Antivirus benchmarks 2013

I found that earlier today also. Nice test website! Note that the test system is running Windows 7, with all other defenses disabled, and disconnected from the internet by necessity, to level the playing field , so YMMV.

What impressed me most was how competitive most of these products are in minimising performance hits: Safari browser launch: slowed by only.

Similarly, loading a website using IE was only delayed by less than one second on average by all products the graph is a bit misleading, since it presents the cumulative excess load times for 50 websites. Boot times are prolonged from between seconds for most; hardly a deal-breaker. I can confirm I noticed no significant difference in boot times, as judged crudely by my stopwatch, whether or not my AV loaded at startup. To be sure, there are some differences with certain tasks.

I would probably avoid any obvious out-lier that finished dead last in certain categories. But there is no obvious winner of the "lightest" AV here. There was a time not long ago when I would have recommended against certain products due to bloat. Given these results, to be honest, I would now pick my AV with much more weight given to to other criteria. Windows 10 Pro Bit : Malwarebytes 4.

Since effectiveness in not included - why care! The simple answer is that historically, we have seen examples of AV programs and suites that have significantly slowed down operating systems. Probably there were others I'm not familiar with. Claims since then, that various AV products or suites were bloat-ware or resource hogs have abounded, with precious little other than personal testimonials to support these claims. There is no question that AV programs and suites have the potential to slow down one's system and tasks.

It is only in the last year or two that we have seen websites dedicated to measuring this effect. Clearly prevention of infection is job 1. This thread and topic do not address this issue. I don't think you can so easily dismiss the impact of security programs on system performance, as your post would suggest.

Since most products meet various certification standards For many, price may then be a determining But aside from price, we now have a site that allows us to benchmark many of the "comparably effective" products in terms of feeling their presence on one's system As all of you regulars are, painfully, aware I am a Novice with a capital N.

Thanks to all the great advice I have gotten and by trying to use my head while surfing the net - I have not had a single problem since I removed McAfee. Short of ignoring WOT and the rest can I put this thing to the test?

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