Do Antiviruses Still Slow You Down? (2020)

Norton, McAfee and other anti-malware programs used to hold our PCs back. But in 2020, do security apps still slow down your computer?

Some in-depth Anti-malware roundups:

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Title: Laszlo - Supernova

[WindowsR]

I remember how McAfee detects Norton as a “threat” and Norton does the same with McAFee when you run them together

[skyrimax]

When I bought my first laptop, it came with a 1 year licence of McAfee. Being new to the pc enthousiasm, I left if for a year, everything was great! Until a year and one day. The day that my licence expired, McAfee started hugginh 99% of my CPU, nringing my system to a halt! And the worst part? Whenever I started task manager, it would stop hugging to not be seen. Meanwhile, I was constantly being harrassed by McAfee popups saying that I was no longer protected or that my system had been infected, URGING me to renew for another year. I managed to find the culprit by first sorting the processes by CPU usage, most first, closing task manager, wait for my system to slow down, starting shadow play to record the screen then fire up task manager. By rewatching the fotage in slowmo, I saw McAfee at 99% for about a second before it stopped. Immediatly uninstalled it.

[dendro]

Normal Windows Defender: low performance impact

My Windows Defender: hippity hoppity 8 GB RAM are now my property

[thevortexATM]

been carrying an old Norton disk around with me ever since Covid broke out, best thing ever, still not sick!

[peterg.]

Want a Part 2 with all the brands: Kaspersky, Eset, BitDefender, etc. come on Linus you have the time!!!

[PropaneTreeFiddy]

Norton when malware is downloaded: "Seems right to me."

Norton when a trusted software crack is downloaded: "H O L U P"

[shilpipandey]

Imagine Linus proposing to Yvonne and he says, "before you say yes, a word from our sponsor!"

[offdeck]

Me: *tries to download anything*

McAfee: *Download me*

[LaskyLabs]

I remember your joke about Norton.
"I wish they had a Norton gaming eddition, where you open it up and the only button is uninstall."

[jnsdroid]

Loved this video, but wish a few other big names were included -- especially Kaspersky and Avast

[arnabghosh]

"Protection is important, especially for those who engage in high risk behavior"
"Go bareback, its great, you're gonna love it"

[siclucealucks]

Intel **switches off Antivirus silently**
Intel: "See our new Processors are way faster then last gen!!11!"

[jonathanmealy]

Linus: "Protection is important"

Me: waiting for the ltt store plug for condoms...

[cbelleau]

Linus' transformation into a man is one of the best things that happened during quarantine...

[pl]

Linus old intro: *RTX off*
Linus new intro: *RTX on*

[SirMaaaxDE]

I would have loved seeing some tests on a laptop, including the impact on battery life.

[mini-_]

Well my antivirus has stopped me from downloading more RAM, so I suppose it slowed down my PC indirectly?

[RogerAlan]

"Hey, go bare back. It's great, you're going to love it." - Linus Sebastian

[obsidian]

The Norten fear was too real in the early 2000's. That reference give me the chills XD

[JettHansley]

Hey, I just wanted to thank you guys. I always see my son watching this channel and it’s the only time I see him smile. You guys may never see this but you’ve truly made his life way better.