Thread: Resource consumption

Now comes the acid test--resource consumption. In this, we checked the memory and CP utilization, and compared it against its own previous release, and 2008 releases of Trend Micro and McAfee. The latest version of Norton outperformed all, as can be seen from the graphs. It consumed the least amount of RAM and CPU power during a scan. This result would be appreciated by most anti-virus users because just about everyone today is suffering from the system hogging nature of security suites. We tested RAM consumption using a utility called FreeRAM XP Pro. Just as we were going to press. McAfee also released its 2009 suite of products. so we didn't have time to compare its resource consumption here. We hope to bring you its review in the coming issue along with a comparison.