Why is Norton Antivirus so Resource Hungry?
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Norton wants to make sure that no programs are running that can harm your computer but in the process it overprotects your computer is some spots and underprotects in others.  If you prefer not using Norton there are good alternitives.  http://www.avast.com or http://www.aol.com/security  Either website offers good free antivirus options.  However, they don't offer a firewall.  But you can download a good free one from.  http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/home2.jsp
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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\nYes, Norton IS a good PC security program.  It has been known to slow down people's PCs as it can be resource intensive, but if it's having no ill-effect on yours then I wouldn't worry.\n\nAlso, please ignore people who recommend AVG and Avast. Looking 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. Norton on the other hand is protecting against something like 98.3% of all known viruses - a much better score.\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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Norton is pretty hassel free if you've got enough system resources for it not to be a problem.  Updates by it self, does the job, and besides if you have a NT OS system resources aren't something you've gotta worry about as much anyway.  At least not as much as you do with windows 98, which was a nice OS for the time but basicly screws you over with the OS system resources running out and thus forcing you to restart everytime this happens.
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I just completely removed Norton from my PC and started using avast its free and its effective go to www.avast.com good luck
60561
You can download the FREE version of AVG virus Scanner here http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1. Norton is such a system hog. I would get rid of it and use the free version of AVG. Have not had any issues.
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i agree to andrew to an extent, but some av's like norton or mcafee can be notoriously tough to remove. that may be a problem. bitdefender 8 is a free version that you can try and yes it is pretty good. the best antivirus in terms of performance i have seen is nod32, works pretty damn good even on older computers but unfortunately only has a 28 day trial period and is not free. an antivirus shouldnt use all your computers ram, its an addon. avast is another good one and is free too, no avg's and kapersky's plz
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Yes I do have it stashed away somewhere because it's worthless. Norton never would "catch" half of the stuff it should have but yet a free anti virus program would.
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Get rid of Norton and get a good antivirus program. Here you have some free options:\nhttp://askcomputerexpert.ws43.com/download/security.htm
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Norton does not work.\n\nUse these instead:\n\nComodo Antivirus\nComodo Firewall\nZone Alarm Firewall Anti-Virus / Anti-Trojan\nAVG Antivirus\nXoftSpy\nCounterSpy\nAdAware\n\nUsing this mix, you should be able to find and remove most of what is on your machine.
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Norton is a piece of crap as you can see. Here you have some good and free antivirus programs:\nhttp://askcomputerexpert.ws43.com/download/\nGet one!
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search the web.. lot's available.. I suggest avoiding Norton and Macaffee.  Support sucks, they're invasive and annoying.
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Rip Norton out of your system.. NOW. Norton allocates all non used system resources to itself thus making it a major resource hog. I suggest Trend Micro (that is what I use on my enterprise network) and have had no problems across a 200+ node domain.
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Try buying the latest version of Norton Anti-Virus, it sould like you have Spyware...a type of "virus" that slows your computor down.
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Norton AntiVirus is way too big, bloated and intrusive. You can't do anything without it butting in and messing you up. The last time I looked, it was 33.8 MegaBytes and you practiclly need a wheelbarow to haul it around.\n\nI have heard that it will put up a good fight when you try to uninstalled it but, Mcaffe has a tool to help with that.\n\nGood luck!
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It is great and it also uses less memory than Norton. I stopped using Norton and Use AVG. It's a good choice. The virus signatures are updated daily so you will be protected well. I've been using the free version for about a year now and am virus free.\n\nUninstall Norton Antivirus and reboot the PC before loading AVG. \n\nI also use Microsofts free spyware preventer. It is in beta. Load this program, too.
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I am serious when I say that your next task should be to uninstall Norton completely and install either AVG or Avast for free.\n\nNorton just has too much going on and tries to literally take control of your computer. It will run very slow.\n\npersonally, I prefer Avast. It also helps to stay under the radar, as many attempts at going around Norton are out there. The updates to the virus definitions are daily.
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Norton Antivirus is not a free program. It's not really the best virus scanner either. You might want to try AVG, Avast!, or Active Virus Shield. \nhttp://www.activevirusshield.com/antivirus/freeav/index.adp\nhttp://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5\nhttp://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html