Resource hungry?

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Been using AVG Free for years now, never had an issue.
They just upgraded to version 9 and it is a pig to install, with all sorts of error messages and secondary program files needed, so time for a change. It also tried to take up a big chunk of disk space.
All the reviews of Avast say it’s good, small, fast…

Now I have the Avast home software running, it has eaten 98MB of disk. 46MB is taken up by a ‘setup’ folder which can’t be deleted.

Have I done something wrong in the install, or is this really the small, lean program everyone else praises?

Only 17Mb bigger than the bloated AVG stuff…

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Honestly, nobody really cares these days how much the program takes on disk - the focus is more on memory and CPU usage.
So yes, 100MB sounds reasonable.

avast! 5 will take even more space - so that it can take less memory and use less CPU.

3

You could always try Comodo Internet Security that takes up only 70mb of disk space read about it here http://www.comodo.com/home/internet-security/free-internet-security.php

4

I won’t recommend CIS because it is a memory hog.

5

It fairs as well if not better then avast in memory use, when scanning it can take a fair bit then it drops after.

6

welcome to the forums, clogman. :slight_smile:

How did you uninstall AVG ?