Comments on: Could installing Norton slow down my computer? http://www.askageek.com/2009/06/07/could-installing-norton-slow-down-my-computer/ Where Geeks Answer Your Computer and Tech Questions! Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:41:40 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Mark http://www.askageek.com/2009/06/07/could-installing-norton-slow-down-my-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-9086 Mark Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:56:13 +0000 http://www.askageek.com/?p=2981#comment-9086 I'd suggest a few things to start out. 1) Uninstall Norton, and just run AVG. Having more than one anti-virus program running on your machine will totally kill your performance 2) Try running Spybot S&D: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/home/index.html and Adaware: http://www.lavasoft.com/ They're both focused on cleaning up spyware and related junk. Let us know how you fare after this, and we'll go from there. I’d suggest a few things to start out.

1) Uninstall Norton, and just run AVG. Having more than one anti-virus program running on your machine will totally kill your performance

2) Try running Spybot S&D: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/home/index.html and Adaware: http://www.lavasoft.com/ They’re both focused on cleaning up spyware and related junk.

Let us know how you fare after this, and we’ll go from there.

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