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  • ESET Home Cyber Security

    From Mike Dippel@954:895/1 to All on Friday, October 23, 2026 18:19:36
    I just left a client's home who purchased a new laptop. The geek squad installed an
    antivirus program that was using almost 50% of their resources. With 16 gb of ram,
    87% was being used.

    I installed Microsoft PC Manager (free). After uninstalling that program, memory usage
    was down to 37%.

    Not a fan of the Geek Squad.

    The built-in Windows Defender is more than adequate, and it's free. The only other
    program I would suggest is Malwarebytes which you can use on a trial basis forever.

    The program in question called ESET Home Cyber Security.

    Has anyone ever heard of this program?

    Mike Dippel

    --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v10.0gr17
    * Origin: The Hobby Line! BBS - hobbylinebbs.com (954:895/1)
  • From Shurato@954:300/2 to Mike Dippel on Saturday, October 24, 2026 02:53:44
    I just left a client's home who purchased a new laptop. The geek squad installed
    an
    antivirus program that was using almost 50% of their resources. With 16 gb of r
    am,
    87% was being used.

    I installed Microsoft PC Manager (free). After uninstalling that program, memory
    usage
    was down to 37%.

    Not a fan of the Geek Squad.

    The built-in Windows Defender is more than adequate, and it's free. The only ot
    her
    program I would suggest is Malwarebytes which you can use on a trial basis forev
    er.

    The program in question called ESET Home Cyber Security.

    Has anyone ever heard of this program?

    I've seen it highly recommended. I'm surprised it used so many resources. I use Malwarebytes paid version and it behaves quite well, but I've got an 11th gen i9 and 64GB of RAM....
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    * Origin: Shurato's Heavenly Sphere telnet://shsbbs.net (954:300/2)
  • From Mike Dippel@954:895/1 to Shurato on Friday, October 23, 2026 23:27:32
    On 10/24/2026 5:53 AM, Shurato wrote to Mike Dippel:


    The program in question called ESET Home Cyber Security.

    Has anyone ever heard of this program?

    I've seen it highly recommended. I'm surprised it used so many resources. I
    use Malwarebytes paid version and it behaves quite well, but I've got an 11th
    gen i9 and 64GB of RAM....
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    * Origin: Shurato's Heavenly Sphere telnet://shsbbs.net (954:300/2)

    I have worked on a ton of computers in my time, but this was a first for me. I have
    never seen a program gobble up memory the way this did. I hate to bad mouth the
    Geek Squad, but oh well, I will. The majority of the computers I work on were destroyed by them. Do they do this on purpose so they can have repeat customers?

    Bad for my clients, but good for me.

    Mike Dippel

    --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v10.0gr17
    * Origin: The Hobby Line! BBS - hobbylinebbs.com (954:895/1)