Hoot Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 I installed Norton Internet security a few weeks ago, and it really has slowed my pc down, has anyone else had this problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munkee Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 It depends on your pc spec mate. With norton and mcaffe ( which im using ) you can get the all in one programs. Ive got firewall, virus protection and did have privacy agent but it f**ked with my internet too much. In total it uses about 6 processes which amounts up to a lot. I only use it because its easier to let it update itself and only has one icon.. but i reckon if its slowing your computer down get some more light weight protection by getting a seperate virus scanner and firewall (although theres nowt wrong with windows firewall) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoot Posted January 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 It depends on your pc spec mate. With norton and mcaffe ( which im using ) you can get the all in one programs. Ive got firewall, virus protection and did have privacy agent but it f**ked with my internet too much. In total it uses about 6 processes which amounts up to a lot. I only use it because its easier to let it update itself and only has one icon.. but i reckon if its slowing your computer down get some more light weight protection by getting a seperate virus scanner and firewall (although theres nowt wrong with windows firewall)My pc Spec is..2.4ghz Sempron 641.25gb ram256mb Nvidia graphcs cardStill slows it down though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MesaMan Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 My pc Spec is..2.4ghz Sempron 641.25gb ram256mb Nvidia graphcs cardStill slows it down though.You want protection or not?It can't run at the same speed if it's got to check everythings safe. It would take you much longer to reinstall windows and all you docs/files/settings etc if you get something crap on your PC, don't sweat it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoot Posted January 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 You want protection or not?It can't run at the same speed if it's got to check everythings safe. It would take you much longer to reinstall windows and all you docs/files/settings etc if you get something crap on your PC, don't sweat it!35 minutes to be precise. Anyway, i'm going to unintall it, ill get the agv free one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koxx_TryAll Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 You want protection or not?It can't run at the same speed if it's got to check everythings safe. It would take you much longer to reinstall windows and all you docs/files/settings etc if you get something crap on your PC, don't sweat it!I'm gonna PM you about something, but yeah, I haven't used protection for 9ish years of internet use, I've never had a single major computer crippling virus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MesaMan Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 I'm gonna PM you about something, but yeah, I haven't used protection for 9ish years of internet use, I've never had a single major computer crippling virus.35 min is insain, I thought you meant a few secs like!I installed a comp once, and before I installed the firewall it was fekked and had to do a clean install! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 35 minutes to be precise. Anyway, i'm going to unintall it, ill get the agv free one!Yeah, do that. Your computer ain't that old, should run fine. It's just that Macafee and Norton use loads of resources just sitting in the background. AVG is much nicer for that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomturd Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 Errrr... is it scanning files all the time? If so turn off that feature and do a weekly scan or something. Cant say ive ever noticed having a virus, just be careful what you download.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted January 7, 2006 Report Share Posted January 7, 2006 My suggestion is to get rid of it altogether and use Nod32 Windows Firewall Nod32 uses barely any resources unlike norton and the windows firewall is perfectly sufficient for home users. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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