These tools often inject themself between syscalls (at least in Windows), they might not take many resources by themself but they slow down everything. I once w

These tools often inject themself between syscalls (at least in Windows), they might not take many resources by themself but they slow down everything. I once worked in a bank where git status took 5s on 16 core machine with SSD. If you can influence a decision I would look for something that allows you whitelist some directories and programs where impact for day to day job can be reduced. For actual security, having updated systems and well-configured networks is probably more important[1]. https://www.csoonline.com/article/3503416/maersk-up-to-date-antivirus-not-effective-against-petya.html https://www.csoonline.com/article/3503416/maersk-up-to-date-... > Microsoft said most infections occurred on Windows 7 systems andclaimed that Windows 10's in-built defenses either blocked or mitigated each of the techniques.