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| 531795 | 2007-03-11 08:15:00 | Hi Laura, maybe you are right, but its a shame they don't work well together. As I Understand it both programs work in different ways to keep you free of nasties.... One is a fire wall the other a virus detection then removal program. Just hope ntznlh00 gets a solutions as I had very similar problem as He/She does. |
Rock (7239) | ||
| 531796 | 2007-03-11 10:53:00 | AFSIK I don't think that Norton will becausing you all the trouble. I know it's not the best AV around and can be a bit heavy to run, but it won't slow your comp down as much as you say yours has. Have you got System Restore on? If so try going back to a restore point just a few days ago when the comp was going good. Or maybe it's a hardware problem, your hdd could be dying? Run some hdd diagnostic tests maybe |
radium (8645) | ||
| 531797 | 2007-03-11 11:57:00 | Please do not keep NAV. Worst memory hog ever and only OK in performance as well, Get Avast, Comodo or NOD32 that are free or cheaper and are much more efficient and better at their jobs. | beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 531798 | 2007-03-11 21:21:00 | It's a good while ago now but my last computer ran into this sort of trouble. I off loaded NORTONS and it returned to normal. My NORTONS still resides on a shelf in the garage where it does no harm. It would be my first action with your computer. But I am no expert. Tom |
Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 531799 | 2007-03-12 00:22:00 | As beeswax34 said, there are other anti-virus options which get better recomendations here. I'm a fan of free avast! myself. It updates automatically & has never given me any trouble. But there are many threads with other choices if you try the forum's Search. |
Laura (43) | ||
| 531800 | 2007-03-12 01:33:00 | It surprises me that anyone would still consider using Norton anti-virus. Almost without exception whenever someone posts an HJT log, there it is, Symantec this, Nortons that and nine times out of ten it is either a virus or a trojan or what have you that Nortons has let through or has allowed an inexperienced user to download some nasty active x control without warning. I have a mate in Australia who works for Symantec, quite high up in the company, and whenever he comes over I give him a friendly ribbing over NAV, he never has a comeback, he just looks embarrassed. He, by the way, uses AVG and Spybot search and destroy with Tea Timer. | JackStraw (6573) | ||
| 531801 | 2007-03-12 01:37:00 | Hi I fixed the problem by Starting in Safe Mode and used the Add/Remove function to get rid of ZoneAlarm. This fixed the problem but I re-installed Nortons for good measure and then re-installed ZoneAlarm Pro and it all works wonderfully. I'd been using ZoneAlarm and Nortons together for a number of years without any issues. I might try some of your suggested replacements. Thanks to all of those that tried to help. Regards, Neil |
ztsnlh00 (11981) | ||
| 531802 | 2007-03-12 02:03:00 | Neil. I was an avid supporter and user from way back. Then I found out that Peter Norton and John Socha were no longer with Norton. Recently I removed Norton System Works and replaced it with just NOD32. I have to say that I was very pleasantly suprised at how much quicker everything loaded and ran. I can only put it down to Norton hogging all the memory and clogging the system. I'm all for removing and never installing Norton again. |
Bryan (147) | ||
| 531803 | 2007-03-12 07:24:00 | Hi, Glad your system is now OK. I was elated when the fix you did worked for me last week. I think its abit of a red herring which Anti-Virus / Firewall you have. ALL SOFTWARE HAS ISSUES no matter what anyone says. The Fix worked thats all that really mattered to me. Regards |
Rock (7239) | ||
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