How reliable is this data? It appears that Avast is the best for gamers.
http://www.geckoandfly.com/8450/top-5-lightest-antivirus-on-memory-during-idle-and-scanning/
seems like and add to me…
and the programs listed at top like Norton 2011 … and lower all programs are listed as 2015 versions
you find tests for this at http://www.av-comparatives.org and http://www.av-test.org/en/home/
How much memory is used depends on the system, what is running, settings and other things.
That blog doesn’t tell a single useful thing at all.
How did they test it?
Did they install all av’s at the same time or on the same system each separate after a clean install of windows?
etc. etc.
avast does have “silent mode” so there will be no notifications if you are playing a game.