I only visit BBC.co.uk, I-tunes, and yahoo.
2007-05-02 20:33:56 · 16 answers · asked by Stennos 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
It wont run at all if you get a virus.
2007-05-02 20:37:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Use NOD 32 antivirus it is not resource hungry. Properly maintain your PC like as follows. First of all increase your virtual memory or page file size open control panel double click system folder on opening page click advanced than Tick before Adjust for best performance & click apply(it will take a while). Than click advanced in coming window you will find virtual memory click setting. Select drive on which you want your virtual memory to be.Choose other than primary partion, then click custom and change the Page file size or virtual memory size by typing.
Initial size should be 1024 MB at least & max size should be not less than 2048 MB.
1. Search for temp files( In search box type *.tmp) click search. Delete all files that appears after search.
2. Than as above type *.log & do the same.
3. Search Temp folder Delete all it's content.
4. Search Temprory Internet Files & delete it's content.
5. Run updated Antivirus & Anti spyware.
6. Run disk cleanup from system tools in accessories.
7. Than defragment your drives twice from system tools Defrag.
8. From run type msconfig > enter > click on startup un check all checked field except of antivirus & anti spyware. Choose & click services, Check beside hide all MS Services. In remaining list uncheck all except Anti virus & Anti spyware services click apply click ok you will asked to restart click restart. You are almost done.
This will make your system considerably faster but one very essential action has to be taken and that is cleaning Registry which is the main reason of sluggis system. Dowload
WIN XP Manager or tuneup utilities install & clean. Try with win xp manager,s 1 click cleaner. You can download it from
www.softarchive.net. It requires dotnet fx so you will have to download it also. First you will have to install dotnet fx. It is free & you can get it from site of microsoft. Your PC will become as fast as it was when new or a bit better.
2007-05-02 20:48:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you DO need an antivirus software, but you DON'T need a sluggish one. I used to be a fan of Norton, but the latter versions don't show any mercy to my PC resources. I use now NOD 32 and I'm quite happy with it.
2007-05-02 20:48:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you found out if anti-virus is the main reason for being slow?
Have you checked on other things like the RAM size and the kind of applications running on the machine?
Check those before other things.
2007-05-03 05:48:37 · answer #4 · answered by Omo Oba 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, even these reputable sites get hit by virus'.
Yahoo had a nasty one about 4 or 5 years ago.
Try changing your ainti virus... if it makes things slow I can only imagine that your using Norton (which has a reputation for slowing things up)
Try using a different anti virus, www.grisoft.com used to offer a very good virus scanner that was quite system light.
Used to be free, and still may be, havn't checked in a while.
2007-05-02 20:38:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, you don't need antivirus stuff, and don't worry, you'll make some 3 world hacker happy to download your credit info, bank accounts or just use your computer as a slave to send spam. If your online, you need it.
2007-05-02 20:39:40 · answer #6 · answered by Gonealot R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you need antivirus. If you get an infected email and open it then it can spread to everyone else in your address book, which in turn can spread via their computers.
It's how viruses are propogated. Maybe be you should see if you can install more RAM.
2007-05-02 20:38:39 · answer #7 · answered by Nexus6 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
YES!!!!!YOU NEED ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE IN CASE THE PC GETS HACKED AND VIRUSES ARE UPLOADED TO IT!
Try AOL Active Virus Shield but don't let AOL scare you its made by kaspersky (THE BEST ANTI-MALWARE SOFTWARE MAKERS IN THE WORLD!) Its free and free to anyone! AOL member or not? Try it at http://www.activevirusshield.com/
2007-05-03 06:58:01 · answer #8 · answered by Jackkkk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Norton or McAfee? They can slow your PC down by as much as 20%.
Try free AVG or AVAST! 4 Home. Much less memory overhead.
2007-05-02 20:39:17 · answer #9 · answered by ELfaGeek 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
maybe you need to arrange for the computer to have a health check. this can be done through places like PC World. i'm sure it will run faster then
2007-05-02 20:43:29 · answer #10 · answered by homemanager22 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you do need it, virus's access your computer as soon as you open the Internet, why don't you try some free ones to see which one runs best on your comp with out slowing it down
2007-05-02 20:39:48 · answer #11 · answered by angie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋