57 replies to this topic

[Skot]

Haha, yeah.
I'm using Comodo at the moment.
I got it a while ago.

I'm probably about to start using Jetico.

[burningcow422]

i've been using norton for quite some time now and my computer is by no means "slow". but if i got rid of norton would it really make a difference?



not at all taking side with norton saying it doesn't slow it down at all. just a simple question.

[Fraxtil]

Hahaha... my parents have 1000 fonts, McAfee, .NET Framework, Office 2003 Pro Edition, DirectX 9.0c, Quicktime 7.1, Java 1.5, and Winzip. xD;

[SXR]

love this thread, thanks alot! Nice info.

[lareeth]

I have both ZoneAlarm and Comodo

That isn't really a good idea to have more than 1 firewall, they can sometimes knock each other out leaving you open to everything

Edited by lareeth, 16 November 2007 - 06:20 PM.

[Seventh Surfer]

I agree with lareeth. You should even disable Windows built in firewall if you are using any other firewall program.

Btw, here's a good thread for Vista users.

Edited by Seventh Surfer, 16 November 2007 - 07:09 PM.

[PenaltyKillah]

Actually not that surprised that Y! Messenger is so much slower than WLM.

[PRATOSH]

Actually not that surprised that Y! Messenger is so much slower than WLM.

yup yahoo sucks and norton oh well what about it.i have to scratch my head to think in what area its good.oh ya i got it slowing down comps and crashing them.

[henrydtv]

wow those im clients really slow things down.
if anyone wants to not use a program for im go 2 meebo.com

[AMIRZ]

Only install what you need...

[endrit10]

Yahoo! Messenger is slows down my computer soooooo much.

[Xzen]

Yahoo! Messenger is slows down my computer soooooo much.

Use pidgin then...

[pm_41]

Yahoo! Messenger is slows down my computer soooooo much.

Use pidgin then...

Or Digsby. They're cleaning up the app a LOT.

[Genius314]

Or Digsby. They're cleaning up the app a LOT.

Wow, that program looks great! AND it's cross-platform. I'm definitely try this out!

Edit: Oh... it's not for Linux or Mac yet... oh well. I'll try it out when it's done.

Edited by Genius314, 14 October 2008 - 11:47 PM.

[endrit10]

.... Or Windows Live Messenger ?

I don't see what's wrong with WLM, its Yahoo compatible since version 8.1

[wajed]

v. cool
but an important question, where can I get a similar list for more programs, please?

Also what does it mean by "slow down"?

is it slowing down the computer on start-up?

is it slowing down the computer on run-time?

or is it just slowing down the computer just because its there? -which most likely won`t be a real slow down.

[kyosan]

I have more than 100 programs on windows xp but my system run very well. Boot with 30s

[kth7]

The graph seriously needs an update or just close this thread. It's Norton 2006 your'll talking about, the worst edition symantec ever released. 3 years down, in newer editions such as 2009, it should be down all the way to negligible.