AVG anti virus?

Question

Installed AVG on my computer,worked fine untill I restarted,then my computer at start up slowed to a crawl,I mean like 6 or 7 minutes from the time of the welcome screen and all my Icons in the taskbar were screwed up.rebooted several times,same problem.trying to get rid of norton do I need to do more then just uninstalling it thru add remove programs,for AVG to install or do I have another problem. I am running xp.

Answer 1

Norton is known for causing conflicts whenever a new antivirus or antispyware is installed.  It is mainly because norton is garbage and is a total resource hog.  

You can get the norton removal tool from majorgeeks.com at this link: http://www.majorgeeks.com/Norton_Removal...

Run that and uninstall avg as well then reboot.  A clean install of avg will work fine if you do it right.  Research "tweak avg" on google.  The reccomendation of avast is fine, except for the fact that avast misses about 20% of the high risk infections that are circulating these days.  Antispyware programs are not necessary if you are running the new avg 8.  If you really want a great program for protection, download and install Malwarebytes Antimalware.  It covers everything from antivirus and spyware to internet security.  Another great free program is spyware terminator.

Good luck.

Answer 2

go into control panel and look for symantec ( the name for Norton's site) and go from there. You can go to norton's site and have a tech help you, too. After you get that uninstalled, you can re-install AVG; but first Symantec must be uninstalled.

Answer 3

You need to use the Norton removal tool  to remove Norton completely - http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nor...

Then download Avast its a lot more stable and offers better protection then AVG 8.0.

You can choose a different skin for Avast as well, the Vista one is good.

Answer 4

You need to stop all services running symentac from control panel, admin tools, services

Answer 5

You are not  having"another" problem.  This has been reported as a bug with AVG.

You just need to get rid of AVG.

Do yourself a favor. Forget the others:

Get these two that actually is RELIABLE !!!

AVAST and AD-AWARE.

These FREE tools do an EXCELLENT job.

A.

Avast free Home Edition

Get it here:

http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.ht...

And please do a "thorough" scan as soon as you get it downloaded. The user interface is simple. Click the left side, and in the top menu that comes up, select thorough scan.

When it finds a culprit it throws up an alarm, then you DELETE the culprit, (do not quaranteen).

Then allow it to run all of the time, and you will be completely protected. It will "automatically" update itself, also for free.

You only need to renew your registration once a year, also free.

Note: I KNOW of several people who have used AVG and Norton and have gotten a virus anyway.

Don't go with Zone Alarm as it is hoggy and conflicting.

I've tried them all, and have had wonderful results with DEPENDABLE AVAST for the last 5 years.

The corporation I work for uses the Pro version, and has never has an incident. Avast is your answer.

B.

Get free Ad-AWARE spy-removal tool from Lavasoft

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad-a...

1. Download, install and run this program weekly or more.

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