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06-04-2004, 09:35 PM
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Norton '03 ok for gaming?
i had norton 04 on my computer, and it wouldn't let me play games at all, so i just reformatted and gave it to my dad... i have a copy of norton '03... is this ok for gaming? (1942, BFV, COD, MTA)
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06-04-2004, 11:03 PM
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Lest we forget
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I had a P41.3GHz with 128Mhz before it could play games like WC3 and BF1942 ok, didint have spectacular framerates but it worked...then i installed norton2k3, dont think i was ever able to play any other game than SC on that thing without having 1-3FPS. Norton is definatly not for gamers.
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06-05-2004, 04:03 AM
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Gremlin Overlord
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Turn Norton off if you're playing games... it uses up so much CPU that it's not worth using
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06-05-2004, 10:46 AM
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but can i turn it off? on 04 i turned the whole thing off and still i got probs...
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06-05-2004, 04:00 PM
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The Boneshaker
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Is using a different anti-virus altogether an option? I recommend NOD32, Its very good, PCWorld rated it as the hightest antivirus program, and it uses less system resources than Norton.
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06-07-2004, 09:52 PM
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I have Nortons 2003 AV and it's been no problem.
They really dropped the ball with 2004 . |
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06-07-2004, 10:38 PM
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Use AVG. It uses very little resources.
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06-08-2004, 01:49 AM
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Ditto.
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06-08-2004, 06:51 AM
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Samie here, although I don't leave it running in the background when I'm gaming. I don't mean to stray off-topic here, but what with the Free version of ZoneAlarm, AVG, SpyBot S&D and Ad-Aware, I don't pay a penny to protect my system. I don't know why anyone would ever want to.
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06-08-2004, 08:27 AM
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Re: Norton '03 ok for gaming?
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06-11-2004, 05:19 AM
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Sibak
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How about McAffe Virusscan? does it suck for gaming too?
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06-11-2004, 07:58 AM
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Gremlin Overlord
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I reckon McAfee sucks no matter what
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06-11-2004, 08:57 AM
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dont know on that, i run McAfee on a couple of my computers and i have no problem with them. my games run fine. msn 9 gives it to you for free.
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06-11-2004, 11:55 AM
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I use Norton '03 for gaming all the time and it works fine. But I would recommend Avast! Antivirus.
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06-11-2004, 01:04 PM
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im not cutting down all of nortons just there firewall, i used it once add had all sorts of problems with it.
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06-11-2004, 05:08 PM
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06-13-2004, 03:19 AM
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Ive had good luck with Norton Antivirus, but the rest of the Internet Security suite just absolutely blows. Get ZoneAlarm, you'll be much happier.
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