BitDefender high memory usage

colonacc · August 2023

Please add exit application button i only have 4gb of ram and your services use about ~ 700mb of ram and my laptop is really lagging

Scott · August 2023

Hi @colonacc

What version of Bitdefender are you running? Also, the amount of ram can vary, I've had it down to 195 then at other times as high as 510mb of ram. I have 12GB of ram on this Windows 11 notebook. See if this article helps:

https://www.bitdefender.com/consumer/support/answer/87461/

Also, 4GB of ram is not really conducive to running BD efficiently, even though the below shows BD can run on 2GB of ram, that is the minimum, I would consider 6-8GB of ram to be more ideal on a Windows device.

https://www.bitdefender.com/consumer/support/answer/28539/

Kind regards,

Scott

Guilhermesene · August 2023

https://community.bitdefender.com/en/discussion/96845/bitdefender-high-memory-usage

Hi @colonacc,

Have a look at this topic, it might help you with memory utilization in the system. Also, I ask you to take a look at the second article where it shows the positive of a "high utilization" of memory by the antivirus software.

https://community.bitdefender.com/en/discussion/93691/time-to-adapt-to-the-system

https://www.emsisoft.com/en/blog/22176/why-antivirus-uses-so-much-ram-and-why-that-is-actually-a-good-thing/

Kind regards,

Guilherme