norton antivirus problem

newguy5 · 01-01-2008, 09:29 PM

my norton antivirus locks up on reboot. you see the "please wait while closing program" dialog box when i restart. had it with xp for years and never had this problem. it doesn't give me any problems during regular use, just at shutdown/restart. i tried reinstalling to no avail. anyone else have this problem?

SirKenin · 01-01-2008, 09:32 PM

Your problem is that you're using Norton. Get rid of it. Try Kaspersky, Panda, Avast or Avira. You'll thank me later.

_simon_ · 01-01-2008, 09:34 PM

Have you tried a system restore to before the problem started?

newguy5 · 01-02-2008, 12:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by _simon_

Have you tried a system restore to before the problem started?

it did it ever since windows was installed, so there is nowhere to go back to. is avira better? i know that's free around here somewhere...

newguy5 · 01-02-2008, 12:18 AM

i downloaded avg 7.5 and it's using 100MB less RAM just running in windows over norton. damn never knew norton was that much of a memory hog!

SirKenin · 01-02-2008, 03:16 AM

Avira and Avast are both better than AVG and Norton.

newguy5 · 01-02-2008, 05:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SirKenin

Avira and Avast are both better than AVG and Norton.

cool. yeah i downloaded avira and am using it now. thanks. i didn't realize norton was such crap.

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01-02-2008, 12:18 AM	#5 (permalink)
newguy5 Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Dallas, Tx Age: 25 Posts: 1,076	i downloaded avg 7.5 and it's using 100MB less RAM just running in windows over norton. damn never knew norton was that much of a memory hog! __________________ C2D E6750 Arctic Freezer 7 Pro 2GB G.Skill RAM PC2-6400 Gigabyte P35-DS3L Sapphire Radeon 3850 250GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 Thermaltake TR2 500W 22" Westinghouse (widescreen)

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SirKenin banned Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 4,711	Your problem is that you're using Norton. Get rid of it. Try Kaspersky, Panda, Avast or Avira. You'll thank me later.

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