i installed norton 360 on my new netbook that has 1 gb ram. my netbook is about a week ago. after i installed norton 360 my system is slow like by 5%. is norton 360 too much on my netbook. should i go with free anti virus program or a different paid? if so what do you recommend so my system is fast again?
Norton 360 and system performance
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fastdude
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I speak as a netbook user, get Avast, doesn't slow down my system
(1GB DDR2@533Mhz, Atom [email protected])
at all, uses hardly any system resources and does a decent job of detecting any malicious threats and the like.
As Johnb said, heavyweight-paid-for AV's will need relatively alot of system RAM to be efficient. :good:
(1GB DDR2@533Mhz, Atom [email protected])
at all, uses hardly any system resources and does a decent job of detecting any malicious threats and the like.
As Johnb said, heavyweight-paid-for AV's will need relatively alot of system RAM to be efficient. :good:
Remeniz
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+1 to those recommending Avast! It's brilliant AV software.
I consider the likes of Norton, McAfee and the likes to be AV software for those that have absolutely no idea of computers and just 'want' protection. I remember being 'persuaded' to try Norton over a free AV software I was using four years ago and I couldn't believe how much resource it needed to do the same task/s as AVG or Avast!. I ditched it after 2 days. And went back to Avast!
I know a few that don't have AV software at all but the only navigate to a handful of sites I guess.
I consider the likes of Norton, McAfee and the likes to be AV software for those that have absolutely no idea of computers and just 'want' protection. I remember being 'persuaded' to try Norton over a free AV software I was using four years ago and I couldn't believe how much resource it needed to do the same task/s as AVG or Avast!. I ditched it after 2 days. And went back to Avast!
I know a few that don't have AV software at all but the only navigate to a handful of sites I guess.
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Shut up. Go away. You stole my job.
j/k I love you Austin
I agree. Avast is very good. If you want to pay though, go with aSquared Anti-Malware. It was voted the #1 antivirus.
Spybot is old and outdated and not recommended anymore. Malwarebytes and or Superantispyware are much better programs to use now.
Darthaus
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I just use it for the passive protection.
I'm not sure about 360 as a whole, but I've read that Symantec has significantly reduced the amount of system resources used by Norton, namely their 2010 AV products. Is there any truth to that? I personally haven't used Norton since 2005. It was seriously a POS.
