Kaspersky slows Computer?

[redmon]

We have been thinking about offering Kaspersky anti virus. I have read a lot of recent reviews on amazon which talked about it slowing things down dramatically. Supposedly it is a known bug. Have you regulars who use it noticed any negative behavior?

 

[rsarceno]

I've never notice any slow down. The only issue I've experience is it conflicts with Google Drive.

 

[16k_zx81]

We have been thinking about offering Kaspersky anti virus. I have read a lot of recent reviews on amazon which talked about it slowing things down dramatically. Supposedly it is a known bug. Have you regulars who use it noticed any negative behavior?

No big deal noted on capable machines. Have seen more effector weak CPU and low ram.I don't recommend it for old or low end hardware.

 

[MotzTech]

No big deal noted on capable machines. Have seen more effector weak CPU and low ram.I don't recommend it for old or low end hardware.

^This. I have seen it run great on gaming rigs or new machines. It can really bog down older/slower hardware though.

 

[AndyM]

No big deal noted on capable machines. Have seen more effector weak CPU and low ram.I don't recommend it for old or low end hardware.

Ditto. This is the same for ANY anti virus though, not just Kaspersky. If it really does make a notable difference, then it's time to upgrade the machine that it's sitting on.

Andy

 

[Paul Rodgers]

This is why I hate keeping outdated hardware running. You have to make compromises on speed in order to do things right and compromising isn't doing things right.

 

[Xander]

I always tell people there is a trade-off between speed and security. I tell them I can give them a lightning fast machine but it will be a sitting duck on the web, or that I can give them a machine so well locked down that it will be virtually invulnerable...and virtually impossible to use comfortably. It's about finding the balance.

Same as others - KAV is no problem on newer, capable machines.

 

[RedFoxComp]

Kaspersky is one of the best for performance. It slows down a system less than MSSE does.

http://www.av-comparatives.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/avc_per_201311_en.pdf

 

[HFultzjr]

Same as other said. On a "newer" machine with decent specs, no issues.....well almost.

I had one customer with Vista.....decent processor, 4 gb ram, etc. etc, but wouldn't run Kaspersky without a SIGNIFICANT slow down. Seems on this machine and this machine only, Kaspersky would constantly be pounding the processor and ram. Re-installed newer version of K. (2012-1013), checked for other issues, however same thing! Finally gave up, put on Eset and it ran fine.

I've put on other similar machines with no issues.

??????? one of life's mysteries, I guess.

Kaspersky and Eset are my go to anti-virus for paid options.

Once tried on a P4 with Win XP, 1 GB ram, 2 point something processor (Celeron, I believe)..............real dog SLOOOOOOW!

 

[frederick]

Ive had issues with kaspersky and google drive as well.

Usually performance slumps on bare minimum spec for os machines and older computers

 

[Cybertech]

We have been thinking about offering Kaspersky anti virus. I have read a lot of recent reviews on amazon which talked about it slowing things down dramatically. Supposedly it is a known bug. Have you regulars who use it noticed any negative behavior?

We installed Kaspersky Small Office Security for our customer. 10PCs 1Server. This was one year ago. Everything went well until 4 months ago. There was a program update. Half of the machines slowed down. 2 machines even took 20 minutes to boot. Once we removed Kaspersky everything worked great. We just changed to G-data and are very pleased so far.

 

[MobileTechie]

Any application will have variable effects on differing systems. KAV is no different. Most of the time it will be fine. Every so often there will be a machine with a certain setup, with certain other apps installed etc, that doesn't sit well with it.

 

[NYJimbo]

All A/Vs will slow a machine down. KAV, AVG, ESET, MSSE, McAfee, NAV, what doesn't slow it down ?

MSSE will eat the hard drive after installing even if you tell it not to scan after installing. NAV and McAffee will do some kind of scan even if you disable everything.

 

[redmon]

We have been using norton on older hardware with out any noticeable slowdown(maybe because it's not protecting). Bases on the consensus here, Kaspersky seems to have better protection. We may keep installing norton on order machines and maybe install Kaspersky on faster ones.

 

[rsarceno]

We have been using norton on older hardware with out any noticeable slowdown(maybe because it's not protecting). Bases on the consensus here, Kaspersky seems to have better protection. We may keep installing norton on order machines and maybe install Kaspersky on faster ones.

Redmon, I do the opposite. On slower machines, I replace Norton with Kaspersky to speed up the computer. On faster machine, I only recommend Kaspersky if Norton is about to expire.

 

[16k_zx81]

Just on this subject of 'load', I did some reading recently and WEBROOT stuck its head up as having some distinctively low system load characteristics. There is some stuff on AV comparatives, and also general info around on google about it. Quite distinctive software in this regard. I tested it on my machine and the low RAM footprint was exactly as described in the articles. Quite impressive actually

 

[TechPJC]

I've noticed slow-downs on old rings...
Same with Bitdefender though...

 

[ahiser]

Agreed. Older machines or lower spec machines will have trouble with the majority of antivirus programs. There are times where I have seen Kaspersky or Norton being corrupted and causing extreme slow downs on the PC. The fix was to re-install and the computer was quick again.

 

[Krynn72]

The only significant slow down we reliably see is from Norton 360. Most others seem fine on hardware from the last 8 years or newer. At least, our (residential) customers never really mention anything and we don't notice it in shop.

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

Kaspersky is one of the best for performance. It slows down a system less than MSSE does.

http://www.av-comparatives.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/avc_per_201311_en.pdf

Depends on what's being measured. My wifes brand new computer with an i5 and 6 gigs, she got sick of KAZ after 2 weeks and uninstalled it, and put MSE back on..and it ran like a raped ape. It was her web browsing and having many tabs open...which KAZ was draggin on. I don't recall AV-C testing web browsing response with many tabs open.