Norton Internet Security 2005

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Hello,

NIS 2005 came installed on my now six-month-old PC, but after three months
NIS began to cause Windows to freeze up when I attempted to shut down my
computer. If XP did not freeze up, it took sometimes 5 minutes to shut
down. (When I uninstalled NIS, XP ran just fine; better in fact.) I
contacted Norton and followed their advice (uncheck the antivirus from
scanning the "A" drive during shutdown, but that did no good). So I
uninstalled NIS and re-installed it. Everything ran fine for another three
months until NIS began to cause XP to freeze or slow down during shutdown. I
have plenty of HDD space and plenty of RAM, so that cannot be the issue.
Forutnately NIS did not affect my dial-up connection, but it would sometimes
prevent me from disconnecting, so I had to force the PC to shut down.

Is there anything I should check in either XP or Norton to find a cause of
the problem and prevent this from happening?
 
Norton is the problem. There are better products available that use
less system resources and are easier to install and update.
zonelabs.com has a number of firewall products including all-in-one
security suite.
grisoft.com has a number of anti-virus and firewall products including
a free av program that works great. Do a google for avast av, kaspersky
av and other firewalls. All the products mentioned work better than
norton at a better price. P.S. try f-prot.com for another quality av
product.
 
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