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Ok - assuming, as implied, that speedtest results aren’t real. Steam application downloads are: I’ve downloaded ARMA3 4 times. Procedure - configure av software, launch steam, download application, record results, delete steam downloading and arma3 folder, repeast Attached photo shows steam downloads under the following conditions: NO AV software installed Kaspersky Secure Cloud Free - protection enabled Kaspersky Secure Cloud Free -protection disabled Other AV software protection enabled Results: No av software installed, 99.5MB/s current 100.5MB/s peak (800Mbits/second) Kaspersky SC protection enabled, 44.1 MB/s cur 46.3MB/s peak (370 Mbit/second) Kaspersky SC protection disabled 59.3 MB/s cur, 59.9 MB/s peak (479.2 Mbit/second) Other AV Protection Enabled 57.0 MB/s current, 59.1 MB/s peak( 472.8 Mbit/second) My questions: Why does having Kaspersky SC installed result in a 40-60% loss in throughput, EVEN when Protection is disabled. I think it’s reasonable to assume that AV software has overhead, HOWEVER it’s also reasonable to assume that disabling protection would offset the performance tax. Why is there still a high degree of overhead when disabled? Does Kaspersky publish maximum throughput numbers? Why Not? Being transparent about maximum throughput as tested in Kaspersky’s labs would alleviate Kaspersky’s support requests. I read the link tl;dr Download over 100MB Open support case with screen caps.

Ok - so essentially what this article implies is that my speedtest results are not an accurate gauge of actual internet speed? I’m not sure what to take from this?

HI @Berny - Sorry I’m new to the forums - I don’t see any suggestions above - am I missing something? I see some links though - contact support and another thread - is that what you meant?

I enabled hw virtualization but this did not improve my performance. Disableing kaspersky resutled in an improvement, but kaspersky seems to be still processing packets, even when shields are disabled. Peak I could get with Kaspersky running is 500Mbit down, 800 up. perfmon indicated that kaspersky was ‘processing’ during the tests, even when shield was enabled. I suspect all av software gets in the way of performance, even when disabled. A.v.st did the same thing.

My speed drops from 911Mbit down/890 Mbit up to 380Mbit down/640Mbit up. I came here from [another antivirus] because of similar performance issues. Not using hardware virtualization - it’s disabled. I’m investigating how to enable it. I thought I had it enabled in bios - perhaps not. Will check that, ensure it’s enable and showing as active in kaspersky before retesting. Why is impact so high? I believe my system to be equipped fairly well. Ryzen 7 2700x 32GB Ram 1TB Evo Pro 970 nvme