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| Thread ID: 74060 | 2006-11-10 00:24:00 | Spyware and Norton conflict? | chocolate2006 (11426) | Press F1 |
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| 497866 | 2006-11-10 00:24:00 | Hi I probably have too many anti spam/spyware/virus programmes, my laptop is running soooo slow I'm about to smash it! Can there be a conflict with too many of these applications? I have checked out msconfig to see which startup programmes I have and :lol: :mad: only recognise a few... what is the first thing I should be doing to remedy a super slow system? Please help or the pc gets it! | chocolate2006 (11426) | ||
| 497867 | 2006-11-10 00:29:00 | Nortons is a / the cause of a slow system. Its a memory / resource hog. What other spyware / AV programs are installed? And what version of Windows have u got and how much ram is installed? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 497868 | 2006-11-10 00:29:00 | Norton is probably the real problem...check it out...most people here hate it for that very reason...use the Search link above here ^^^^ and type in Norton and c 4 urself. | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 497869 | 2006-11-10 00:41:00 | Nortons is a / the cause of a slow system. Its a memory / resource hog. What other spyware / AV programs are installed? And what version of Windows have u got and how much ram is installed? Hey surfer I have Spyware Doctor and a free spyware scanner I d/loaded off the net. Windows XP and 224mb RAM. Should I also be looking at unchecking startup programmes or do you think it could just be a Norton issue? I subscribed to Norton - waste of $ huh? |
chocolate2006 (11426) | ||
| 497870 | 2006-11-10 00:44:00 | What's the name of the "free spyware scanner" you downloaded? And do you know how to use HijackThis & post a log here? That's your best way to get a proper analysis of your problem. Edit: At least post a list of your StartUp entries. That's likely to be one cause... |
Laura (43) | ||
| 497871 | 2006-11-10 00:51:00 | Hey surfer I have Spyware Doctor and a free spyware scanner I d/loaded off the net. Windows XP and 224mb RAM. Should I also be looking at unchecking startup programmes or do you think it could just be a Norton issue? I subscribed to Norton - waste of $ huh? 224 mb isn't that much, when running XP. And when you're running a Nortons program. Is it Nortons AV or Internet Security, which includes the AV? I wouldnt uncheck any programs under msconfig. Tick the wrong one/s and you can have probs. I would get hijackthis (www.merijn.org) unzip this and run it click on scan and save a log and copy and paste the log back here. BUT, I would say Nortons would be the main prob. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 497872 | 2006-11-10 00:53:00 | What's the name of the "free spyware scanner" you downloaded? And do you know how to use HijackThis & post a log here? That's your best way to get a proper analysis of your problem. The scanner is 'Free Spyware Scanner' from Spycleaner-Gold.com , and no I don't know how to use the HijackThis...? |
chocolate2006 (11426) | ||
| 497873 | 2006-11-10 00:54:00 | Hmmm. Should've known I should've waited for Speedy... It's that "refresh the page" thing. |
Laura (43) | ||
| 497874 | 2006-11-10 00:55:00 | OK cheers will post a log... | chocolate2006 (11426) | ||
| 497875 | 2006-11-10 00:58:00 | OK cheers will post a log... After u post the log, use Spybot (www.spybot.info) instead. Download the program and the detection updates. Install both. Then do a scan with it. I would uninstall that free spyware scanner program. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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