Does running norto use much CPU power?

Smit · 16 Jun 2009 at 14:58

original.wood said:
i think windows has built in AV, Firewall and Spyware cleaner, if your that bothered.

Windows doesn't have a built in AV.
I'm also not too sure if Windows Defender is actually doing anything

oggmonster · 16 Jun 2009 at 15:01

Smit said:
I'm also not too sure if Windows Defender is actually doing anything

+1!

Barso · 16 Jun 2009 at 15:03

Thanks for the help.
Looks like it's time to ditch norton.
What would be the best one for gaming?

Ucof · 16 Jun 2009 at 15:05

Any of them.

Except Norton.

oggmonster · 16 Jun 2009 at 15:15

Barso said:
Thanks for the help.
Looks like it's time to ditch norton.
What would be the best one for gaming?

I'm a gamer and use Nod32 v3.0 AV with no problems

Grimley · 16 Jun 2009 at 15:24

I've heard so many horror stories about Norton over the years, whenever I get asked to sort out a PC the 1st thing I do is remove it if I find any kind of Norton product on it & use the the free alternatives I use personally at the time. I can say the same about Mcaffee as well. The updates & registering their products after 2005 was a real PITA. :mad:

shadowake · 16 Jun 2009 at 15:27

oggmonster said:
Personally I wouldn't touch norton with a barge pole. I would recommend Nod32 or Kaspersky. They're much better at picking up viruses and both are much less of resource hog

+1

Ucof · 16 Jun 2009 at 15:31

I always feel slightly wary about removing something that the user has paid money for.
A prime example is my aunt who bought Norton 360 I think, even though I had previously told her directly that Norton is horrible and after I had loaded on AVG and Spybot.

Her reckoning was that as she had to pay for it, it must surely be better than a free version.