[Cobalt]

A family friend is having real problems having purchased and installed Norton Internet Security. Random lock ups and the machine grinding to a halt with CPU usage at 100% are common occurrances, though I cannot find the reason why.

It is Norton processes that are the problem as disabling Norton cures it, though given the fact they have paid for the software it's not an ideal solution. Anyone else had anything like this? I've had nothing but praise for Norton having used it myself for years, but this problem shouldn't be effecting a 1.7GHz Celeron HP Lapton with 256MB Ram on Windows XP like it is.

[Hybr!d]

Originally Posted by Cobalt

1.7GHz Celeron HP Lapton with 256MB Ram on Windows XP like it is.

Windows itself needs 256mb ram to operate. 256mb is pretty low in today's standards, my mums PC is identical spec and it wont run on that... well it does but makes the PC take an hour to just boot up.

Norton is well known for being extremely demanding on PC resources, it can and does turn perfectly fast machines into slow pieces of crap.

If I ever visit a customer and they have Norton I remove it, it is shit.

Sorry, but I hate it. My advice.... take it off and put some free stuff on.

:twisted:

[Cobalt]

Fair enough, I'll give AVG a try since it won't set them back anything extra, though personally I cannot stand the software. I don't know why but I think that it lacks the intuitive interface to turn it from good free software into a real gem.

Does the job, though I wouldn't trust my work machines with it personally. Should more than suffice for a casual web browser, E-Mailer and MSN user, though :)

Thanks for the tips, I'll let you know how it goes.

[Hybr!d]

I use Avast for all my machine business and personal. I've not had a problem with it ever. Its better than AVG.

[Jade]

I can't stand any Norton product, My machine isn't brilliant but it works so much better without Norton using all it's resources.
I found that it would take ages for the computer to boot up properly and opening programs was slow, it was just eating my computer!