Computer slow and you have Norton?

[Dead Money]

Just a heads up for what it is worth...

I have had serious computer slow downs for the past month.....enuff where I was thinking of throwing the computer out the second story window and laughing maniacally as it shattered on the driveway..


Probably picked up from a MOJO babe site.

Norton Symantec kept telling me everything was fine, no threats or viruses and my computer was well.

I know next to squat about computers but knew this was BS.

Had a computer egghead friend over and he was shocked how infected my system was..

6 hours and a pizza and beer party later..He shitcanned Norton and installed Crap Cleaner (which I use daily now) AVG freeware (much better than Norton) Software repair freeware,
REvo Uninstaller freeware among others. CONT'D

 

[Dead Money]

Refund number

Refund number

He switched me to MOZILLA instead of Internet explorer (pop-up city)

Gutted microsoft BS programs and installed OpenOffice.org freeware much superior to Microsoft...



Long story short...I called Norton at 1-800-745-6055 and demanded a full refund....the young man in New Delhi was very pleasant and I could understand him as well as my redneck Brother in law on a sober day.

He cheerfully refunded full year and mentioned compatibility issues with software, blah blah....

It sounds like to me with Windows 7 coming out, and all the service patches on updates, Microsift has ongoing issues they are a step behind on.

 

[Lumi]

Ccleaner is awesome !

 

[dawgball]

and installed OpenOffice.org freeware much superior to Microsoft...

Agree with everything else you said, except this part. Open Office is a total piece of horse shit compared to MS Office products.

Norton is a bigger drain on a computer than most viruses on the market right now.

I would also highly recommend Google Chrome's browser over Mozilla Firefox.

Glad you got your problems straight. A slow computer is one of the most frustrating things these days.

 

[kneifl]

I would also highly recommend Google Chrome's browser over Mozilla Firefox.

Very much agree. Been a firefox user for years now. However, I like chrome much better, it's the real deal!

Safari is my browser of choice when I'm at home though, don't like PC's.

kneifl

 

[bej0101]

i use ie and its quick as a rabbit..:shrug:

 

[Palmetto Pimp]

good call with crap cleaner!
my kids are actually using the old laptop now cuz not so slow