Is it true that Nortons Antivirus slows down the start up?
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Norton slows everything down.  Any antivirus program will, but Norton makes it REALLY slow.  \n\nI would not use it, there are much better alternatives out there, like Avast! or AVG. \n\nCheers!
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You mean antivirus? okay, try AVG Anti-Virus than, its free and better.  It has been proven in numerous test to out perform norton.
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Yes and no! \n\nIf these programs are not starting up when windows starts but are just there so that you can run them when you want, they will certainly not slow you down.
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Personally, I like Norton System Works, but that is just me from past experiences. McAfee is wonderful but it made my new computer go extremely slow. I Had everything with McAfee, and it took forever to boot up and Norton just runs in the background and didn't make a whole lot of difference when my computer started up but did the same protection as McAfee. So I would say go with Norton System Works, it's about 60.00 but it's worth it, in my opinion. Hoep my advice helped! =) ~R
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well, it can be anything like spyware, adware, bugs, virus, your hard disk over loaded, cookies....it may slow down your systems.
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This question could take an hour to answer. I'm not going to tell you to download anything or check for spyware. But I've helped a few of my friends with slow puters and they all had one thing in common. Too many items on their start up list. These are the things that start automatically when you start your computer. I have my list down to three items. I actually looked at my friends today. He had 30. \n\nHere's what you do. Click on Start.. run.. type in msconfig..click ok.  a box will pop up. click on the far right tab. startup.. now look at the list of items with check marks next to them. I bet you have a bunch. Every one of those is starting automatically and running in the back ground. You don't need most of those. The only thing I have starting automatically is my Nortons. That's three items. You'll have to figure out what each one is and determine if you need it. Just do a search for each item. You'll find a site which lists each one. I may post one.
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The warning you get may be an advertisement.  I have seen it a few times on my computer even with my anti-virus on.  Just click the message off and go into your start menu- click on Norton and turn it on...it might also be a good idea to scan your whole system just in case.  Make sure to also do a live update if your virus list is older than 3 months.
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Go to click Norton icon next to the clock and click link right of antivirus title, change the setting from scan application at start by unchecking the box next to it.\nIt is a risky move, speed trading off security, so before trying it try the following first, defragment drive and Click my computer and right click on c drive, properties, general tab, disk cleanup button, check all those boxes with amounts on the right then ok.
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Well norton purposely does that in order for you to upgrade or spend anything towards there product. " Oh, if you upgrade to , ya da ya da, you can get rid of those" this and that so if thats your protection good luck.
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Don't buy Norton! It will slow down your pc! There are several free antivirus programs and some very good pay antivirus programs. The link below is a link to PCWorl.com that has ranked the top Antivirus programs pay and free. Pcworld.com says that BitDefender is the best pay antivirus. \nSource(s):\nhttp://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0...
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Hi there,\n\nInstead of all these "Mine is better than yours" answers that go on around here, I'll instead answer with the facts.\n\nQuite simply - Yes, Norton IS much better than AVG and Avast plus any other free utilities.\n\nLooking at current protection ratings, AVG scores a lowly 90% protection against all known viruses, whilst Avast comes in at 92%. This means they are letting through one in every ten viruses - pretty shocking.\n\nNorton on the other hand is protecting against something like 98.3% of all known viruses - a much better score.  However as people have mentioned, Norton can be known for being a very heavy program which can tend to slow down certain machines. However, if you are not showing any of these slowdown symptoms then I wouldn't worry too much.\n\nI honestly wouldn't waste your time with programs such as Spybot and Adaware.  These used to be great programs a couple of years ago but have now been overtaken and left behind by other programs with next generation approaches.\n\nOne scary fact is if you have AVG, Spybot and Adaware installed and up-to-date, then you are only protected from 60% of all known malware (viruses, spyware, adware, trojans, etc).\n\nIf you would be interested in other Security products that are better than Norton, you should try either Prevx1, Kaspersky or F-Secure who all score over a 99% protection rating.
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It does work, but isn't the best rated anti-virus program out there.  Norton has the highest ratings in anti virus protection.
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Yes, Just Try To Use "Norton Anti-Virus"\nAnd Make Update For It Every Week To Keep\nYour Computer Save.
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Viruses can slow down your computer, Ask a question on yahoo about why the computer runs slow, and get some answers.\n\nAnyways, you don;t need to clean the regestry. Registry is like an encyclopedia of what programs you have installed and what programs you had installed before. The regestry also contains the information about where to find the programs and how to run them. It also contains the information what the user can do and canno do, and so on. There is tons of indormation there that computer uses to orgonize and run the programs.\n\nThe regestry is very fragile, this means if you don;t know what you are doing, DON'T touch it. If you erase something or make modifications to it, you can make drastic enough changes to it, which can cause your computer to crash or disable some programs. So DON'T Touch it.\n\nCleaning it, will not do that much good. And some of the software that say that they clean the regestry, can also cause damage. So Don't worry about it.\n\nThe best way to speed up the computer is to make sure you don't have program runnin in the background, like spyware - which can be cured with installation of spywareblaster and ad-aware. Also, make sure you don't have a super anti-varus runnig - those things can slow down your computer.\n\nI found that AVG anti-varus is very good. I had a Norton Antivirus - which was ok. I then had Norton firewall - and that thing slowed my computer way too much. I now use Windows XP firewall and that the only kind of firewall I use. If you are too scared of viruses and pop-ups, get FireFox browser. Its very nice and does not have security holes as Internet Explorer. Plus it has a lot mor functionality.\n\nAnyways, I have to stop rambeling before it gets too long. \n\nGood Luck
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Look at your startup\n\ntype msconfig into Start-->Run. This prog will give a list of all the programs that are running with your computer. Disable whatever you don't need.\n\nDelete programs you don't need (these will take up room)\nMake sure you have enough hard-disk space (several gigs free is good)\nRun your virus scanner / spyware scanner. Viruses and spyware can really slow your computer down
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First, remove Norton completely. follow this:\nhttp://www.cit.cornell.edu/helpdesk/win/nav/uninstallnav.html\n\nIf it still runs slow, remove Panda. Defragement your hard drive. Do a disk cleaning using Disk Cleaner. Then reinstall Panda.
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Get rid of Norton Anti Virus.