ATTENTION ALL:Norton 2004 users,PLEASE REPORT

[dere]

I just got the Norton Antivirus 2004 and WOW!!!

MY computer got so freaking screwed!! EVERYTHINg was slow, applications and games, it was like I had something running on in the background using 100% CPU resources!!

does anyone have norton 2004, if so have u expreienced this kind of problems?

[AntiNazi]

every norton version is like that...

[dere]

nooo ui have the 2002 version and i wanto update it, and i havce had NO problem with 2002 version only 2004. Quite odd

[tennvols_69]

im using 2004 with windows 2000 pro and i havent experianced this.

[Tetsuo]

I use trend-micro pc cillin... but have used Panda Antivirus, panda was better but pc-cillin was free with mobo if you dont mind switchin panda is fast w/o problems but then again both of them are? soooo.... umm... norton sux? maybe reinstall? maybe try and read somethin in google? dunno...

[Tarudos]

you could try avg

[RoaringOne]

I recently got norton, and it makes things run slowly because it scans a lot of files before they are used. If the scan takes a long time, a little box will pop up in the bottom right of the screen.

[rds0811]

I use systemworks 2003 and ghost and firewall with no probs.

[Tetsuo]

Originally posted by Tarudos
you could try avg

Yeah, avg is free... free is good... thats why i used pc-cillin (came with mobo) just sayin avg is a good idea...

[NeXuS]

norton blows because it scans files, emails in and out, ect. sure, it might keep your pc locked up tight (or it may not) but its not worth the resources and time it uses. i normally don't screw w/ a virus scanner at all, act halfway intelligent on downloads, and install security updates. sometimes i scan with whatever that thing online is, housecall or something, and its never found a virus except for when that first strain of m$blast came around in august.

[Lykkwid]

I havn't ever had a single anti-virus software ever installed in my PC.

Sure I get a virus every so on, but who cares I just format disk and reinstall Windows.

[Tylenol]

Originally posted by Lykkwid
I havn't ever had a single anti-virus software ever installed in my PC.

Sure I get a virus every so on, but who cares I just format disk and reinstall Windows.

Dont have 2 hours for this, let alone software reinstall.

[Anjr00]

Ha, all you n00bs. I have my Norton 2004 setup to only scan .dat and a limited number of other file types. It only scans .exe files, not all the other ones loading, so my games and stuff still run just fine.

[dygital]

The background app that uses 100% could me MSBLASTER worm.... get your updates.

[BENdage]

norton 2004 seems quite random. the first time i installed it i had no problems. Then i re-formatted when i got some new bits and when i installed it again it slowed my system to a crawl. So i removed it, when i got a virus i reformatted and installed it again no problems. its wierd. the same thing used to happen with 2003, sometimes no problem, sometimes killed my system...

[Sakesaru]

Originally posted by Anjr00
Ha, all you n00bs. I have my Norton 2004 setup to only scan .dat and a limited number of other file types. It only scans .exe files, not all the other ones loading, so my games and stuff still run just fine.

good idea, real good idea. could u post a list of anything else i should watch out for? (apart from .exe and .dat, question applies to anyone who can answer) i dont get a hard on over security so yeah, theres probly a bit of stuff i dont know to look out for. don't be so lippy tho eh? some of these guys are smarter then u could imagine

that would cut my lost resources alot.

[OrillionX]

Pfft...Norton!

I downloaded the trial version and was told i've already used it for 20 days! Besides, I had a virus some time ago which infected about a 150 files (it infected EXE files), and Norton always got stuck while trying to fix it. It was ridiculous. Now I use EZ Antivirus, possibly the best one out there. That thing scans sooo fast...And actually works!

[tyman]

meh

I use AVG now.

[zenon01]

Norton antivirus 2004 pro ... no probs

[BENdage]

is avg the free one?