Bitdefender Free - high RAM usage

in bitdefender total security 2021 v25.0.7.34 it uses 350gb ram for now with just opening chrome with ddr4 ram 2400 mhz speed

first it uses up to 500- 600 mb of ram but now it uses less

for better knowing the bitdefender ram usage it is good to working with is some hours or 2 days forexmaple

system scan can be make it use less ram too maybe because real time maybe not scan it every time

or maybe drive c scan with custom scan is make it lighter on ram

I dont know how bitdefender free is lighter than the paid options but for you I can say it is normal

note that bitdefender ram usage maybe can spike to 600 mb or higher maybe

I install bitdefender today after some months and I cant see it is spike to how much but I mean know that maybe it can be uses that much too

however I think bitdefender can use less of ram in my device if I work with it more

Last week i try BD free and ow my god RaM was going up every hour more and more...

first hour around 300 MB two hours 625 MB , at the end of the evening it was using 960 MB 😮 so i uninstalled it !

Maybe i'll try again when they fixes some bugs ....

No there is no site with changelog done by bitdefender , so you never know what have been fixed .... soon there will be no one using BD free.... even windows defender has better protection.

In my opinion they should give BD antivirus plus for free which is far more better to compete with the other freebies like kapersky do with security cloud free!

And they should focus on their paid solutions like internet security and Total to sell.

I also have tested Kaspersky Cloud Free , but i find it to agressive and too many notifications ... uninstalled it and now working with avast is much more my thing.

Hi all. I had a bdservicehost (virus shield) running up to 650MB even with no activity. I found an aricle on another forum which recommended maximising virtual memory. When I looked into that, I found my max size was only 2000MB. I have upped that to 20480MB. After a power off re-start, the service now runs around 315-320MB - even as low as 150MB with nothing open except Task Manager. After changing the virtual memory my system now runs a lot smoother too. Try it.

I did some testing, BD free consumes much lower Ram when i disable fast startup in windows ( i have an SSD so pc already starts very fast).... maybe you can try it too , but don't shoot me if its doesn't work for you :)
Before my Ram usage was 650 to 930 MB with BD free
Even " B " icon comes faster in taskbar.

Yes its a pitty they don't answer here on the forum .... always have to use mail to contact them.

> @"Nunzio d'Abbruzzo" said:
> Thanks for the info and advice which I really appreciate, but honestly I switched to Avast Free which is more performing in the use of PC resources. I don't want to make any changes on windows since I have no problems with other AVs.
> I have not had any official feedback even from the Bitdefender team to my open ticket and this is very disappointing.
> It is normal that, being a free program, they concentrate more on paid programs, but in this way they also lose their fans who, using free programs, choose other protection solutions that are still valid and free.
> If they solve maybe I will go back to Bitdfender Free which I still consider excellent as a level of protection, but they should review these bugs or improve it.

I think i give Avast or Sophos a spin again , BD returns to grow in Ram again 510 MB + 80 MB almost 600 MB :#