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Smallest footprint Free AntiVirus program

I've been fixing PC's for years and used AVG free a lot, due to how minimal it's footprint is. It was very small in size, and did not take up too much memory while running it's processes. Recently, however, it's become bloatware, a whopping 135mb. Avast & Avira run around 50mb, but on older machines these programs can use a lot of processing memory. I'm looking for something that will run on XP w/ around 128-256mb of memory.

Recently I've been asked to rebuild some 10 year old machines, & I know this is not very practical but was wondering if there is an "AV Lite" out there.

Thanks.
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AV "lite" would be nice, but only if it does it's job well too.  I would stay with Avira for it's better ratings.  For paid, Eset NOD32.  Clamwin *might* be good, but I thought I read that ClamAV didn't quite do as well in catching viruses.
Take a look at Vipre...I've been putting it on my clients (home users) for maybe 3 years...
Hardly notice it's there...
Effective...
Easy to use for non-comptuer folks...
Small footprint...
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Is there a free version of Vipre? All I found was a free 30 day trial.
Nope...try it for 30 days and see what you think...

If you like it I don;t think you will find the $39.95 too much...I'd go for the "Premium"...you get a firewall that's pretty good...

And for $69.95 you get a license that will cover all the comptuers in your house...how ever many that might be...

It's a good deal, I think...

Let us know what you think...
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This question has been classified as abandoned and is being closed as part of the Cleanup Program.  See my comment at the end of the question for more details.