New CounterSpyV.2 memory use in Security http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r18998979 en Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:57:20 EDT Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:57:20 EDT Re: New CounterSpyV.2 memory use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19006947 tmaertin : counterspy slowed my system down as well (also 1 gig RAM)- same type of issues you are having oleg.

i found SAS Pro's realtime protections quite unobtrusive. If you want free, Spyware Terminator 2.0 wasnt bad either.

I tested a whole slew of AS's before deciding on SAS Pro.
Spysweeper, Counterspy, Spyware Doctor and PrevX antimalware all slowed down my system noticeably.

i say test em all, and whatever works for you, go with it.
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said by tempnexus See Profile :

True but I all ready have my suite and I just want a good on demand scanner.
I use NOd32 and BoClean the rest I run on demand (i.e. SuperAntispyware, Spybot, Outpost Anti-spyware and Spycop).
So I honestly don't want another process running in the background I just want an ON-demand scanner.
I am sick and tired training software and I would not want another gazillion pop-ups asking me if I want to do this and that. I allready have enough. :)
Well, in that case, I think you are more than covered, and certainly you would not want another intruding software.
Just one question, why don´t you use as residents your Superantyspyware and Nod 32 and leave everything else as on demand? I think that way, you would have covered your bases even more than with the NOD and BOclean combo, again IMO.
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Diazruanova]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19004314 Mon, 03 Sep 2007 17:43:46 EDT Re: New CounterSpyV.2 memory use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19004183 tempnexus : True but I all ready have my suite and I just want a good on demand scanner.
I use NOd32 and BoClean the rest I run on demand (i.e. SuperAntispyware, Spybot, Outpost Anti-spyware and Spycop).
So I honestly don't want another process running in the background I just want an ON-demand scanner.
I am sick and tired training software and I would not want another gazillion pop-ups asking me if I want to do this and that. I allready have enough. :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19004183 Mon, 03 Sep 2007 17:18:37 EDT Re: New CounterSpyV.2 memory use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19004139 Diazruanova :
said by tempnexus See Profile :

Can you use the CS as ON DEMAND ONLY? W/O loading any active services?
Nope, but with that low RAM amount (two processes), none CPU real time usage and one of the best real time protection, you surely would not want to use anything different and heavier.
IMO of course.
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Diazruanova]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19004139 Mon, 03 Sep 2007 17:10:33 EDT Re: New CounterSpyV.2 memory use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19004072 Diazruanova : I have been running CS for a long time and this version is not only using very low RAM amount BUT it does not uses almost anything of the CPU cycles it used to run on the previous version:

RAM: 29.8 M
CPU: 0 %

I am running W2K with 1 Gb RAM and there is not a slow down at all.
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Diazruanova]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19004072 Mon, 03 Sep 2007 17:00:02 EDT Re: New CounterSpyV.2 memory use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19004069 tempnexus : Can you use the CS as ON DEMAND ONLY? W/O loading any active services?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19004069 Mon, 03 Sep 2007 16:59:27 EDT Re: New CounterSpyV.2 memory use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19004037 Anonymous : That is a huge improvement over v1.5 IIRC this version used around 100-120 MB on my computer.

I still have a valid subscription but I stopped using it due to huge memory consumption.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19004037 Mon, 03 Sep 2007 16:53:13 EDT Re: New CounterSpyV.2 memory use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19004017 AB :
said by Oleg See Profile :

Are you saying CounterSpy is not good?
Negatory, Oleg. I don't know the program.
I was saying that it's not 'normal' for an A/V or A/S application to quite noticeably slow down a machine.

And that if you didn't look at how much memory the app was using, it might use less-- although maybe (and probably) not. :)

You tell me if CounterSpy is any good (seriously).
From what I hear, it might slow your system down. ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19004017 Mon, 03 Sep 2007 16:49:53 EDT Re: New CounterSpyV.2 memory use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19003935 Oleg : Are you saying CounterSpy is not good?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19003935 Mon, 03 Sep 2007 16:33:03 EDT Re: New CounterSpyV.2 memory use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19003846 AB :
said by Oleg See Profile :

I have looked at CounterSpyV.2 and it using around 32MB of RAM :o
Try not looking at it. It'll use less . . . maybe. ;) :D

. . it's kind of slowing down my system even with 1GB of RAM,but i think it's normal every Anti-Virus or Anti-Spyware program does it.
Nope, not normal, and they don't all do it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19003846 Mon, 03 Sep 2007 16:17:18 EDT Re: New CounterSpyV.2 memory use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19003660 buttoni : It's using 27MB on my 512MB system. But that's about 1/3 what V1.5 was using so I'm not gonna complain! ;)Hopefully it will continue to improve in its memory usage. Doesn't seem to slow me down though.
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WinXP Home SP2;512MB ram; Firefox 2.0.0.6; IE6 if needed; Comodo FW 2.4; BOClean 4.25; AvastHome 4.7; CounterSpy 2.5.1; 2Wire 1800 DSL modem/router]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19003660 Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:42:38 EDT Re: New CounterSpyV.2 memory use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19003274 tempus45 : Yeah I used the Spyware Doctor from the google downloads and it slowed my system to a crawl.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19003274 Mon, 03 Sep 2007 14:30:47 EDT Re: New CounterSpyV.2 memory use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19003143 Oleg : It's,because google loves to install lots of crap you don't need there Is clean version of Spyware Doctor.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19003143 Mon, 03 Sep 2007 14:11:56 EDT Re: New CounterSpyV.2 memory use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19003070 HA Nut : I have never ran CounterSpy but I recently tried the free Google version of Spyware Doctor. 200 MB (yes, two hundred!) So 32 MB doesn't look so bad to me... :o]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19003070 Mon, 03 Sep 2007 14:01:00 EDT Re: New CounterSpyV.2 memory use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19002710 Oleg : ah OK it's kind of slowing down my system even with 1GB of RAM,but i think it's normal every Anti-Virus or Anti-Spyware program does it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19002710 Mon, 03 Sep 2007 12:54:49 EDT Re: New CounterSpyV.2 memory use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19002562 anon : It's not a "problem" with the program - it's normal. :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19002562 Mon, 03 Sep 2007 12:27:36 EDT Re: New CounterSpyV.2 memory use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19002436 Oleg : Anyone having the same problem?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19002436 Mon, 03 Sep 2007 12:02:39 EDT New CounterSpyV.2 memory use http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18998979 Oleg : I have looked at CounterSpyV.2 and it using around 32MB of RAM :o]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18998979 Sun, 02 Sep 2007 19:16:05 EDT