what is your experiences?
please tell me...
2006-12-29 11:51:36 · 16 answers · asked by Mohd Y 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Yes it can happen.
More RAM will cure this (or at least improve it).
The other choice than having an anti-virus slowing your machine is having a virus infection and that is far worse so you just have to put up with it (or change to Linux or OS X).
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2006-12-29 11:58:37 · answer #1 · answered by jan 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My PC is an elderly Pentium 3, 650Mhz, 256RAM. I used to have Norton Internet Security / Anti-virus 2002. When my virus subscription expired earlier this year I was quoted a hefty sum to renew it so I decided to upgrade instead to Norton's 2006 version. That was a big mistake. I find it now takes longer to boot, my PC runs a lot slower as there are so many Norton programs running in the background. If you look in task manager, many of the .exe files running belong to Norton. On streaming video, frames are chopped or the video freezes for a few seconds.
To summarize, if your PC is as ancient as mine then think about other alternatives but if you have a recent machine with high specs you may be OK.
2006-12-31 12:20:12 · answer #2 · answered by dave_lhr 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The older version I had (4-5 yrs ago) slowed my PC down quite a bit. I got rid of it and got AVG instead. I can't say that I've had a speck of trouble from it at ALL, but I have been hearing bad things about it.
Nevertheless I would probably NOT use Norton again.
Bloated resource hog.
2006-12-29 19:55:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
all resident Anti-virus programs take away your precious resources away from you. There is nothing free under the sun.
If this bother you, like it bother me, do not install any anti virus.
I do not have one for the last 10 years and nothing serious has happened to my PC.
What I did is to run the Trendmicro on line scan once or twice a year just to make sure I have no virus (check this on www.trendmicro.com - you do not have to install this, you run this virus scan from the web, so it will NOT permanently resident in your PC)
I also seldom open any e-mail attachment
I open most of my mails through web, Yahoo and Google mail
so I do not have to worry about virus.
If you are careful and knowledgeable enough, I do not see why you want to be saddled by a massive program resident and eating your resources.
Yes, I scan my PC once or twice per year also with spy/worm scanning program. But they are all not resident (running all the time, eating yr resources)
There are life without an anti-virus program
2006-12-29 20:08:56 · answer #4 · answered by sm bn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By default ALL antivirus slows the pc. And Norton is one of the most pc consumers of all. And even though is one of the most consumers, its also one of the worst.
You should try Nod32 or Bit Defender
2006-12-29 20:03:28 · answer #5 · answered by alenm8816 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have heard this many times before. For some computer I believe so depends on you system specs. Mine are 2.4 ghz processor, 1gb ddr ram, 60gb hard drive. It never really slowed down my computer. But did interfere with my Neverwinter Nights game. It is a great program to use for security. If you are afraid it will slow your system down to much try avg it is free and works well. You can get it from www.download.com
2006-12-29 19:55:42 · answer #6 · answered by micaso1971 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is. I've had more computers come in with problems caused by Norton that all the viruses put together.
2006-12-29 20:08:23 · answer #7 · answered by Nomadd 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually Yes ... It slows the pc specially on startup , I had t before but I uninstalled it ... I advise u to install " AVG Anti-Virus " It's too much better ....
2006-12-29 19:57:54 · answer #8 · answered by Laith 1988 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For me Norton is a great anti-virus. It hasn't caused any problems and scans really good.
2006-12-29 19:54:10 · answer #9 · answered by Duke#1 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no, unless your computer is slow already, the only reason it may seem slow is if your doing alot of things while your running a virus scan, hope i could help, cya
2006-12-29 19:54:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋