why is my computer running slow? i have norton anti-virus.?

Question

I have Norton Anti-Virus but my computer has been running really slow. It freezes up alot and when i am typing it stops and then my words are added after a short period of time. I did a full system scan and everything comes back ok. What should i do?

Answer 1

Reformat the computer. If you do not want to do that, then run defrag and chkdsk. You can run defrag by Start>Run and typing in defrag and hitting enter. You can run chkdsk by Start>Run and typing in chkdsk and hitting enter.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I had Norton for a short time several years ago but I also had trouble with the PC slowing down. I had a friend tell me about another anti-virus program that is free to download and use called AVG get it from www.grisoft.com it will work even if you keep Norton it can also be set to update automatically if you have your PC on at the same time every day. I also recommend that you defragment your hard drives you may have lots of programs that can be deleted and free up space to help the PC run faster. Email me at [e-mail] if you want instuctions on how to do it.

Answer 4

Right Click on the Taskbar, choose Task Manager, and see what all is running on the processes, AND get rid of Norton, AVG Free Anti-Virus is more Protective than that piece of Crap Norton... And a whole lot less of a memory hog too........Good Luck

Answer 5

2 things

1 you have a trojan/worm to fix that

this will fix it

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Spyware

W32/Spybot

Browser Hijackers

Adware

Malware

Keyloggers

trojans

virus

worms

back door trojans

Malicious mobile code

toolbar trojans



download xoftspy422 and install it then run it stop the scan and click on scan settings tick every box and click on where it says >> click here to select a folder then tick the (c) thats your hard drive if you have 2 hard drives tick the 2 of them then click ok

then click start when the scan is done click on remove tab



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2 GET THIS SET TO DISABLED



(GAMES & APPLICATION SHARING )



is your router safe?

you need to call your (isp) server

they have to get you in to your router home page

then from there ..copy & paste the router home page

into a notepad then save that to a back up cd



now from there they have to take you to the part

where (GAMES & APPLICATION SHARING ) is

then you click on ( GAMES & APPLICATION SHARING) icon

then at the top on the right your see

configure.. you click on configure

then you .. untick the box

that is ticked there ...

then you click on

apply

and then ask there where you set up a wpa-security key dont use a 128bit wep key ask to use a wpa- security that is your router password and you pick the wpa-security key

now you close off the page

and clean out your internet address bar



download privacy guardian .. that will clean everything for you

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Answer 6

Delete temporary cookies. That was my problem most of thime until I learned. While online, go to1) "Tools" drop down list.2) Internet Options. That should bring you to "general" tab/page. See "Delete" cookies? click it. Another thing is to keep trach bin emptied. Are you Windows XP? They have a tool under Control Panel and Performance & Maintenance that helps. Lastly, close everything you're not using. Good luck, that should help some.

Answer 7

run more than NAV, try running adaware and spybot in safe mode



also try out hijackthis and see if there are any funny looking programs loading into memory.



I always recommend using Firefox instead of internet explorer... most bugs have a much harder time to get through with an unusual browser

Answer 8

It could be norton itself . . . Norton is known for taking up a lot of system resources.



I recommend checking your startup programs and processes.



For this I recommend a program called winpatrol, which makes it very easy to do that.

Answer 9

You can try to defrag your computer to make it run faster. Go to your control panel and switch it to category view if its not already, and click on Performance and Maintainance. Analyze and then defragment

Answer 10

need more ram, programs like antivirus and spyware makes the computer slow, also the start-up programs, and make some defrag in the HDD.

Answer 11

Do you use anti spyware? Do you use a firewall?



Free Spyware Protection:



http://www.safer-networking.org/

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx



Free Firewall Protection:



http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/trial_zaFamily/trial_zaFamily.jsp?dc=12bms&ctry=US&lang=en&lid=zaskulist_trial

http://www.comodogroup.com/products/personalfirewall.html

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/security/internet/sp2_wfintro.mspx



Have fun and be safe.

Answer 12

You probably have too much adware in it. Clean it out using either "Spybot or Ad-aware" both are free.