An antivirus makes your laptop somewhat slower. Nothing you can do about it.
https://www.google.com/search?q=antivirus+performance finds benchmarks. Now it's up to you to find the best one from your perspective.
which is the best antivirus for windows 7 which do not slow my lapi. internet & internal both prespective.

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