antivirus for low mem computer

brokencomputer · 06-23-2008, 06:16 PM

which antivirus program uses the least mem
AV programs really slows down my computer

my computer has 256mb ram

btw are there any low mem firewalls

**Cellus** · 06-23-2008, 10:45 PM

ESET's NOD32 pretty much hands-down is one of the most effective AV products on the market which uses next to no system resources (only uses ~20MB of memory).

As for a low resource Personal Firewall, something like ZoneAlarm's free version of its firewall is fairly small in resource usage compared to other firewalls.

brokencomputer · 06-25-2008, 04:47 PM

i'll stick with eset nod32 for AV, but for a firewall, is there any alternative to Zonealarm? I've used Zonealarm and i don't really like it

btw do firewalls slowdown internet connections?

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brokencomputer Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 79 OS: nothing My System	Re: antivirus for low mem computer i'll stick with eset nod32 for AV, but for a firewall, is there any alternative to Zonealarm? I've used Zonealarm and i don't really like it btw do firewalls slowdown internet connections? __________________ ... Last edited by brokencomputer; 06-25-2008 at 04:53 PM.