What's Wrong With Norton Av

[Rip The Jacker]

That is true. But I don't use IE or K-Lite for software. I also do extensive research on something before downloading it, and pay close attention to where I'm downloading it from. When online, I'm either at a forum, downloading an MP3, or downloading a video. Every now and then I'll find some new program and download it from its official site.

I don't ever worry about viruses, I guess you can say I'm a bit foolish, but I think I'm just a little less paranoid than most people.

[xxxSHARExxx]

so what AV you would recommend?

[silent VI]

i tryed avg and i found and deleted the two files right away, norton couldnt fix the infections.....

[uNz[i]]

Actually, this is a very timely topic for me.

I've been using Nortons AV since 2001.... currently running NAV 2003 Pro

It's been okay for the most part, but yeah, like zapjb said - it's a resource hog.
It slows my comp's startup time down considerably.

Also, the live updater only seems to work in fits and starts.
Sometimes it runs perfectly, other times I have to update the virus definitions manually.

I finally got around to downloading AVG last night
NAV is getting evicted over the weekend.

I'm looking forward to a marked improvement in my PC's performance.

[muchspl2]

Originally posted by DrunkeNStylE@2 April 2004 - 03:15
i tryed avg and i found and deleted the two files right away, norton couldnt fix the infections.....

word

[muchspl2]

[i]Originally posted by uNz@2 April 2004 - 03:45
Actually, this is a very timely topic for me.

I've been using Nortons AV since 2001.... currently running NAV 2003 Pro

It's been okay for the most part, but yeah, like zapjb said - it's a resource hog.
It slows my comp's startup time down considerably.

Also, the live updater only seems to work in fits and starts.
Sometimes it runs perfectly, other times I have to update the virus definitions manually.

I finally got around to downloading AVG last night
NAV is getting evicted over the weekend.

I'm looking forward to a marked improvement in my PC's performance.

well there is plenty of things you can try, one of the best tip is turning off services the you don't need
http;//www.blackviper.com list all the resources hogs/security holes you won't ever use, you'll save a ton of resources

[zapjb]

For those thinkiing about switching AV's.
I used a lot of AV's. I know of the free ones, Avast!, AVG & AntiVir.

Avast! is the best of the free AV's & what I use.

[uNz[i]]

Originally posted by muchspl2+2 April 2004 - 19:24--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (muchspl2 &#064; 2 April 2004 - 19:24)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin-uNz&#091;i
,2 April 2004 - 03:45] Actually, this is a very timely topic for me.

I&#39;ve been using Nortons AV since 2001.... currently running NAV 2003 Pro

It&#39;s been okay for the most part, but yeah, like zapjb said - it&#39;s a resource hog.
It slows my comp&#39;s startup time down considerably.

Also, the live updater only seems to work in fits and starts.
Sometimes it runs perfectly, other times I have to update the virus definitions manually.

I finally got around to downloading AVG last night
NAV is getting evicted over the weekend.

I&#39;m looking forward to a marked improvement in my PC&#39;s performance.

well there is plenty of things you can try, one of the best tip is turning off services the you don&#39;t need
http;//www.blackviper.com list all the resources hogs/security holes you won&#39;t ever use, you&#39;ll save a ton of resources[/b][/quote]
Yeah, big fan of Black Viper over here. B)
The services are pretty well sorted on this box. A healthy dose of paranoia saw to that.
My comp is reasonably new and runs great until I install NAV.
Then performance just gets kind of... ordinary. Not super slow or anything, but the change is quite noticable.

[xxxSHARExxx]

Is it a good idea to have 2 AV running?

[Aaron_T]

ive been using Norton Systemworks 2004 for months now its protected and deleted viruses from my PC excellent&#33;&#33;&#33;


it also includes great features like the speed disk and the windows check function, both work better than the windows versions of these.


but i have found that sometimes my PC can be slow, this might be the culprit, who knows?