I have also installed Norton's Internet Security (Came as bundle) to protect my PC from viruses etc.
2006-06-24 12:21:01 · 6 answers · asked by Marcus B 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
SystemWorks DECREASES performance. It requires memory and processing power to keep it running.
2006-06-24 12:28:40 · answer #1 · answered by Wilton P 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First of all, most of symantec's products are very very influential on how much memory you have on your computer. In lamens terms, they are a memory hogs. If you do not have enough memory your computer is going to run slow because you have all these processes, anti virus cleaners, going in the background.
There is a feature on most antiviurs programs called Real Time Scanning or active scanning. This means that the virus scans everything on your computer without you knowning. It does it by itself. When you click on something it is scanned then opened.
If not that than a lot of software out there meant to clean does do some damage. It deletes things on your computer that can be deleted but should not be. But i believe that if you upgrade your memory you will be fine or get differnet software.
2006-06-24 19:30:04 · answer #2 · answered by bballkid590 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it's slow after you installed Norton, it could be because Norton is clogging your memory...namely your RAM. It happens on the computers at my job. They have Windows 98SE and they're older computers...so a big program like system works bogs them down so bad, it's not even worth having them.
2006-06-24 19:29:29 · answer #3 · answered by Isles1015 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that was not designed to remove spyware only anti-virus and worms and some trogens you need a good spyware program I use spyware doctor I downloaded it at netscape.com and I paided $20.00 for the fu;ll version and I never looked back it saved my back several times over as it works around the clock in real time off and on the internet
2006-06-24 19:30:36 · answer #4 · answered by Paul G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Althoughi dont know the answer its funny you should say that cos i have had so many problems with mine. In the end i uninstalled it.
Now its cool
2006-06-24 19:26:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you cleaned your hard drive and defragmented lately?
Both of those things can help.
2006-06-24 19:28:16 · answer #6 · answered by starting over 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋