window def. with Norton antivir.

[muhannad]

I installed Norton antivirus 2009 successfuly and made the window defender
off but my system became slower than before please anybody tell is there any
risk of being window defender and norton antivir. at the same time in my
laptop ?can i remove window defender?is there anyadvice about the slow in my
system

 

[Bill Sanderson]

If your system is slow, it isn't because of the combination of these two
products. In my experience, Norton is successful at disabling Windows
Defender without any further action on your part. I would tend to blame the
slowdown on Norton, but I am told that the newest version of their product
is far more efficient in its use of system resources than some older
versions, and I don't have direct experience with this version.

If your system is clean (of malware), it might well benefit from additional
ram. If it isn't a laptop, this can be relatively inexpensive, and not too
hard to install.

 

[muhannad]

Thank you . my os is vista home premium and window defender off only norton
antivirus 2009 work and also window firewalls on but my laptop slower than
before is there any advice please

 

[muhannad]

thank you . do you think i can solve this problem by expand ram

 

[Bill Sanderson]

I'd follow Dave M's advice first--check using some online scanners for
malware in place. If you believe the machine is clean, you might try
uninstalling Norton, to see if the machine returns to its normal level of
performance.

If it does, and you wish to keep Norton, I'd get more ram.

(and be sure to keep a firewall active, and antivirus in place as much as
possible while doing this test.)

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