NOD 32 for older PCs

[Maxine32]

Hi,

I am new to this forum, so if this topic has already been well covered, I apologize.

I'm in the process of recovering an old Dell Dimension XPS 450.  It has the following profile: 440 MHz Pentium II,
384 mg of RAM (max), 12 gig hard drive (I can upgrade this), MS XP w/sp3.  I am interested in understanding whether NOD 32 is an appropriate AV product for this platform, and what the proformance implications might be running this product in background.  Also, would a prior version of the product be "lighter" and therefore offer better proformance.  If so, what might the security risks be.

Any comments would be welcome, and thanks for the help.

maxine32

[CraigB]

Wouldn't you be better asking that question on the Nod 32/Eset forum since that is the AV you are enquiring about

[bob3160]

Welcome but, this is the Avast Support forum.

[bob3160]

See if the following gets you the help you're looking for:
http://go.eset.com/us/support/contact/

[Maxine32]

Hi Bob,

Thanks for your reply. Priorbto subscribing to the forum, I did contact support.  There response was to provide a download copy on the NOD 32 manual.  I read the manual did not include any reference to minimum system requirements much less addressing my particular concerns.

At this point I think my only option is to down load trial version of the current release an empirically determine if it's acceptable.  This doesn't, however, address the more interesting question as to whether an older perhaps "lighter" version might be more appropriate.

In any case, thanks for help with my question.

[CraigB]

Pretty easy to find if you check the downloads page for system requirements, to be honest I think your system would be hard pushed running anything without an upgrade to the amount of installed ram and by the time you did that plus upgraded the hard drive you mentioned then that would more than likely cost more than the system is worth.

System requirements
• Processor Architecture:
  32-bit x86 or 64-bit x64, Intel®
• Operating Systems:
  OS X 10.8.x (Mountain Lion),
  Mac OS X 10.7.x (Lion),
  Mac OS X 10.6.x (Snow Leopard)
• Memory: 300MB
• Disk-Space (Installation): 150 MB

[Pondus]

you may try Panda cloud free....very light. need 64mb ram

http://www.cloudantivirus.com/en/forHome/

[Maxine32]

Thanks Craigb and Pondus,

I concur that RAM is going to be a problem, but according to Dell, maximum RAM for this machine is 384m.  Memory is cheap but I've already max'ed it out (unless what Dell is telling me is incorrect).  Have spare drives if need be, but don't want to install (with all the installation headaches) if RAM is going to be the show stopper.

Pondus thanks for cloud reference/link.

Again, thanks for your insights and help

Maxine32

[CraigB]

you may try Panda cloud free....very light. need 64mb ram

http://www.cloudantivirus.com/en/forHome/

I'v tried Panda on my mothers old XP system she uses for playing games and it became a slug

What does run very nice and light for her though since the spec's aren't to different from the OP's is Bitdefender Antivirus free http://www.bitdefender.com/solutions/free.html it's got absolutely no configurability whatsoever but it is what it say's and that's "light".

[Pondus]

unless there is something new since i tried it, think it was Bitdefender 10..it does not have realtime protection?


think it was this one.   http://filehippo.com/download_bitdefender/

[bob3160]

Microsoft Security Essentials is another alternative.
You'll find the requirements at:
http://www.microsoft.com/mk-mk/security_essentials/SystemRequirements.aspx

[Pondus]

Microsoft Security Essentials is another alternative.
You'll find the requirements at:
http://www.microsoft.com/mk-mk/security_essentials/SystemRequirements.aspx

256mb ram....

[CraigB]

unless there is something new since i tried it, think it was Bitdefender 10..it does not have realtime protection?


think it was this one.   http://filehippo.com/download_bitdefender/

Totally different Pondus, the one I mentioned is realtime with local and cloud database and free forever but you have to register/create a Bitdefender account