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Which antivirus is good For gaming? I dont want any latency lags.

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darkmwar   11-15-2009 at 08:16:48 AM

Which antivirus is good For gaming? I dont want any latency lags.

I have tryed many antivirus programs, ,McA Fee, norton, Eset security suite, eset antivirus. They all make my Steam game latency / Ping spikes. i normally get 20-50 pings, however when i have those antiviruse installed, my game starts to lag maybe every 30 secs.

Which antivirus is the best for gamers?

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ulysses35   11-15-2009 at 10:41:02 AM

Norton now do a stripped out version for gaming systems. However one of the better AV programs for not being a resource hog is Avast... and its free

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daviduk109   11-15-2009 at 01:51:54 PM

I thought multi-core processors were supposed to offset all of that. I use a q6600 and never experience any problems while running anti-virus software while gaming.

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alexj022   11-15-2009 at 01:58:10 PM

Try BitDefender.

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gulighs1   11-16-2009 at 01:05:15 AM

ive used zone alarm norton and macafee all gives some hindrance too games.

try kaspersky , i done even know its there anymore, and thats on my single core pc.

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pinoynobello   11-16-2009 at 09:45:24 AM

Good question i was wondrin this also. I just installed kaspersky on my girlfriend laptop tonite and it doesnt seem too bad. It already had another anti virus geek squad put on there that had a button to turn on and off "gaming" i belive it was webroot.

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ToreTrygg   11-16-2009 at 10:47:12 AM

I'm using eset nod32, and have no lags with it.

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das_stig   11-16-2009 at 06:00:40 PM

Nod32 and AVG Internet Security, very low resources while in monitoring mode.

AVG also has a gaming mode option.

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alexj022   11-16-2009 at 06:10:52 PM

NOD is good.I am using it.

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tinmann   11-16-2009 at 08:39:09 PM

I'm using Norton 2009 with no problems on a Q9300.

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JofaMang   11-16-2009 at 08:40:44 PM

I've used AVG for years, and have never had it cause any problems for online gaming.

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regi23   11-16-2009 at 08:44:43 PM

I recommand Bit Defender, it also come with a game mode

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OvrClkr   11-16-2009 at 11:54:48 PM

I use AVG and have 0 problems, of course when I play I make sure the AV software is not running (exit out on taskbar). I only activate the AV when I surf the web....

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chef7734   11-17-2009 at 02:26:07 AM

Nod 32 is a great av and security program that does not take up much resources.

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