Norton antivirus can't find anything wrong and only using 60% of memory. Any ideas?
2006-09-12 00:51:15 · 11 answers · asked by Dan S 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Ran defrag...
2006-09-12 00:54:20 · update #1
1) Check for spyware. Run both Ad-aware Personal Edition ( http://www.lavasoftusa.com ) and Skybot (http://www.safer-networking.org/) to remove any spyware. Run both as one may caught something the other missing. Then go to microsoft.com and download Defender to protect against future infections.
2) Check that you have a least 10% of your hard drive free. Go to My Computer and right click on the Local Drive (C:). Look at the properties. If it has less that 10% free space, you will need to delete some files, or move them off the hard drive and on to a CD or DVD. Start by running the disk cleanup, which will remove temporary and other unneeded files. Go to Start, then All Programs, then System Tools and click the Disk Cleanup icon.
3) Run the msconfig utility. Go to Start, then Run and type in: msconfig
Go to the startup tab
You will see a list of all the programs that are loaded when your computer starts up. Uncheck any that you do not have to have. (Usually you can uncheck them all). If you decide you to need one, you can go back and recheck it.
2006-09-12 00:58:37 · answer #1 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This issue comes up daily here in Answers.
It's possible that a virus might be the cause but it's most likely related to other issues.
Here's a response I've given very recently. Do these things as a minimum and I think it may help you to at least insure your PC is in pretty good shape.
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A major cause of slow PC's is fragmentation of the hard drive.
You need to defragment the HD at least once a week if not more depending on how much you use your computer, and what you do with it.
A great program for defragging automatically is Diskeeper 10. It costs $30 but is well worth it. Go to www.download.com and search for Diskeeper. Read the Publishers Description and the tech and user reviews. It can be scheduled to run automatically as the program deems necessary, and if you are using your PC and the program launches itself, it will take a backseat to whatever you are doing and give you the priority for CPU usage. I think you'll agree it's a good program to have. It precludes your needing to remember to defrag at regular intervals. Because it defrags automatically whenever it sees any issues, it usually only takes a few minutes for a defrag to be performed.
Also, another major cause of a slow PC is programs that are running in the background. Here's another great program, and it's free. Go to www.sysinternals.com and download the program named "autoruns". This utility will tell you exactly what is running on your PC and provides a nice and easy way to shut down the ones you don't want to boot at start up. Once you have it installed use the tabs at the top of the window to access the various categories. The area you want to be concerned with is the Logon tab. If you use the "everything" tab it will overwhelm you because the list is massive. All you have to do is uncheck the box next to the program name and the program will not start at your next boot up. Hurry as this site has been bought up by Microsoft and these free programs may not be around much longer.
Another good thing to have is a little program called FreeRAM Pro. It is free and is available from www.download.com This program puts a little RAM meter on the System Tray and shows how much RAM you have remaining that you are not using at any given time. Once it is installed you can right click on the little meter, then click on RESTORE and it will open the RAM display window. You can tweak the settings so it will display your CPU usage also. If you need to uninstall the meter, open the FreeRAM window, click on Information, and then on uninstall
Some other things you might acquire and use on your PC and all are available at http://www.download.com. Some are free. Read the publishers descriptions of what the program does, and then read the Tech and User reviews for each program.
I have all of these programs and I run each one at least once a week. It keeps my PC humming along in real good shape.
AVG Antivirus - FREE you may not want to run 2 AV programs at the same time. Sometimes there are conflicts.
AdAware Pro SE - FREE
PC Pitstop Optimize - $30
Registry Mechanic - $30
Spy Sweeper - $30
Spybot Search & Destroy - FREE
Spyware Doctor - $30
Hope this helps
2006-09-12 01:30:29 · answer #2 · answered by Dick 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to www.pcpitstop.com.
Get a log on name and run full tests and the antivirus test. The full test will help you determine what fixes your computer may need. The anitvirus might find some hhidden viruses that Norton can't find.
2006-09-12 01:04:30 · answer #3 · answered by ......... . 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Norton antivirus eats alot of you memory replace it with another. the best one is AVG for me.
2006-09-12 01:11:10 · answer #4 · answered by RyanM 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
examine your confusing rigidity circulate to command on the spot from commence menu and kind command in run software as quickly as there kind chk dsk and run the try this might take hours to do and if all passes then i might look at reinstalling the os which might value like one hundred twenty to professionally reinstall or in case you have a disk all it costs you is time
2016-10-14 22:11:22 · answer #5 · answered by janovich 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try typing msconfig at the run prompt see if you have programs running at startup some can be removed
Hope that helps
2006-09-12 00:56:33 · answer #6 · answered by Network Admin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
60% percent of memory is too much. remove it. norton qis the cause
2006-09-12 00:52:48 · answer #7 · answered by vlad_popescu 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My Dell Inspiron 1150 runs slow, even with wireless DSL....needs more ram
2006-09-12 00:52:46 · answer #8 · answered by ~The Bytch 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
run a spyware check. perhaps you have monitoring processes running that you don't know about. (this is different from a virus)
one checker is called Spybot.
2006-09-12 00:59:01 · answer #9 · answered by XT rider 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
defrag?
2006-09-12 00:52:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋