Computerpro3
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If you want your machine to go 99x as fast as it does now uninstall norton. Seriously, it's perhaps the #2 cause of computer problems in my experience behind actual malware and viruses.
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Try out nod32. Look at their client list - these are the guys that dell, microsoft, etc use in their corporate offices. 14mb compared to nortons several hundred, updates several times a day, scans my 1TB in about 18-20min and has never missed a virus in the wild on virus bulletins tests.
Originally Posted by mrarroyo /img/forum/go_quote.gif Every week I check on the latest updates for: - Spybot Search and Destroy - Ad-Aware - Norton - Spywareblaster - Windows Defender Then I run each of them which I follow with a disk cleanup and defrag. I have been doing so for the las 3.5 years I have had my current desktop. |
If you want your machine to go 99x as fast as it does now uninstall norton. Seriously, it's perhaps the #2 cause of computer problems in my experience behind actual malware and viruses.
www.eset.com
Try out nod32. Look at their client list - these are the guys that dell, microsoft, etc use in their corporate offices. 14mb compared to nortons several hundred, updates several times a day, scans my 1TB in about 18-20min and has never missed a virus in the wild on virus bulletins tests.