Antivirus

Indonesia
February 28, 2010 2:52am CST
I have old computer pentium III 550 MHz and 256mb memory. what antivirus is correct for that specification of that computer?? please give me an advice
11 responses
user_786
@user_786 (1338)
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2 Mar 10
you can try Avira antivirus program, this is fast and good. it will be suitable to your computer specification. comodo, norton are also good but they reuqire lot memeory, installing them will slowdown your computer
nabilkud
@nabilkud (9)
• Indonesia
2 Mar 10
what about AVG??
ryanhac
@ryanhac (58)
• India
28 Feb 10
I think the antivirus optimum for your computer specification is AVG Antivirus.It is not as heavy Norton or any other Antivirus applications.It is a light application and should perform well in your computer.The performance of AVG is also formidable
topffer
@topffer (42156)
• France
28 Feb 10
AVG is fast because it works mainly in RAM. I found some stats for an old version 8.0.138 : RAM used during idle 38244K / during scanning 88244K. For a computer with 256Mo RAM, it's not a good choice.
m1kong
@m1kong (70)
• Philippines
2 Mar 10
try avira I use it with my mom's computer with p3 and its works great or you can also try ESET
topffer
@topffer (42156)
• France
28 Feb 10
The lightest for memory usage (as it is a real problem on your computer) is PC Tools Antivirus Free Edition. It uses around 6Mo RAM during idle and 30 Mo when scanning. Kaspersky and Norton are around 6Mo idle/50Mo scanning : you can also use them in this computer.
nabilkud
@nabilkud (9)
• Indonesia
2 Mar 10
ohh, ok. I prefer to choose pc tools antivirus than kaspersky and norton. Thank for your advice
lendmhe
@lendmhe (372)
• Philippines
2 Mar 10
You can try also Avira AntiVir, it's free. That's what I am using too for 1 year. I found it good.
dminorkid
@dminorkid (76)
• United States
2 Mar 10
If you dont want to spend money I would say AVAST but if you dont care to spend money why not go big with norton's but AVAST is pretty good to use.
bucklord
@bucklord (349)
• United States
1 Mar 10
AVG and Avast both have free versions that should work fine. Comodo also has a free antivirus program that should work fine as well.
GWAMBO
@GWAMBO (22)
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28 Feb 10
You shouldn't really need antivirus if you don't stray onto any bad websites. I've got AVG free but it's never got anything and I download as well so that's quite surprising. If you're safe, your computer will be too.
Peaches and Herbs
@lipstick2009 (1236)
• Philippines
28 Feb 10
I use AVG or Avast. They are both good and you can download either of them for free.AVG is a combination of anti virus and anti spyware while Avast is anti virus only so you will still need to download an anti spyware software.I use spybot for my anti spyware scan needs.
ghieptc
@ghieptc (2522)
• Philippines
28 Feb 10
I think norton corporate edition is good to your PIII because you can download the updated version & easily not big to the memory of your computer.Other antivirus are AVG, AVAST.
darksipu8
@darksipu8 (26)
• Romania
28 Feb 10
If you want a free antivirus, that can help your compter against viruses, you should try Avast or nortron. I personally use Kaspersky that is very good, And also a good one is ESET Smart Security.