does norton slow down game loading and internet speed?

Question

if so how to turn it off

Answer 1

Not sure if it slows it down, but I highly recommend you keep it running, because you can pick up a lot of spyware or viruses playing online games.

Answer 2

2

Answer 3

No. It is not Norton slowing you down. Games are primarily graphics. Graphics create large files and consume memory. Clogged memory causes slooooooooooooow.

For speed:

1. Set wallpaper and screensavers to blank or none — they run continuously in the background and use memory.
-----right-click on the desktop, select Properties
-----click the screensaver tab, on the left where it says "screensaver," select none.
-----click the desktop tab, for background, select none
2. Review your start menu – remove anything you don’t need on a daily basis — load games, etc. on an as-needed basis.
-----click Start, Settings, Taskbar and Start Menu
-----click the Start Menu tab
-----select a program you do not want to load at Startup, then click remove.
-----Caution -- do not touch anything you are not sure of or you will mess up your computer royally.
3. From Internet Explorer, click Tools, Internet Options: delete cookies, delete files (offline), and clear history. (You can also set days to store history to 0.)
----- These actions will clear your computer’s cache. (For a description of cache, go to http://help.yahoo.com/l/ph/yahoo/mail/access/access-27210.html )
4. Run Disk Cleanup, Scandisk, Defrag at least every two weeks (the more frequently they are run, the less time they take).
-----These can be found in Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools.
5. Periodically, click Start, Programs, Run — then type ipconfig renew
(that’s ipconfig space renew).
6. Optional: Speed vs Goodies — in the Control Panel, System, Advanced, Performance, Settings — you can have visual effects or let Windows select the best options. I am using “Best Performance.” Your choice.
These things should increase speed and free up memory as much as possible.

Answer 4

If you turn off the anti virus software, then you become vulnerable to a virus attack. Leave it on!

i have used Norton for many many years and it has never slowed my Internet connection down. It is however a huge program that takes a lot of HD space. If your HD is small, or getting full, That may be what is causing the slowdown, and not the Norton.

Answer 5

I don't know why, but Norton slowed EVERYTHING down to a molasses crawl.

I think my wall clock even lost an hour while I had Norton on my machine.

Answer 6

yes it does slow it down even if you turn it off it will slow it down two way to correct this one you need to delete some programs that you don't use or you can delete Norton it's self and go with something that will not cause this problem I use Macfee it's a lot better

Answer 7

For sure it does,uninstall it and try AVG it's better than Norton.

Answer 8

download is one word. You can't control the download speed, it is determined by the strength of you internet connection. And yeah, you can pause a download, if that's what your asking.

Answer 9

no. i have norton and it actually helps with lag on my online games (bf2,Americas Army,etc..).

Answer 10

Yes, aviod it, uninstall it as quickly as possible