John Doe
| Eset NOD32 Antivirus Process More information
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Doc
| Ram hog
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Doc\'s an idiot...
| ESET NOD Antivirus definition update & web security.
Disable email and web prevention if you are too cheap to buy ram.
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Turk
| Eset NOD32 Antivirus Process. I would say best free x64 compatable antivirus.
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Tristus
| Eset Antivisurs Kern, 100% clean
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gaurav
| oops... works smooth
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wyckd
| i have 3GB of RAM in my Windows XP 32b version and ekrn takes up a ridiculous amounts of resources...
my computer that never lagged with previous versions makes IE lag up crazy. very annoying.
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Justen
| I love nod32. Its great at finding malicious shit. Check out Comodo Firewall too. best there is and free.
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S_Killed
| Yes, Doc is truly an IDIOT.
Doc, give a try with Symantec!
I can give you 3 licenses for free,
thrown away...
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Oyster
| Save, secure and cheap on resources.
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James
| Its juts the best Eset 3.0 is great!
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007
| Not so resourse hogging
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CC
| Nod32 - Bast AV in the world year after year.
(www.av-compartives.org)
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Rebs
| Not found any problems with RAM usage.
doing a full system scan as we speak, hence tracking this page, using less then 20MB of ram.
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NC
| Uses a 1/4 of the resources of other antiviruses
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Doomhammer
| NOD32 Process. Takes RAM but otherwise helpful.
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Altan
| Collapses the system with IE-clash
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S4ku
| ESET Antivirus - Best ever! (with my 4 GB RAM;) )
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G
| Its an O.K av program, has let some slips go past via FIREFOX, and does lag up the computer when opening a winrar file.
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kron
| lol the computer is not lagged with compressed archives, only scan it searching virus.
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JMC17
| Yep, i bought NOD32, it is definitly the best anti-virus currently available.
Not because it does search and destroy almost any threat, but because it is the Anti-Virus with the least CPU usage on the current market.
This ESET Anti-Virus is light and efficient, simply the best. More information
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Zachari
| Its good it just eats up RAM and makes everything go so SLOW!
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Akolyte01
| It takes up far less RAM than even a web browser, only 31,000 K.
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wizkid...
| i like nod and i got just over a gig of ram nowhere near hoggn it up...
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trunk
| eset nod 32
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grievis
| best i've found so far. found 11 infections that had been passed over by Norton, and uses a heck of a lot less system resources
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Doesnotmatter
| Cpu and ram hog
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ESET NOD32 antivirus. Works great on x64, flattens any other antivir i've ever seen. I give it three thumbs up :D More information
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nuki
| ESET Antivirus nod32
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FatherGeorge
| Anyone who thinks this takes a lot of ram should try norton, you'll never complaiin about this again.
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zee
| has fucked my comp
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Shawes LOCHES
| it use to cpu power
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pdx
| Just got rid of Norton. What a pig that was! So far, ESET is looking very good!
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Karthik
| ekrn.exe is my villain
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Mike
| I can't figure it out maybe I'm doing something wrong! So far it has been a great antivirus! But it is using all my RAM anyone have any answers let me Know thanks...
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Chris (Montreal)
| Been trying out the Eset for a while. Does use up a lot of ram, needed spybot to get rid of stuff it let let by(even on a tight security setting). But have a look at the I/O 's after a 20 min run : 9.5 million i/o, even explorer has only 150k. Ram may not be it's only issue. But then again, to each his own :-)
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Madness
| Eset NOD 32 and/or Eset Smart Security process
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Ronnie
| Guys complaining about eset eating up their ram/cpu... UPGRADE YOUR COMP...you cant expect it to run smoothly on a old cheap comp....
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Nagual.
| Used to use Trend, but got a bit of maleware that it could detect but not remove at all. NOD32 took it easily. Never had a problem with NOD32 in detecting viruses or in the amount of RAM or CPU time, even during scans my PC which is 3 years old ( okay up graded a few times. :D ) 1.2GB RAM and a 3.3 AMD CPU, runs smooth and fast.
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AL3XXXL
| i dont know about you guys...but ekrn.exe kills my cpu..i will unistall nod32 and try something else..
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iloveeset
| great av ive tried a lot of avs and this runs the smoothest and takes up the least ammount of ram. I have only have 2 collisions with viruses because I am wary on what websites to visit. and usually know which ones contain illicit material. get this if you want something reliable and a lot faster than norton...
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alex
| T7500 and takes Sometimes about 20 %... strange and fucked when ure running on an battery,, But no lag or slow PC
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yaneeh
| ekrn.exe is such a pain in the @**.. it doesnt let you load your page normally and it takes up a lot of memory..
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Err
| CPU only shoots up while scanning compressed files, RAM is not an issue.
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Nod32FTW
| By far the best AV on the market, just take a look at this:
http://www.eset.com/products/compare-NOD32-vs-competition.php
Nuff said!
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travler
| I think nod32 is living off of an old reputation. Bought nod32 because it was supposed to be fast but ekrn.exe kills my CPU takes 100% for several minutes on startup. Ver 2.X may have been great Ver 3.X is a CPU hog
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Amit Verma
| No matter whats the reason Norton never satiesfies. I tried to disable ekrn.exe and now the system is running fine. altho when first disabled it stopped my internet. i restarted my machine and now everything is okay without ekrn.exe
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ad
| i got 512ram....it takes no resources....
and its also very strong
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Ash
| Using nod32 3.0 and ekrn.exe is using less ram than my firefox which i am using to write this comment. nod32 is using 32,652K and firefox is using 41.792K AND I am on a low grade laptop and experiencing no lag. So if you have 512mb ram or more on windows xp, you should be fine and this anti-virus works beautifully.
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KraYzeE
| GET MORE RAM PEOPLE, Good lord, it uses 45MB ... SO WHAT!.. If you have less than 1GB you need more anyways, so whats 45 out of 1,000 to protect your PC????
It a fantastic solution and the firewall takes no prisoners! It just doesn't mess around. Great program!
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SoonerChris
| Being an IT Professional I have used any and all AV's available out there. everything from the AVG Free, to the corporate versions of Kaspersky, SAV (Norton), and Mcafee. NOD32 kicks all of their asses. it finds stuff that SAV just can't or won't. and it takes up about 1/3 the proc and memory of Kaspersky. This is the best out there by far.
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dan
| uses up so much ram. computer slow when starting up:@
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KoS
| RAM isn't a problem. It is only taking up 40MB total (Virtual and real RAM), but it hogs way too much CPU time on startup. WAY too much (like 99% for minutes at a time)
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Zenaan
| Version update as at 2008-04-22 is redirecting all my IE connections through to 74.125.19.104 (74.125.* appears to be Google), which if I deny with ZoneAlarm security suite, I cannot surf internet - get no result, IE spins, and ultimately says "server cannot be found". Tried to access safe-mail.net, upmart.org and ycs.com.au, none work!
Next tried google.com.au, and this also did not work :)
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Pebl
| Nod32 AV - I have v3.0 of ESET Smart Security, NOD32 AV 3.0 is part of that. wors like a charm, VERY light on resources snd no lag at all. does a complete AV scan in 1.5h where Kaspersky taklers 12h+ on my system (loads of HD space 2TB+).
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Fipo
| get 30 440k for my system mem usage
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statsback2zero
| NOD32 is defiantly the quickest and most effective AV out there ... if someone is claiming it's a resource hog then someone doesn't know how to set a computer up ... put Norton on your computer and see what happens ... now you'll have a system pig and viruses ... if your running a 286 with 8mb of ram then upgrade to a P1 or something that can handle at least 16mb of ram ... lmfao ...
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Hamid
| Its a good anti virus program for me because its free! but NOD32 cant detect some spywares and viruses. and it uses a lot of CPU power and ram.
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Hamph
| ESET Nod32 uses comparatively lesser resources than any other comparable antivirus software out there. Any P-iii computer Running XP with about 256 RAM could run ESET Nod32 quite smoothly.
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Ravish
| Nortan is the biggest Sucker of CPU and RAM
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Michael
| Its a wonderful antivirus written in assembly language. So consumes less resources and can scan an entire 80GB disk in just 10 minutes! ESET Nod32 3.0.642.0 is really good for security
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Emperor Darius
| Good antivirus, but Kaspersky is better. Third best antivirus in the world, after Avira and Kaspersky. Light on resources, good heuristic detection.
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Big Iron
| My problem may not be all ekrn.exe, but it sure points in that direction. Before you cheerleaders piss bitch about adding RAM, I'm running 4GB w/ Intel Dual Core 2.67Ghz, so it's not having enough resources. OK geniuses, figure it out.
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LAW
| im running a amd 3000+ with 4 gig of ram on 32bit xp and alot more however it completely hacks a whole cpu core thats just over 3gigs of procesing power is it only supposed to run on 1 core? wouldnt mind fixing this please note this issue is only while scanning running normally uses almost nothing however would like to have more than 1 core whilst scanning
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Lance Quagmire
| NOD32 Antivirus.
Hogs cpu after a restart after a major system update (such as installing a service pack)
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RSubasic
| Takes 276 MB of my 1GB Win XP SP2 Pro Toshiba Laptop. Seem excessive.
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buzzer
| ekrn.exe is slowing down my Internet connection. Uses 40-60% of CPU for a minute or two after starting up Mozilla Firefox. When combined with Spysweeper, the two are a pain, but just when initially connecting. On 7MB cable.
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Crandor
| if your running into issues where cpu and resources are being eaten up its probably because its scanning the web site your hitting or looking into a compressed file. I've got 2 gig of ram, and i tweaked the settings to where its only using 30meg of ram but has never let me down, had symantec.. got infected many times, had mcafee, got infected a couple of times, had AVG, what a piece of crap, and used a few others.. if it seems to be doing something strange get a tool like Registry Booster and clean up your system... also Cacheman XP can help you optomize a ton of system options that normally give you grief..
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AV-author
| ESET has shot itself in the foot. The selling point of Nod32 v 2.x was that it was fast and used little resources. With v 3.0 it has become as slow and resource craving as Norton, with no better protection.
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Yves
| Since I installed the new NOD32 Smart Security I am having the same problems some other users have.
While previous NOD32 AV's didn't cause any lag, surfing with Smart Security is 80% slower....
Even when I disable the web access protection
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Ptr
| I have an old PIII with 512mgs ram. No prob whatsoever using Nod32. Highly recommended from my perspective
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Ptr
| I have an old PIII with 512mgs ram. No prob whatsoever using Nod32. Highly recommended from my perspective
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KiwiJohn
| Hogs CPU at times - mainly after startup, then calms down. Memory usage is a little high - about 21 Mbytes ..
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Themaster
| Takes Over its a Pain a Internet Hog come on Lads...There's checking and there's Hogin'
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IT Professional
| best antivirus I have found..if trying to launch other programs on bootup will lag system for a few moments while downloading new definitions but WAY LESS resources used then NORTON or any other I have tried.
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linkofzelda
| as i am writing this i am uninstalling this program coz ,a pc is runnin so slow i cant do anything cant even read wot i just typed lol
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Kristjan
| Eset Nod32, may take alot of memory if your processor is a bit slow. More information
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Salesman Suck
| I was told by the rep at the RSA convention that is was not a resource hog like Symantec. BAM! It takes up 90 + % of my CPU RAM almost all the time with 1GB of RAM.
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john
| all i can say is that its a nice programme not intrusive, scans files fast and catches virus other programmes dont, for me thats all i need it for, if it does take the cpu a lil bit high for some people id think its a small price to pay for safe peace of mind im happy with it , id recomend it to anyone
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jeff
| Excellent antivirus protection. sometimes it lags up my p4 2.0 on startup, but usually it is updating its signature or checking (another...arrghhh)windoze kb update. people: you cannot have a super fast running, non computer checking antivirus program!period! sometimes it has to check!
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A Dark Germ
| Downloaded the x64 version for XP PRO 64, still runs as a 32 bit app, how strange!
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Virtual Nobody
| Be honest about it. A recent update has caused ekrn to hog resources compared to the 2.7 versions. NOD is still hands down the best choice but buying a new computer isn't the issue. This program is getting bloated.
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أحمد
| It use 70% of my CPU ! More information
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Baron of Knowledge ?
| I like it. When doing a system scan it does utilize some resources. When just watching it is the lightest. It gets the job done. Why would anyone in their right mind still buy Norton?
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some random
| sometimes its a little hoggy but most of the time I never notice it. running amd chipset with 4 gig of ram.
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CyberJim
| I did this to fix the ekrn.exe problem
It might help trying this:
1. Open ESET Window
2. Choose Display:Advanced Mode
3. Click on Setup and then on Enter entire advanced setup tree
4. Expand Antivirus and Antispyware
5. Click on Real-time file system protection setup
6. If Advanced heuristics is selected , unselected it and click OK.
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IT Guy
| Does not remove or protect from XP Antivirus. Eset is ok other than that.
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iknoweverything
| chokes viruses and slains malware.Latest version uses 20mb of ram on my 2gb ram+c2d3Ghz.Fastest security solution no hastle no dazzle.
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Sean
| Great program. Uses up less ram then Avast!, Trend Micro, or AVG. Eset Nod is a great antivirus.
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I HATE IT
| This fucking Antivirus sucks at start 100% !
Don`t use this Antvirus.And this isn`t the
original Version.Sometimes it`ll turn off
automaticly.
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not you
| Sitting on 50% cpu usage...
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stoka
| Athlon 3200+, 1 GB ram, usses 30k of memory not bad even less than Firefox cpu usage at 0-2% while doing nothing! i say very nice!
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TravisD
| This process popped up after I installed NOD32 AV, as it is a core component. I run a P3 900, 512 ram, XP SP2, latest(as of 7/21/2008) NOD32 AV, but not the full ESET suite. I have never seen this process take more than 42 megs (usually 30-34). Also: 50 to 100% cpu usage? At idle, my machine bounces from 0 to 7%. When NOD32 is scanning my system, and processing power is available, the program will use it (DUH). There isn't much lag when starting other programs during a scan. This is by FAR the least noticeable of AV programs I have tried (Norton, McAfee, and a couple free ones). A resource hog? Compared to similar offerings, it's not if your box running right.
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Son of Sam
| It lags the PC less if you don't waste your time using IE. I've never had ekrn use more than 12% since the latest patch unless I'm running IE.
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Cpu and ram hog
| Cpu and ram hog!!!!!!!!!!! More information
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PTucker
| I have a pentium 4 3.06 gig with 1 gig of ram and this antivirus program i don't even notice any negative effects. I have used all the programs from macafee, norton, fsecure, zone alarms, kapersky, avast and i forget the rest but all those slowed me down more than this. Even updates while i am playing games and i don't know its updating till a temp wind pops up and says update completed!
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DaveOfSQL
| ekrn currently taking 11MB on my PC. I have had exactly ZERO malware problems since switching to NOD over 5 years ago.
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torino
| I recently had a nasty Trojan.Vundo virus: no "C:" drive was visible, some settings were missing from the task bar, "ANTI-VIRUS" appeared near clock, pop ups, slow machine, etc. NOD32 didn't catch this scumware / virus. "Spyware Doctor" was a loser too (and am getting my delayed $$ back--1 month wait). Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware cut right through it. From this experience, I'm disappointed in NOD32, but I guess it's better than most. It caught 2 dormant Trojans that I had on my files from 4 years back that McAfee didn't catch. Norton: been there, done that, and never again. BTW: NOD32 consumes only about 30 MB of RAM even when I have the protection maxed out.
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torino
| I recently had a nasty Trojan.Vundo virus: no "C:" drive was visible, some settings were missing from the task bar, "ANTI-VIRUS" appeared near clock, pop ups, slow machine, etc. NOD32 didn't catch this scumware / virus. "Spyware Doctor" was a loser too (and am getting my delayed $$ back--1 month wait). Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware cut right through it. From this experience, I'm disappointed in NOD32, but I guess it's better than most. It caught 2 dormant Trojans that I had on my files from 4 years back that McAfee didn't catch. Norton: been there, done that, and never again. BTW: NOD32 consumes only about 30 MB of RAM even when I have the protection maxed out.
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SWR
| good program but the ekrn.exe uses allot of CPU when closing down a game.
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lawls
| My PC sux, and it dose'nt take anything of CPU Usage. As others says, for ppl with CPU % & RAM complains, should use Norton, no more issues with CPU Usage but with viruses ^^
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Magy
| I read some wrong comments and I have just one message for those users: CLEAN your system first from lot useless software and rest of another AV!!! After you'll see, how good is this AV (NOD32).
I have NOD32 several years and NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEM! Install and set up for many friends, many different computers/hardware and also get instruction and simply rules, what they have to do and what they should AVOID doing. Nobody claim until today.
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L-R
| Takes up to 50% off my CPU when compiling code.
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Mephistopheles
| I have had only one problem with ESET NOD32 3.0. I recently accidentally downloaded a file I thought could had been a malware/trojan. I scanned it with ESET, and ESET found no problems with it at all. Since I had not had any problems with ESET before, and it had been running great and fixed a lot of problems, I trusted it. So anyway, I ran the file. Nothing happened. I immediately said, "Oh, shit." ESET then finally recognized that it was a malware file, and I removed it. I did a full system scan with ESET, and it found a few things wrong but was not able to fix it.. Well, I eventually had to run SpyBot Search & Destroy as well as Malwarebytes' Anti-Maleware to help clean everything up. I was a bit disappointed in ESET for not fixing this problem, but it did help out a little in the end.
Other than that, ESET NOD32's current version is running completely fine on my computer. I had tried several big brand name anti-virus software, and none of them have competed with this. My computer runs so much faster now with this anti-virus, and it only takes up about 30mb, which is wonderful. I pretty much have all the settings for scanning and checking turned on, and I still have no problem with it taking up memory. I currently use Firefox 3.0, and I have not had any other problem than the one listed above. I feel like my computer is finally safe now.
I recommend this product to anyone looking for a great anti-virus. :)
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cc666
| OK. LISTEN UP. (I'm not 10, but usage of caps lock seems to be apropriate with some of the thickheads here)
EKRN.EXE IS THE NOD32 SCAN PROCESS. IT WILL TAKE UP A LOT OF RESSOURCES SO THAT IT CAN MORE QUICKLY SCAN FILES. IT LOCKS FF/IE UP BECAUSE - SURPRISE! IT'S SCANNING YOUR DOWNLOADED FILES.
Christ...
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cicio
| brach´s my cpu and ram :( too much
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LanceQuagmire
| ESET NOD32. After major updates, may eat up resources for a few minutes. If you don't have NOD32, then ekrn.exe is probably a bad program pretending to be it.
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Butuh77
| For all you idiots out there...stop using IE as it is more of a RAM pig than anything else...and please, all these RAM hog thingy...it's all microsoft software shit...IE, Windows, etc...if you still wanna microsoft software, better start doing some memory paging and disable all the so-called-cool effects when you click stuff inside windows...bunch of crap!!
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Maestro™
| it consumes ram only during scanning.......and compared to norton its far better!!!
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reg2012
| best ever with my 1400mhz... only prob was getting rid of raila odinga trojan... used mcafee...
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YSF
| CPU Monster
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albansii
| am using a pIII 933mhz and a PIII 1.4g with 512 and 786mb ram resp. never had a resourse hog. ekrn.exe only uses less than 50mb of ram and cpu usage adjust for other program requirements. eset even give way to ie usage even when scanning. browsing speed is affected with security settings.
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St.BitDefender
| It ate my soul
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Pragmatist
| Wake up people. Every AV prog works better one some computers than on others. That's why they have the trial period... so you can see if the AV runs well on your computer and meets your needs before you put down money.
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rami
| ekrn.exe32 in windows xp x64 dont let me work fine . ihave intel pentium4 3000 2m cashe and 1 gig ram kingston and maain intel 945 .avast so beter working in xp 6+4
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D
| It is currently using 100% of two of my 4 cores... this is not on.
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Justme
| When moving files from one drive to another (40 Gig of small files) it slows down the proces. It takes 50% resources and moving takes 1-2 hrs. Disabling virusscanning from ESET speeds it up to only 29 seconds. That is too much resource for a virus scanner
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kirill
| terrible memory and CPU hog. Just killed ekrn.exe and it released 1 GB of RAM. Uses ~50% of CPU
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AyeEN2
| Symantec AV is the best, Karpesky is much better... but hey, I have been using NOD32 for more then 3 consecutive years with out any infection. Now its time to upgrade its Smart Security and still rawks! Ho ho ho... So I would say, Eset is the greatest av after all...
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Cat s.
| I would like to know what the differences are between people who have a great experience with NOD32 and people who have problems. It has more setup options than some AVs. That might be part of it. (personally I like having more options.)
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frankalas
| Freeze the computer when try use Toad for Oracle.
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ME
| A pig for CPU. Currently taking up about 60%!!! I'm going back to Avast! I've been using that for a long long time. People said NOD was good, so I thought I'd try it. Well, I won't be recommending it. Use Avast AV, A Shampoo Firewall and AVG Anti-Spyware and you'll be home and dry.
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baz
| you cant go wrong with nod 32. mine always running with orthos tests, gaming, no issues at all. sort your pc settings out if its a ram/cpu hog
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mike
| never seen this go higher than 40,000kb usage. zonealarm uses more. currently running on intel quad 2.4ghz with 2gb ddr2. great program. ill be using it for a while
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DivineInterv
| if you can ignore the ~40MB memory usage, its the best AV there is
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blaablaa
| hogs half of my ram :/
which i only have 512 mb :S not good..
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Truth
| Having done extensive testing for the best AV to use for my company, I would recommend NOD32 over any other brand.
If you're making the mistake of using IE, Vista, or Norton, then your system will be slowed significantly regardless of whichever AV you use.
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| Eats up all my resources.....my PC runs like a snail
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happier now
| CPU Hogging seemed to settle down after I followed the steps at http://forums.techguy.org/6003370-post8.html More information
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Jack Taylor
| I think this is a great program and i dont know why people are saying it is a cpu hog it is only using maximum of 1% and only 8000kb Ram More information
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Gregory
| My pc is very slow while trying to open any programs. I'm thinking to switch to Kaspersky or something else to try.
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akir
| NOD32 is very ok.
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tomm174
| Completely legit program.
We fix 3-8 virus infected PCs/wk. NOD is the best anti-virus there is.
unfortunately there are so many assholes out there making new malware that NOD does delay startup a bit, its scanning is the fastest of any we've used. Kaspersky is also good, but is slower - historically it detects more things, but they are not usually 'in the wild' virus threats. Both are massively superior to norton, macafee. AVG is cheaper - and not as good.
OOPS This is turning into an AV review :(
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Ian
| I was a bit concerned when i first saw this process. But after realising it was to do with NOD32 i knew i had nother to worry about, I have used NOD32 for years no and not once have i had a problem with it or has it let me down. To any of those people saying it's a memory/cpu hog. Either upgrade your system or learn how to configure software. Remember, computer's are the stupid one's. Not us!
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Mr. Anonymous
| What can i say about NOD32? Awsome! but it can't detect spyware, malware and adware. thats why i have 2 anti-virus. i Prefer AVG-anti spyware. NOD#@ for viruses and AVG-anti spyware for malicious files.
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NM
| Part of NOD32 - supposedly good AV program, but the 100% CPU usage is an incredible annoyance. As if you purchased a fast PC just to run NOD32 and nothing else! NOD32 used to be a good AV product, but not any more. They have failed to remedy the problem for almost a year. Just check their support forums at Wilder Security forums.
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SpeRkaAn
| Eset antivirus KeRN --ekrn
a tool of the Eset Antivirus it's very clean
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dose it matter
| ekrn.exe 95% of my cpu for around 10 mintues.
The funny thing is that when i installed
it, i first removed nod32 v2 and installed nod32 v3 and it worked with no problems at all.
Then I formatted my computer then i reinstalled nod32 v3 and now I get 95-100% cpu usage for the first 10 minutes or so. hmmmm
is there any solotions for this.
if i can't sort this out i'll go back to using zonealarm and nod32 v2
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Atomic
| Good Antivirus
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robocop
| It doesn't go higher than 40,000K on mine. but i'm pretty sure the "real-time protection" it has makes my internet lag
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MirMir
| Best AV is Dr.Web - Russian product.
Low CPU & RAM usage. Big virus bases.
Free version - scanner Dr.Web CureIt!® Utility
_http://_www.freedrweb.com/cureit/?lng=en
P.S. NOD32 or ESS - not good. Checked.
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Raiden
| ekrn.exe takes 40-50 mb memory and disconnects IE, Firefox and Opera with Internet.
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mie
| ekrn just eat up lot of cpu ram whhile scanning in progress,but if it not,it will never eat up ur ram..so its ok,even most of av while take more ram while scanning
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Roaa
| same here it takes today 1.4 g of my ram btw i didt shutdown my computer since 2 days and i get ekrn 1.4 G O_o
after i uninstall Node 2 i got normal PC
( sorry my English not good )
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Goanna
| Good antivirus. I run Nod32 and find it's great and non intrusive on resources. It updates regularly and I have had no probs with resources being drained.
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Alex
| i used all sort of antiviruses and i came to this conlusion: nod 32 is very easy to use and it dosen`t use much memory accept at startup but then i give it an end procces and everything comes back to norrmal in a sec. i had the problem whith xp virus and othe malware but i use counter spy in paralel whith nod32 and i have absolutely no problem with any sort of viruses since then. it runs perfectly in this combination
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Marco A. Nuñez
| Es un archivo de NOD32 antivirus y es findamental para que ande. No debe ser terminado
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Rashid
| Its a Nod32 Antivirus IE monitoring file. Responsible for saving your computer from online access by mallacious softwares.
It works perfrectly on:
Pentium 4 or Above with minimum of 1gb Ram . in rare cases it works with 512mb as well.
if you have a better processor than that then you wouldn`t even feel the disk usage and PC will be very smooth !
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Rimad
| I was also suprised with this file. It took me 40% of my CPU (core 2 duo 2.0 ghz 2MB L2 cache) and I have 4 GB of RAM. But I saw the advice of CyberJim (thanks for this) on this page and now it consumes 0%.
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skooba
| I have the same issue that few of the ppl above. It doesn't take much RAM but for me it takes 25%of the CPU usage. RAM 70kk out of 3gigs is next to nothing, but to kill the 25% of my 4cores is a bit too much ;/ I need to check it up - I used to love my nod32 and I hope I will remain its good friend on but first I need to reinstall my system and try to give it a go on a fresh one. I cannot sacrifice this much of a processor power to be safe.
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zarfai
| This Ekrn.exe thing is crazy it sucks up every cpu recource faster then a slag behind a station you have to pay for sucking. Other then that it might be a good anti virus...didnt pick up some trojans though i still prefer kaspersky anti virus and going to try out some anti malware things i read from the other comments... Uninstalling nod32 right now ..
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Wayne King
| This is NOD32 Antivirus/ESET Smart Security. It is the BEST (currently) antivirus and security suite available More information
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nabar
| cannot delete ekrn.exe file access denied
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Seven
| takes up 100000 on mine, 95%, can't end process, hate it
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Ton
| NOD 32 is a perfect anti virus program. The Ekrn.exe problem however is troublesome. It asks for 63% of my CPU.
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Burt
| Had the same problem with ESET but an upgrade fix that. One of the fastest and smallest footprint AVs on the market.
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John Apedloorn holland
| Hello
Your problem maybe ekrn.exe
in your firewall off eset. I had v [off] hitmanpro
when i v[on] i had no problems more. i think eset use hitmsan pro in there software
i hope it is off use for your problem
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I.T.-HEAD
| ESET NOD 32 version 3 have some unresolve issues specially on network invronment. Ekrn.exe does eat up RAM on startup.I solve all my problems by rolling back to v. 2.7. Very good in protecting pcs and network above kaspersky and AVG. Norton is garbage.
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eMu
| RONNIE STFU I JUST UPGARDED COMP AND GOT EST NOD 32 AND MAKES MY COMP SHT SLOW!
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