Does using Symantec Antivirus make my computer start up slow?

4 thoughts on “Does using Symantec Antivirus make my computer start up slow?”

1. dannylee00 says:

   May 2, 2011 at 11:09 pm

   Symantec and Norton are one in the same. Symantec brought out Norton some years ago and still uses the name for the product. Yes, it will cause your computer to start up slower however you have to remember that this program is checking your system as it loads/starts up to prevent viruses from running. Also as you add more programs that starts up at "boot time" you will see your system slow down slightly as they run. For instance, do you really need adobe reader and quicktime to startup when you first turn your system on? No. These program can run when you really need them.

2. MLM says:

   May 2, 2011 at 11:09 pm

   Symantec is simply the name of Norton’s parent company, and yes, Norton is a resource intensive program so if you haven’t sufficient system resources, it can slow down your computer significantly, especially if it is scheduled to run a full system at start up.

   It’s important to note that everything takes RAM. Not only security products (such as active anti-spyware, anti-virus and firewall) eat up memory but your operating system, active browser windows, running applications (such as Word, Gaming, Messenger, Photoshop, etc), graphic card and malware all compete for system resources. The presence of Malware (viruses, spyware, etc) will particularly eat up your system resources so you may want to run your resident security products such as antispyware and antivirus applications to ensure that your system is clean.

3. colacoch says:

   May 2, 2011 at 11:09 pm

   if you have a low space computer and a slow computer then it will take time when strating but if you have space like 140 gb or above and fast computer then it shouldn’t be slow

4. nowittyname4me says:

   May 2, 2011 at 11:09 pm

   Norton Antivirus and all of it’s subsidiaries are notorious for slowing down computers. It has been well documented time and time again. It slows the computer down because in order to "safe guard" your Windows files, they move them to a more secure location. Windows then tries to access those files for basic operations, and can’t find them right away, thus slowing your computer down.

   Uninstall it as soon as you can for two reasons: It drastically slows down the computer, and it also doesn’t work. It’s one of the worst antiviruses in my opinion.

   I have Kaspersky, and I haven’t had one virus, spyware, adware, trojan or hidden process. It truely is the best antivirus available.

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