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The response from Marcos was: 2, v7 should be even lighter in terms of system footprint thanks to LiveGrid. So far there has been zero explaination to the claim. What I have seen is a bad comparision of LiveGrid to Threatsense which I explained above is a moot point.

I beg to differ, the root of these two is to send information back to ESET to help provide better system updates which determine what files are Scanned or omitted. Again the question is not answered specifically how it reduces system footprint! "Built on ThreatSense.NET® advanced early warning system, ESET LiveGrid® utilizes data that ESET users have submitted worldwide and sends it to ESET's Virus Lab. ESET Virus Lab specialists then use the information to build an accurate snapshot of the nature and scope of global threats in order to release relevant updates to our virus signature database, keeping ESET adaptive to the latest threats."

No? I guess one can say that less CPU is used when less things needs to be scanned. So LiveGrid kind of helps the system performance too I would say. The point it LiveGrid is no different than Threatsense, how does it actually reduces system footprint compared to an older version when the application is at idle. Now you are taking about the application when it is scanning, sure if it has less threats to scan based on LiveGrid/Threatsense information gathered than it will be faster but Threatsense does the same thing and the same updates get download by any version which is a moot point, the question still remains to be answered.

That still did not answer my question about how LiveGrid makes v7 lighter on system resources compared to v4,5,6? With regards to RAM, I agree, i don't simply measure the RAM usage as the end off of a good virus/spyware protection software. I have tested everything out there and there is a reason I stick to ESET and believe me when I say it is not the lightest when it comes to simply "RAM" or CPU usage.

How does LiveGrid help reduce the system footprint of the application itself? I understand this is similar to threatsense on v4 by sending information back to ESET but in terms of the application itself how much memory does it use in the background? Jumbo frame support is good enough reason to upgrade but if the application is resource heavy it outweights the benefit.

Hi everyone, curious if jumbo frame support is finally implemented in ESET smart security 7? I know it is not supported on v4 which is what I run now and I never upgraded to 5 or 6 b/c I had no use for those features. Also if anyone knows the footprint of 7 on system resources compared to older versions that would be great. v4 is very light and even though it does not have HIPS so far it has sreved very well on all my systems. Thanks