2007-01-09 09:26:55 · 7 answers · asked by princesssobon 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
could be several things
low on memory
need to defrag
could be spyware
get norton up todate, reboot and defrag
should see a difference
for spyware
www.lavasoft.com
adaware se personal
get update, reboot and do a full scan
2007-01-09 09:32:29 · answer #1 · answered by great one 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is most likely that Norton AV is the cause of your computer poor performance. A computer expert went through the trouble of testing several software programs and recording how much influence it had on the computer's overall performance. The biggest offender, which slow down the computer the most, was - you guessed it - Norton Internet Security. Norton software has always been notorious for being computer resource hogs. You can find the article at:
"What Slows Windows Down?" -- written by thepcspy.com (http://www.thepcspy.com/articles/other/what_slows_windows_down/1)
"Final Words...
In closing, just be careful over what you install. If you need a font for something, you only need to open it in the Windows font browser and it should become available in your application until you close the font browser. Installing and forgetting about fonts is a very easy way to slowly degenerate your boot times. If you can avoid them, don't install an antivirus program (especially not Norton). That's not perfect advice for everyone, but if you've got an oodle of web-smarts, you should be able to spot what's bad and what's ok.
One thing not covered by this test (for sheer time purposes)is what happens when you uninstall the software. It's well known that applications junk the registry with crap long after they've gone so be aware that the only way to get some of that performance back from a bad application may be to do a clean install of Windows.
Another was drivers. Drivers are known to increase the boot time (as VMWare displays) but are completely impossible to demonstrate on a testing system like this. If I did the tests again with a whole PC and different hardware, this would be more a test of hardware than software. If you want to know how drivers perform, read the hardware reviews. ...[read the rest of the article].
2007-01-09 18:16:25 · answer #2 · answered by What the...?!? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably the problem is really the Norton AV. This program is very "heavy" to the system... Why don't you try the Avast AV? It's free and do a really good job!
http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html
2007-01-09 17:33:41 · answer #3 · answered by Pat T 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Go to my site and read the how to, on the pc tools page. There Are free software links as well.
http://www.livestreamingwebcamandvirtualtour.eclipse.co.uk/
2007-01-09 17:33:33 · answer #4 · answered by graham 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
You probably have an spyware or anti spyware installed on your computer. Remove that and your computer should be fine.
2007-01-09 17:51:13 · answer #5 · answered by The Doctor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it could be.....try uninstalling it and see if it helps...or do a system restore to before you installed it....you might also defrag and run an antispyware program
2007-01-09 17:44:24 · answer #6 · answered by zdonz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
norton is good but it acts up alot, i have spybot and avg anti-virus the work really well.
try www.www.safer-networking.org....spybot
www.free.grisoft.com......avg anti-virus
2007-01-09 17:41:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋