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Norton Seems To Make Your PC Run Slow

Norton Antivirus can make the PC performance slow and more often than not the system might hang if it is being run on a weaker platform. The following pointers can provide a fair insight to one and all as to why their PC’s are slowed down when Norton is accessed:

• Norton’s memory usage is enormous when compared to other antivirus software of the similar league. For instance the file opening in Norton is delayed by 600%, 200% in McAfee and 150% in Trend Micro. Many system analysts believe that is hogs the system’s memory. As a result the resources cannot be used by further applications and programs. Hence the overall performance dips down to manifold.
• The Auto Protect feature in Norton checks for every file that is being accessed-created and modified. This too can make the performance and accessibility slower. In order to beat this one can set the Auto Protect feature to work only if the files are being created or modified.
• Norton by default will reside in the start up menu of the Program list once it is installed successfully. It will automatically check for updates and install from time and again. However, this may shoot up the booting time too. One of the smart things to fix this would be to remove Norton from the start up and schedule scans in every 10 or 15 days. In order to remove Norton from start up list one needs to remove the checkbox in the list of start-ups by accessing the “Regedit” from command prompt on the go.
• As far as possible end users should aim at using the registered version of Norton at all times. Cracked and trial versions are bound to be slow. The updates and hot fixes will not be provided to the end users in these versions. Therefore, it could be one of the reasons as to why the PC performance can become a lot slower.
• With the passage of time, Norton’s robust virus definitions too have increased along with the completeness of their other supporting modules. One should look to upgrade their memory too. A standard 2GB might have been efficient but it would be recommended to scale up to a memory of 3GB or 4GB in order to get faster and optimal results in just about no time at all.
• Norton might give slower performance on a hard drive which is almost full. In order to get optimal results one should install and update Norton antivirus on a hard drive which has sufficient memory space. This can lead to faster accessibility of files and hence translate into faster scanning on the go.

Norton has become a definite protocol amongst SOHO and enterprise users across the globe. However, as the times have unfolded its optimal performance has needed more resources too. It is not feasible nor recommended to upgrade so soon and so much. Therefore, one may consider other free and paid options such as Trend Micro, AVG and McAfee too.