My computer has 849MHz and only 128 MB RAM, but I have windows XP. I want to know which anti-virus is the least RAM hungry as I don't want my computer to be sluggish. I tried installing Norton's internet security, but it makes my computer so sluggish! I am using Windows XP's own firewall.
Any ideas would be great. Thanks.
2006-10-31 07:25:02 · 14 answers · asked by Barrister Wannabe 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Yes i too had that problem with norton the best one i found was AVG and you can download it for free just type free download into a search engine, from memory i think it is zdnet.com (but i am not 100% confident about that - sorry)
2006-10-31 07:33:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Norton is the best. But for the comp not to be sluggish, u need more RAM. XP alone is bogging u down. 128 was ment for 98 but all new XP comps have at LEAST 512. I would suggest upgrading ur RAM.
2006-10-31 07:34:19 · answer #2 · answered by nonsense_5 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can give you a link that deals with hard drive and virus problems. Some RAM/hard drive problems can be easily fixed yourself by using easily available tools. I found the info at http://fixit.in useful
2006-11-03 23:54:13 · answer #3 · answered by blsruthi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well all anti-virus and anti-spyware softwares have the sama performance.........you must choose AVG because more than a million PC users in the world are using it. and it is free
2016-05-22 18:54:13 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
with the specification of your computer, i suggest you once to go back and use windows me or windows 98se,
second, you can try bitdenfer or karspersky, these two anti-virus softwares consume less memory than others
2006-11-02 13:53:01 · answer #5 · answered by HuCeR2212 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try McAfee 2007 its very good i am using it for 3 years
2006-10-31 07:33:33 · answer #6 · answered by George 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You want a straight answer? AVG Antivirus from http://free.grisoft.com is an excellent antivirus while using very little resources. Good luck!
2006-10-31 13:32:10 · answer #7 · answered by jim 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trend Micro PC-CILLIN.
Get the best version of it. All other companies have various glitches and "side-codes" that do strange things to your computer. This one is good.
www.trendmicro.com
2006-10-31 07:36:12 · answer #8 · answered by c90 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
xp service is alright but go for
Mcfee virus checker and
ZoneAlarm firewall protection
2006-10-31 07:35:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can't run win XP on that computer!!
that is what is causing you trouble!
you must use the Win 98.
trust me.
2006-10-31 07:33:08 · answer #10 · answered by gabrielle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋