Try Avast if U want free.Else NOD32 is best small antivirus. They eat very small system resource.

And dear...not only antivirus, but installing any software will eat little system resource.

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hm.........thanks a lot guys

[New]

If you want free go to Avira(detection rate is close to Kaspersky) else Kaspersky is the good solution...

[satyamy]

Originally Posted by smile

Installing any type of Antivirus ......slows down system???????True or False.... Is true......why so????

if you have a Slow system than go for NOD

[Tech_Wiz]

I wont reccommend a Norton on any system. That AV is total ****.