Re: Norton Antivirus & Firewall slowing down computer?

Tech-Archive recommends: Repair Windows Errors & Optimize Windows Performance

From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospamcableone.net)
Date: 02/29/04 

Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 21:24:18 -0700

Greetings --

    I've not seen any "official" figures from any independent
benchmarking agencies, but I can give you my personal experience.

    When my subscription to Symantec's updates for Norton Internet
Security 2002 came up for renewal (at a cost substantially higher than
last year's subscription), I decided to try less expensive solutions.
I downloaded and installed the free version of GriSoft's AVG
(http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php ) and the free version of
Sygate's Personal Firewall ( http://smb.sygate.com/free/default.php ).
Both have proven to be easily installed, easy to use, and quite
effective. Additionally, and in answer to your question, I was
pleasantly surprised to see a small but very noticeable improvement in
my PC's performance, once I'd replaced the Symantec product.

Bruce Chambers 

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"Happy Dog" <happydog@sympatico.ca> wrote in message 
news:zxc0c.24351$253.1653293@news20.bellglobal.com...
> There is a persistent rumour that NAV significantly slows down 
> Windows.
> (Much more so than other antivirus software.)  Is this so and, if 
> not,
> what's the source?
>
> Le moo
>
>

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