# is there AV software thats not a hog? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [April 4, 2008, 7:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-there-av-software-thats-not-a-hog/46196 "2008-04-04T07:32:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 7:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-there-av-software-thats-not-a-hog/46196/1 "2008-04-04T07:32:07Z")
i was running norton corp, but i would like to find something a little “lighter” ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 7:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-there-av-software-thats-not-a-hog/46196/2 "2008-04-04T07:33:29Z")
AVG Free. [http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/us/frt/0?prd=aff](http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/us/frt/0?prd=aff) ---
**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 7:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-there-av-software-thats-not-a-hog/46196/3 "2008-04-04T07:35:29Z")
spanks ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 7:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-there-av-software-thats-not-a-hog/46196/4 "2008-04-04T07:43:25Z")
norton corp is a beast. we had to install symantec corporate to get on the canisius network, i felt like i’d been computerjacked ---
**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 7:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-there-av-software-thats-not-a-hog/46196/5 "2008-04-04T07:47:34Z")
yeah, it is really bloated. i just installed AVG, and it isn’t eating anywhere near the resources norton did. ---
**Author:** ![Adictd2b00st](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/adictd2b00st/32/7625_2.png) [@Adictd2b00st](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Adictd2b00st)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 7:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-there-av-software-thats-not-a-hog/46196/6 "2008-04-04T07:56:30Z")
yep AVG :tup: ---
**Author:** ![9c1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/9c1/32/7392_2.png) [@9c1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9c1)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 7:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-there-av-software-thats-not-a-hog/46196/7 "2008-04-04T07:58:14Z")
I’m running Symantec Endpoint Security (which is really norton corp v.11). It’s MUCH less off a hog than previous versions. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 8:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-there-av-software-thats-not-a-hog/46196/8 "2008-04-04T08:01:11Z")
I’ve been using AVG for about 3 years now with no issues. It’s caught plenty of email virii and several malicious scripts while searching for cracks. It’s update is pretty resource intensive and they update pretty much daily so your first login of the day might be a little slower. But even then it’s only about 30 seconds or so to update. It’s using 360k of memory just sitting here, compared to 70meg for rtvscan.exe, norton’s real time engine. ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 8:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-there-av-software-thats-not-a-hog/46196/9 "2008-04-04T08:55:23Z")
> [@Joe](#): > > norton corp is a beast. we had to install symantec corporate to get on the canisius network, i felt like i’d been computerjacked thats the realtime scan that they run that makes it bloated… shut that shit down! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 9:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-there-av-software-thats-not-a-hog/46196/10 "2008-04-04T09:03:23Z")
NOD32 \> \* ---
**Author:** ![Rsnake91](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rsnake91/32/4996_2.png) [@Rsnake91](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Rsnake91)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 9:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-there-av-software-thats-not-a-hog/46196/11 "2008-04-04T09:21:02Z")
avg is amazing, i love it. and its free, you cant beat that. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 1:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-there-av-software-thats-not-a-hog/46196/12 "2008-04-04T13:25:14Z")
I used to use AVG religiously, but it’s gotten a bit bloated over the past year or two (compared to how it ran before). I also noticed that I got A TON of false positives with AVG. Seriously, try NOD32 and I guarantee that you will never go back to AVG. It’s super lightweight, non intrusive and is also very powerful. edit: downside is that you have to buy NOD32… but coming from someone who doesn’t “buy” a whole lot of software, it’s worth every penny ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 1:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-there-av-software-thats-not-a-hog/46196/13 "2008-04-04T13:30:11Z")
why are the new versions of every damn program so bloated? you practically need a gig of ram to use the basics these days ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 1:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-there-av-software-thats-not-a-hog/46196/14 "2008-04-04T13:31:47Z")
^ I hear ya man. I don’t understand it myself ---
**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 1:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-there-av-software-thats-not-a-hog/46196/15 "2008-04-04T13:33:02Z")
e-trust is not too bad, thats what we use at work… uses pretty much zero CPU and 4mb ram. downside is its not free like AVG, AVG is good. ---
**Author:** ![Vendetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/4491bb/32.png) [@Vendetta](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vendetta)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 3:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-there-av-software-thats-not-a-hog/46196/16 "2008-04-04T15:00:41Z")
> [@Adictd2b00st](#): > > yep AVG :tup: send him a canned email :lol: ---
**Author:** ![Bigairskier1580](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bigairskier1580/32/7612_2.png) [@Bigairskier1580](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bigairskier1580)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 8:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-there-av-software-thats-not-a-hog/46196/17 "2008-05-20T20:36:32Z")
Just dumped Norton and downloaded AVG, and it is already much better than Norton. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Russian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/the_russian/32/7414_2.png) [@The\_Russian](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The_Russian)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 8:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-there-av-software-thats-not-a-hog/46196/18 "2008-05-20T20:38:02Z")
Nortons a pile of shit ---
**Author:** ![Violator](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/violator/32/7278_2.png) [@Violator](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Violator)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 8:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-there-av-software-thats-not-a-hog/46196/19 "2008-05-20T20:58:55Z")
AVG fucked with my cracks every time I tried to install one. Now I use Avast! very clean and simple ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 4:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-there-av-software-thats-not-a-hog/46196/20 "2008-05-21T04:35:24Z")
I’m still saying to give NOD32 a shot. It’s been rock solid and is currently eating just 1,464K of memory (shit, coretemp uses 2,008K and it just monitors cpu temps) there is no free version though except for a 30 day trial, but it’s well worth the $$$ [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-there-av-software-thats-not-a-hog/46196.md?page=2)