Hi folks, At the moment i have Norton as my anti-virus. I have been told that this could be slowing up my laptop a lot. Does anyone have any opinions on this and if it is slowing it up, are there any better alternatives to norton
Norton definately slows up a computer. If you check you task manager you can see how much memory it takes up. I am actually getting more memory for my laptop as its 2 years old.
Had this up until a few days but i got a virus which it couldn't sort out so i changed to Avast. Did the trick and its free too
let me know if you go for the avg, i think i've a key somewhere for it... are you sure it's the laptop thats getting slow
Ye I have AVG 8 and its very good. I used to have Kasper-spy that was good though but I found that it found files that others wouldnt find and maybe it didnt need to find cause they were of no harm.
I use BitDefender 2009 which I downloaded off the net for $40 and seems fine. I gave up on Norton everytime it would start any automatic scan Id have to just leave the computer it slowed it down so much and from what I have seen with BitDefender missed a load of stuff too. http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/200842/2234/Review-BitDefender-Total-Security-2009?page=1
avg and nod32, two of the best freeware antivirus going That and do a scan defrag of your drive mate. That will hopefully speed it up
Its also a good idea to use a registry cleaner from time to time. http://askbobrankin.com/do_i_need_a_registry_cleaner.html
i brought my laptop up to pc world and the man on customer services put avast on it.he said it was by far the best and its free and easy to put on.just go to avast.com and you will find it.i would definitly recommend it.
it can be very slow and miss out on a lot of things it should pick up on. have a look around the net for reviews and you'll find out more on it.
I installed avg but it tells me that my laptop might not be protected because some components are outdated I'm lost
Open up your AVG program. Click on tools along the top, then advanced settings. Click on update along the left and then under "when to update files", click "update immediately" and apply. This will do exactly what it says as long as you're connected to the net. If you dont connect to the internet for a while you might get the "components outdated" message again. This is relatively harmless as your AVG will still be doing its job.