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Best Firewall/AV for X201s ?
Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 10:58 am
by Medicopter
Which firewall and AV do you guys use on your new X201s?
Re: Best Firewall/AV for X201s ?
Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 12:40 pm
by Investinwaffles
Nod32
Re: Best Firewall/AV for X201s ?
Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 2:20 pm
by ansible212
I have only used the M$ firewall since I had my X200s (previously used PCTools free firewall). Was using Avast for anti virus, but have recently switched to Microsoft Security Essentials (seems a bit slow when doing a quick or full scan, but no problems with real time scanning).
Re: Best Firewall/AV for X201s ?
Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 2:38 pm
by kay.one
ansible212 wrote:I have only used the M$ firewall since I had my X200s (previously used PCTools free firewall). Was using Avast for anti virus, but have recently switched to Microsoft Security Essentials (seems a bit slow when doing a quick or full scan, but no problems with real time scanning).
I did a test few days ago, on a different machine, but results should still be similar, C2D T6570, SSD, 3GB, Windows 7 Pro.
During boot, till cpu became idle CPU Time for MSE was just over 2 minutes. for AVG it was just over 30 seconds. I replaced MSE with avg and my laptop seems to be running cooler.
Another app that is horrible for a notebook is Live Mesh. it was moronic how much CPU it used even while everything was synced. moved to Dropbox with Symbolic links and haven't looked back.