Ukazał się właśnie w Sieci zestaw porównawczy wpływu na Windows XP kilkunastu różnych programów. Badania były prowadzone za każdym razie na czystej instalacji Windows XP uruchomionego pod VMware Workstation.
Jak zawsze sądziłem, pakiet Norton zabija system…I to właśnie w szczególnosci widać…
| Norton Internet Security 2006 | 118.33 | 43.33 | 57.78 |
| 1000 Fonts | 105.00 | 30.00 | 40.00 |
| Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0.0.303 | 85.67 | 10.67 | 14.22 |
| Yahoo Instant Messenger 8.0 | 85.67 | 10.67 | 14.22 |
| AOL Instant Messenger 1.5 Preview | 85.33 | 10.33 | 13.78 |
| McAfee SecurityCentre | 83.67 | 8.67 | 11.56 |
| Kazaa 3 (+included crapware) | 83.67 | 8.67 | 11.56 |
| Trillian 3.1 Basic | 83.33 | 8.33 | 11.11 |
| VMWare Workstation5.5.1-19 | 83.33 | 8.33 | 11.11 |
| Microsoft Visual Studio2005 Pro. | 82.67 | 7.67 | 10.22 |
| .NET Framework Runtime2.0 | 81.67 | 6.67 | 8.89 |
| 100 Fonts | 80.33 | 5.33 | 7.11 |
| Microsoft Office 2003(v11) Pro. | 80.00 | 5.00 | 6.67 |
| Windows Live Messenger(MSNM8) | 80.00 | 5.00 | 6.67 |
| Gaim 1.5.0 | 79.67 | 4.67 | 6.22 |
| Adobe Photoshop CS 2 | 79.33 | 4.33 | 5.78 |
| OpenOffice 2.0.3 | 79.00 | 4.00 | 5.33 |
| Macromedia Studio MX 2004 | 79.00 | 4.00 | 5.33 |
| QuickTime 7.1 | 78.67 | 3.67 | 4.89 |
| DivX 6.3 | 78.67 | 3.67 | 4.89 |
| DirectX 9.0c | 78.67 | 3.67 | 4.89 |
| Azureus 2.5.0.0 (+ Java Runtime) | 78.33 | 3.33 | 4.44 |
| BitDefender v10 | 78.00 | 3.00 | 4.00 |
| WinRAR 3.60 | 78.00 | 3.00 | 4.00 |
| Java Runtime 1.5.0.06 | 78.00 | 3.00 | 4.00 |
| WinAce 2.65 | 77.67 | 2.67 | 3.56 |
| K-Lite Codec Pack 2.76FULL | 77.33 | 2.33 | 3.11 |
| WinZip | 77.33 | 2.33 | 3.11 |
| 7-Zip 4.42 | 77.00 | 2.00 | 2.67 |
| BitComet 0.7 | 76.67 | 1.67 | 2.22 |
| uTorrent 1.4 | 76.33 | 1.33 | 1.78 |
| Control (none) | 75.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |