Have you switched from Norton Antivirus to a different anti-virus software and got better results?
Dre D asked:
I’ve heard from a lot of people that Norton Antivirus is a very “heavyweight” antivirus program; it slows down your computer a lot. Has anybody switched anti-virus programs and experienced this while having good protection from viruses?
Dennis
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February 27th, 2011 at 5:52 pm
Davin
just recently we switched TO norton from mcafee and it’s working a whole lot better. i guess it depends on people’s computers, huh?
March 2nd, 2011 at 12:49 pm
Milton
yes…. norton made my computer reallt slow cuz it has alot of memory
March 5th, 2011 at 7:09 am
Mayra
Norton SUCKS.
Use McAfee, it is more reliable and has never let me down.
March 7th, 2011 at 3:27 am
Sage
Norton works best on mine
March 8th, 2011 at 2:26 pm
Kian
norton never really impressed me with it’s “security”. I use a few random ones from download.com that i verified to be safe from spyware
March 11th, 2011 at 7:11 pm
Luna
go for AVG antivirus. its free and takes less memory and system resource as compared to norton.
download free version from. in the search bar type the keywords, avg and follow instructions
March 12th, 2011 at 6:22 am
Aniya
NOD32 is very light and has great protection, but the latest version of Norton Antivirus is lighter compared to the older versions. Plus i like the interface better than anything else.
March 15th, 2011 at 3:42 pm
Mara
Just done Norton->McAfee, and I can’t tell the difference in performance.
March 18th, 2011 at 5:22 pm
Ezekiel
…”Norton” is good, it will get the “job” done but your computer will “crawl”… McAfee puts Norton back in the “stone-age”…
March 20th, 2011 at 7:43 pm
King
Yes. Norton is a hog (and it really screwed up my computer when I uninstalled it, so be careful). I now use Prevx and like it much better.
March 22nd, 2011 at 7:02 pm
Gunnar
Yes.
I switched from Norton to McAfee and it slowed my computer and I got a virus.
I then went to Office Depot and purchased AVG 7.5 Antivirus and Anti-Spyware.
It doesnt use up your systems resources like other anti virus products.
Its really good.
March 23rd, 2011 at 8:44 pm
Tate
Yes, I switched from Norton Internet Security with Norton Antivirus, uninstalled it, then installed Windows Live OneCare. It works great! It uses about 1-5% of your system memory. It includes a startup cleaner, printer sharing, and secure Wi-fi.
March 25th, 2011 at 5:37 am
Jade
All my clients are using AVG from, this has never let any of them down. It is very light weight but very effective.They also have free anti-spyware and anti-rootkit scanners.
March 27th, 2011 at 7:39 pm
Suzanne
Yes I got AVG backed up by Spyzooka
March 30th, 2011 at 12:34 am
Madalynn
i Dont know about heavy weight but the do not update fast enough and virus’s get through. i had it on my Vaio and it crashed because noton’s/mcafee suck. i discontuned norton’s and been with AVG antivirus and it up dates daily and have had it for a year and no problems yet .it scans emails.websites everything on its own then lets you know if any was found the it puts it into a virus vault to contain it and then you just delete them.you can try the free dowload but it dont give you maxium protection so i paid for it on 3 computers.
March 30th, 2011 at 5:19 pm
Jimena
I hate norton… I switched from norton from mcafee and now my computer is healthier than ever