Norton antivirus 2004

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jojo - 14 Oct 2004 15:49 GMT

Not sure if this is the right place to ask this but....after installing then
my computer runs really slow....
any thoughts?

Thanks,
jojo

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Ron Badour - 14 Oct 2004 16:05 GMT

I think Norton products are bloated and problematic. I don't use any of
them although I have in the distant past before I knew better.

AntiVirus programs

AVG, free AV program: http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php

ETrust, reasonably priced AV program that I use:
http://www1.my-etrust.com

EZ Armor Security Suite, One year free trial :
http://www.my-etrust.com/microsoft/

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> Not sure if this is the right place to ask this but....after installing then
> my computer runs really slow....
> any thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
> jojo

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jojo - 14 Oct 2004 16:37 GMT

Thanks, but my company has already purchased Norton and it is the only
"approved" anitvirus I can use.
I'm stuck with what I have, so I have to make it run better.
Thanks,
jojo

> I think Norton products are bloated and problematic. I don't use any of
> them although I have in the distant past before I knew better.
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> > Thanks,
> > jojo

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Ron Badour - 14 Oct 2004 16:58 GMT

Check with Norton tech support and see what they say.

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> Thanks, but my company has already purchased Norton and it is the only
> "approved" anitvirus I can use.
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> > > Thanks,
> > > jojo

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Jeff Richards - 14 Oct 2004 22:24 GMT

The most common reason for this is that Norton has been set up to monitor
changes to files, and that it is monitoring changes to a file that is being
constantly updated, such as the registry (a DAT file) or a database file.
Make sure files like this, which cannot be infected and which are frequently
updated (and/or are large files) are not being monitored.

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> Thanks, but my company has already purchased Norton and it is the only
> "approved" anitvirus I can use.
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>> > Thanks,
>> > jojo

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