I have a Gateway model 4026GZ with 224 mb of ram. It starts up REALLY slow. I use norton antivirus corporate edition to scan viruses and clean up my computer. Is there a virus or worm or spyware on my comp that i just dont know about or is it the ram, do i need more? Thanks guys!
2006-11-23 04:15:47 · 12 answers · asked by Tanya 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
I know for sure that amount of ram isnt enough these days. You should have 512 at the very least.
2006-11-23 04:17:49 · answer #1 · answered by Dovahkiin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1. Norton has been known to take away from overall PC preformance, try another kind like Trend Micro PC-Cillin
2. Get more RAM (at least 512 total), your video card might be integrated and taking away from it - you might want to get a better video card
3. Download AVG Anti-Spyware 7.5 and Spybot Search & Destroy to scan for malware
4. Run a Scan Disk to get rid of any unecessary files
5. Run Disk Defragmenter
2006-11-23 12:35:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You say you use norton antivirus corporate edition to scan viruses and clean up your computer? huh. It's realy taks a HUGE memory on the RAM & you must have at least 300MB free RAM to run your computer fast. Of corse you need more. From 2 monthes ago i installed norten antivirus & my computer was VERY VERY slow because i have 256MB of RAM. Thanks.
2006-11-23 12:25:41 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-11-24 00:49:46 · answer #4 · answered by RICH 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
id suggest uninstalling norton and try spyware doctor? for me spyware doc was the best....and yes.. u need to have at least 512 as programs nowadays demands 512 and abv...if u are still suspicious about a worm or spyware inside ur computer.. try updatin ur norton to the latest...
2006-11-23 12:52:37 · answer #5 · answered by roragna 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you do need more ram, you also need to get rid of nortons because it is a resourse hog and will take ahold of everything you have on it. And you need to clean your computer of old files and temps. also do a defrag on it.
2006-11-23 12:24:54 · answer #6 · answered by shell7024 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Norton is not good..its make computer slow.
2006-11-23 12:18:00 · answer #7 · answered by http://bathroomthings.net/ 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try scanning for spyware and adware
2006-11-23 12:19:32 · answer #8 · answered by mr D 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
remove unwanted files and don't keep any more files on the desktop and defragment the drives once.......
2006-11-23 12:20:08 · answer #9 · answered by Ramprasad 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
use ccleaner it is free and cleans your computer
2006-11-23 12:18:57 · answer #10 · answered by andykpln 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋