Does Norton internet security slow down your computer & take longer to load at startup?

Answer 1

yes

get the following, all are free for a safe surfing experience,
install in SAFE mode with networking ( hit F-8 at boot time ), run them all in SAFE mode
with networking as you'll need it for the updates all the programs below will need.
Turn off RESTORE and the RECYLE BIN temporarily as virii can regenerate / reinfect even if you delete
them with both services on. After all the scanning and cleaning after a 2nd reboot and one last
scan do you turn both of them back on.

ANTI VIRAL

AVG (free) http://free.grisoft.com/


FIREWALL

ZoneAlarm http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp

WEB BROWSER - http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox

EMAIL use thunderbird. It has a good built in spam filter and learns when you teach it. http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird

SPYWARE

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html


and if you have a wireless router follow these tips,


1. Use WPA encryption (WPA-PSK) it's less crackable then WEP.

2. Make a passphrase that is upper & lower case and has some numbers thrown in there as well, again harder to crack.
some like mAkE1t5eCurE0rel53 and as long as possible.

3. Use MAC access control so only you or authorized PC's can connect (even if you do have encryption turned on)

4. Turn off DHCP use static addresses.

5. Turn off SSID (and change it) unless your card really needs it (some do)

6. Change username/password of access unit front end

7. Ensure you have the usual firewall enabled on your PC.

8. Paranoia rules, turn WLAN off if your not using it :)


one last tip
control panel---administrator tools--services--messenger

right clik on it
stop the service
then disable it
save changes

Answer 2

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Answer 3

yes I think it does, i have heard this too.
I have Norton and i cant fault it. i think it does make my computer take a little longer to start but i would rather wait 30 seconds extra than have a virus that took me ages to get rid off or loose all my data.
everybody thinks their virus protection is the best until something goes wrong then it's a load of rubbish.
yes i have had virus's before using Norton but nothing that wasn't fixed automatically.
I used Mcafee for 2 years but i still came back to Norton when i bought a new computer

Answer 4

A lot of people report that Norton Internet Security slows down their PCs. This is probably because its an integrated security suite consisting of many functions including anti-virus, spyware, firewall, antispam etc.

McAfee also falls into the same category.

A product like NOD32 is just a virus killer and spyware package (no firewall, antispam) and hence takes up a smaller system footprint. This gives a noticeable improvement on some PCs.

Answer 5

I took Norton off my computer and added AVG instead and it has certainly made a big difference. Wont use Norton again.

Answer 6

Yes it does! Norton believe that PC's are there to run their application only. They lost the plot since Symantec bought them out.
I run an IT department, our PCs and notebooks are there to do meaningful work, so we uninstall Norton from them all. AVG is good.

Answer 7

Ive just got rid of norton because it was slowing my computer down and it wouldn't shut down and i had to do it manually.

Answer 8

Norton antivirus is just terrible, in my experiance it has done all from major system slowdowns to crashes, it even tried to block its own auto-updater once! uninstall it imediatly and get something like F-Prot or AVG, far better!

Answer 9

Yes it does. Get rid of it and download either avg or avast for free

Answer 10

Yes it does, its stupid how long it takes for lap top to start up