My laptop takes bout 3-5 min to start up...issit cuz of de antivirus??.....pls advise...or should i change to another antivirus??...thx

Cheers....

Mind to share what norton program u are using, Norton anti-virus, Internet security or 360?

My Norton 360 doesn't effect my start up time at all..

how big is your ram actually?

Moved from Windows Vista

Well, from my previous experience, yes.. norton is such a RAM eater..
But that was 5-7 years ago when i last used them

I'm not sure about their product rite now..
I dont even use one..

Try turning off Automatic Live Update and "Run Quick Scan whenever updates have been received".

I'm using Norton Internet Security 2007 and ran into performance problems.CPU & Ram is constantly used up.After turning it off,i see dramatic decrease in cpu usage.

everyone knew that norton are very sucks AV, so just change to the other lorr...

serious ? no wonder my laptop now load so slow ...

Norton is good...but bad thing is that sux up a lot of RAM..so do change to others...there a alot of good one out there...

no wonder my laptop hang easily now when i try open excel file n msn...

I work as a vendor for one factory, they just upgraded to NOD32 from norton a few months ago.

Reason? Norton itself can't even protect the server from virus invasion. And while remove the norton from client PC, many of them cannot be uninstalled. Have to use the removal tools to remove the program.

Don't use norton, it really sux. Till now, it still sux.

Norton is really RAM eater. Never tried it but I don't think its good. Even McAfee which eat quite amount of ram as well performs better than it..

say no to norton,
the reason so many ppl using it is actually it was preloaded into the pcs and laptops......

how about bitdefender n kaspersky?

Norton360 seems to be working OK on my rig.

Not sure about Bit Defender. For KasperSky, my friend used it and overall it's good. Just that he said that the Firewall is a little complicated compared with McAfee..

i've avoided Norton since more than 5 years ago. those days you know la. around Celeron 400 - Duron 800 with 64mb RAM to 256mb RAM range and Windows 98/early XP.

i'm satisfied with AVG and therefore not switching camp.

wow... their so change it earlier

bitdefender sucks!! don't use it. They are being sold for RM49 or something right now to get people to buy them but they are ineffective in getting rid of malwares.

My friend's PC using bitdefender but got all sorts of virus problem. Then switched to avg, better but keep on prompting got virus and all but then switched to avira anti-vir. No more problems. Best of all avira is free.

But if you want good and stable antivirus, try nod32. It's quite effective (not 100%) but light on memory. Problem is, not so easy to learn how to use.

I tried using Norton in my system. Working fine until recently (Norton 2005 before)...

I used to think that Norton is a bad memory eater but to be honest, with 1GB of ram or more, it isnt really noticeable to me. But bad things happened when i tried to update to Norton 2007 (instead of Norton 360). To my surprise, Norton 2007 is not sucking my memory but my CPU speed. After installing the AV, my CPU speed/performance is at a constant 50% even on idle.

After thorough checking, i knew that it is the Norton that is causing the trouble. I uninstall it and keep on with my 2005.

Hmm, I prefer AVG or McAfee to Norton because most of the Norton products suck RAM except the Norton 360 which sucks lesser RAM. Just my 2 cents.

got a lot free AV on the net... not need to waste ur money

ohh....well what antivirus is de best.....money i not a probelm....n FYI my ram is 1GB DDR2

here has been a lot of discussion about that in LYN in the past..
just go find the right topic, whether u want paid or free AV..
all is there, in LYN..

please read those related forums and decide
there some reason GOD gives us a brain for each of us..

This post has been edited by coolmast3r: Jul 17 2007, 08:07 AM

Used AVG before - Gave up after that. Detect unnecessary problems, give away dangerous ones.

Used McAfee before - Gave up as well. Dont like it (for unknown reasons).


For now, i only like NOD32, AntiVir, Norton. These are the ones i trust as off now without giving me any trouble thus far except for Norton 2007.

I duno why everyone complaing bout Norton. Yeah, i know they are once known as a memory hunger in Norton Internet Security but that was over.. Have u guys actually tried Norton 360? It's not resource hog at all at least for me. i have nv encounter any slow down on start up as well as system work. it just work nicely.

because norton had been the most sucks AV for many years

of course N360 is not resoucre hog.. (otherwise symantec is in big trouble)lack many important feature.. even newbie should not use it. i wonder why ppl still want to use N360. N360 is symantec answer after they failed to trim NAV in term of resource. What a nice piece of junk.
but i do agree that nowadays norton is not as resource hog as the old version

their track record in AV field.. is very sucks

waiting for my bitdefender v10+ to arrive...

ive been using kaspersky since last year, never gimme a hard time since... very nice n powerful...

Bro, 1GB RAM also not enough la, if your running Windows Vista with Norton Internet Security 07 on and most of the startup items i.e. MSN, YM or Skype. Heck, 2GB ain't even enough.

McAfee is not user friendly, & like to left a lot gabage file inside hdd space & reg too.

Not quite true. McAfee is quite user-friendly already. Last time where I recommend my other friends (New to pc stuff) to use it and most of them don't have much problem with it and get used to it real soon.

Well.. As for me, McAfee FTW. Haha.. Has been using this antivirus since i start use pc until now. For around 6 or 7yrs im using this antivirus. So far, nothing bad about it. Protect me well.

But one thing im agree with super macgyver, this antivirus really left about of garbage file in hdd. But it ok for me, due im do clean up every few days!

Same. Last time when I was very noob and my friend introduced me this. Use McAfee until this year (well you know, no more xx-ed version.. not working = no money :/) and 'forced' to switch.

i think Mcfee used alot of RAM like norton

norton = causing com slow while scanning(ram consuming and cpu % eater)
kaspersky = very sensetive when it comes to online gaming(so far seen a lot of warnings/alerts when playing maple story)
mcafee = used b4, but it's ok ok that type
bit defender = never tried b4
avast = friend is using, ok for moderate security...
antivir = that's what i'm using....
zone alarm pro = incompatible with my linksys router :swt:...

2 words.... Norton Sucks...

no matter what... even the new version N360 is still suck...

my recommendation....

Nod32,Kaspersky,AVG,Avira

choose which one... this 4 antivirus never give me a problem...

norton must shuts down their company, coz their product so sucks

maybe they still can improve like last time, dun curse them like tis lah.