I have Rogers high speed which has Self Healing Software and I purchased Norton anti virus software separately and installed and both open at start up. Is this what had excessively slowed down my computer??? Please help..
2007-11-21 11:20:40 · 10 answers · asked by q dee 5 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Norton is a pretty beefy program and has a lot of features, it is very likely that it is what has slowed down your computer. Go through it and turn off any features that you aren't using.
If it's only slowing down your internet, then it is likely that you have more than one firewall running at the same time. Norton comes with a firewall, I know. I don't know anything about your default software, and Windows has it's own firewall.
Of the three I'd have to assume that Norton is the best firewall so turn off the one from windows, and (if the program has a firewall) the one from Rogers.
2007-11-21 11:26:26 · answer #1 · answered by Kalazahr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Off the bat: Norton Anti-Virus is a major system pig. It consumes a lot of system resources and doesn't offer much in return.
I suggest that you uninstall it and the "self healing software" provided by Rogers and use some free and better performing applications.
There's an excellent and free anti-virus package called Avast, which is perfect for the home user.
A free and highly commendable firewall would be Comodo Firewall.
Both don't consume that many system resources and both are free.
2007-11-21 11:38:49 · answer #2 · answered by Justin S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The use of 2 or more anti-virus programs at the same time can cause major conflicts. The 2 scanning engines will fight each other to scan every file that you read, write or execute which can cause a major computer slowdown. For the same reason, using 2 A-Vs can cause you to have less protection from the various malware, not more.
(Using an anti-spyware and a firewall with an anti-virus is good, however and is recommended)
You might consider choosing just one A-V and removing any others.
2007-11-21 12:26:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nortons is a hugh resource hog and the only thing they are good at is slick marketing skills. Find a virus or stopping one is a different story. Plus when you try and remove Nortons from your pc, you are left with over 375 fragments glued to all of your files folders and registry. You are going to play "H", trying to find and remove. (They will cause you conflict).
Plus your are going to have serious conflict with you system when you run two antivirus programs. You can only run one without conflict. You can run three or even four antispyware programs, as one will always find what the others miss. And there is no conflict. Just make sure you have the resources to run three or four.
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2007-11-21 11:34:51 · answer #4 · answered by MINDDOCTOR 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are a few software programs which are notorious for being computer resource hogs. Norton Antivirus is one of them. However, in Norton's defense, all security software (e.g. antivirus, anti spyware...etc.) usually require a lot computer resources. I suggest you keep Norton Antivirus and turn off Rogers Self Healing Software. There is no real good reason why you need both turned on. I am familiar with Norton Antivirus; it is top-notched, which is why I recommend you keep it over your other security software.
2007-11-21 11:28:16 · answer #5 · answered by What the...?!? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's not the number of installed programs that slow you down, it's the fact that most of them put themselves in a startup location and run constantly in the background. Nero, RealPlayer, and anything from Microsoft are the worst about doing that. I have 200+ programs installed on my PC, but I use a thing called Startup Run to keep control of what is running at startup. You can just use msconfig to do the same. Take something like LimeWire for example. If you are a dedicated file sharer and you want other LimeWire users to always have access to your shared files, then you'll want LimeWire to always be running. But if you're like most of us, you just open LimeWire, download a few things, then close it, you won't want LimeWire running all the time slowing you down. So you remove it from startup.
2016-05-24 23:04:32 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Too much protection will bog your computer down big time. Norton has a history for taking too much to run.
2007-11-21 11:24:43 · answer #7 · answered by User84 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 anti virus only
2007-11-21 11:25:40 · answer #8 · answered by tasty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Computer performance has always been an issue.
If you keep your computer free from unwanted stuff, your computer will perform better.
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http://www.compset.net/article_computer_freezing.html
This is one of the best articles I can find for you.
Good Luck!
2007-11-21 13:33:00 · answer #9 · answered by MP3 Freak 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you should only have 1 AV
2007-11-21 12:20:04 · answer #10 · answered by AMG 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋