light weight software champs

[Money Fist]

i would like to know to know the "good" low resource & essential software’s out there
like Firewalls & Antivirus
and it has to be from your personal experience guys

i will start this off
a good low multi protocol messenger is Miranda
and infranview is a pretty compact and fast image viewer

[Peerzy]

Daemon Tools - Very low memory usage for a program that cracks and bypasses copy protection on the fly.
Cool Beans System Info - Great little program for showing ram, cpu and bandwidth useage,

[peat moss]

I like programs you can run of a floppy , or cd with out installing. NSW is one I like . Norton Windocter and cleansweep come to mind.

[uNz[i]]

Sygate personal FW - I use and recommend version 5.5 build 2516. Later builds can throw annoying errors on system shutdown/reboot. On my system they do anyway.

avast! Home Edition AV - is the lightest on resources in my experience. Virus signatures are updated on a near daily basis and it's free.

[Money Fist]

i know its just a name
but is Tiny Personal Firewall compact & anygood?

[tesco]

ccleaner is pretty lightweight.
but very powerful.

[uNz[i]]

ccleaner is pretty lightweight.
but very powerful.
ccleaner can also be hazardous to your data. :ph34r:

http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/showthread.php?t=93144

[peat moss]

']ccleaner can also be hazardous to your data. :ph34r:

http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/showthread.php?t=93144



Ya hate to see some one loose data , but I use this program and installed on 5 other computers . Never had a problem ,and I never back up ! But he must have other issues (Linkin Park). I mean with just default settings you should be fine , he may have farted around with the settings . ;)

[Expire]

']Sygate personal FW - I use and recommend version 5.5 build 2516. Later builds can throw annoying errors on system shutdown/reboot. On my system they do anyway.

avast! Home Edition AV - is the lightest on resources in my experience. Virus signatures are updated on a near daily basis and it's free.

I posted about sygate fucking my P.C up, the reboots ect. I was well gutted when I had to change to another firewall. I might try an early build...see if thats any better.

A great AV for resourses is Norton AV lol...honest...

[peat moss]

I posted about sygate fucking my P.C up, the reboots ect. I was well gutted when I had to change to another firewall. I might try an early build...see if thats any better.

A great AV for resourses is Norton AV lol...honest...



Symantec AV corp . is not bad either . :)

[100%]

never had problems with ccleaner, not even the registry cleaner(its too basic) and totally fail to understand how it could have deleted his fonts & music unless he set it to delete those folders...which i doubt.

ontopic - skinny progs
portable firefox (for usbstick)
ccleaner
HijackThislog
tuneupxp
registry cleaner
restoration - undelete prog
killbox - deletes tutti
notepad2
picaview - context menu image viewer
neoshooter -screengrabber
ifranview - basic image editor & more
registry detective
mediaplayerclassic
netlimiter - musthave

[tesco]

Ya hate to see some one loose data , but I use this program and installed on 5 other computers . Never had a problem ,and I never back up ! But he must have other issues (Linkin Park). I mean with just default settings you should be fine , he may have farted around with the settings . ;)
ya i've never had any problems either.

[peat moss]

@15%, Actualy clad someone agrees ! If this program does fit under this threads topic , then don't know one that does . :)


You too Ross . :lol:

[skelley521]

i know its just a name
but is Tiny Personal Firewall compact & anygood?

They are the same ones that made M$ built in firewall.

-Dr. Web is a good anti-virus and low on resources.
-CyberScrub Privacy Suite
-RegSupreme Pro
-Pc Bug Doctor
-PowerArchiver
-Sygate Personal firewall pro---was a long time user of ZoneAlarm
-Protowall

Just to name a few....lol

[Money Fist]

A great AV for resourses is Norton AV lol...honest...
are u shitting me?
norton creates about 3 different processes (one of them is that live update crap)

i hear that symantec is alot cleaner
as in it dont install so much bollox
but i have never encountered a symantec installer before
its always been norton

[peat moss]

@skelley521, oh good long time users , are what I need .Sygate , eh ? Never had a problem but start up is so............ slow with Za , And I try many programs , so have to restart . Za is keelling me ! :D

[Money Fist]

i have also been a long time ZA user
but at times i have seen the ZA vector monitor process hog alot of CPU
dont know if it has been fixed in the latest versions
but hell it dont come under light weight any way

[numba1xclusive]

Symantec AV corp . is not bad either . :)

EWWWWW. Norton is the biggest resource hog ever. Omfg.
:blink:

[peat moss]

EWWWWW. Norton is the biggest resource hog ever. Omfg.
:blink:


No I said Symantec AV Corp . Have you tryed it ? :)


Don't care to get flamed , but don't give two shits either way. Symantec av corp . Is a lot better than the norton suite . But till ones try's how can one criticize . Were talking about a small foot print , low resources , and one of the best NO ? :)

[tesco]

No I said Symantec AV Corp . Have you tryed it ? :)
they both use wayyyyy more than others (nod32).

[Money Fist]

so who is the light AV champ
avast, nod or Symantec?

[peat moss]

they both use wayyyyy more than others (nod32).


Well your right Ross , but dam the torpedoes , fuck what are talking about an Anti virus for, unless its one of the best ,that uses less ? :P



Edit : Just whated to say unless I get a virus , I'll stick to what I have , Surely did not mean to critizise or judge anyones choice's . ;)

[zapjb]

Longtime user of Sygate. Now use Look 'n' Stop.

[Money Fist]

iv just decided
Avast is the champ of light AV
even the pro version (with tons of extra stuff) is light