Norton Corp. Antivirus killing my XP performance

[orbnsc]

Hi there, I wonder if anyone else is having the same problem I am.

Ever since reimaging my company Gateway laptop (2GHz, 512Meg RAM) with XP Pro, I've noticed that the CPU utilization is always between 40% and 60%, even with the machine is sitting there with no applications open (shows up in an SVCHOST process). The same goes for my coworkers that have the same machines.

After a long process of elimination, we've determined that it is the Norton Antivirus software that is causing this. Remove Norton, the CPU utilization goes back to 1-2% in an idle state. We had Norton AV 2002 running initially, but I tried installing the company's Norton AV Corporate edition, and now it's back to the 40-60% utilization. That causes the CPU fan to constantly run, and the hard drive is being read from every second, so the computer sounds like an old clock.

Has anyone else had this problem with Norton Antivirus? Any solutions? Thanks!

 

[AP81]

Yes!

Norton is very much a resource hog and is known to some conflicts. I ditched Norton and downloaded AVG antivirus (Free Edition). This is a 100% free Antivirus software which has become one of the most popular today. There is also a Professional edition which is available.

Do yourself and your PC a favor and remove Norton and download yourself a copy a AVG Antivirus. No subscription fees either.
Here is the website:

http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php

 

[KimLeece]

I agree with AP81. I have tried both Norton and PC-Cillan on a XP desktop and a ME laptop. I now run the AVG program - it's very good and takes far less system resources!

Kim.

 

[orbnsc]

Thanks for the tips! I'm going to check out that AVG. I wonder why Norton still hasn't figured out how to write clean code?

 

[edemiere]

Yeah, but lest we not forget about all the overhead and sloppy coding of Windows XP in and of itself.

It's not exactly a slim shady that runs like a race horse!

Cheers!