Conserves resources as its predecessor. Runs however independent than the version 2009. Most decisions are taken from the user. Very frequent virus definitions and quite fast scans. The installation (as an update) went completely unproblematic. Also runs perfectly under Windows. 7 Have for years used Kaspersky because Norton has not done his homework. The previous versions (meaning before version 2009) were ressourcenmordend and much too slow in the virus definition updates. This has improved significantly and therefore I have the switch last year and never looked back. My conclusion: absulot recommended!