August 19, 200620 yr Symantec Antivirus 10 is a real memory hog ....Most machines have 100% CPU usage at all times..This makes it impossible to use programsIs there a way to minimize the resources of the rtvscan.exe and doscan.exe??Maybe a reg tweak perhaps...Please HELP!
August 19, 200620 yr Disable the useless services. I haven't used Symantec for a while. I changed to McAfee but now ima go with zonealarm. But again, just go to run->services.msc. From there just disable what you think you wouldn't need.
August 19, 200620 yr Disable the useless services. I haven't used Symantec for a while. I changed to McAfee but now ima go with zonealarm. But again, just go to run->services.msc. From there just disable what you think you wouldn't need.thats a windows problem, not a symantec problem. the fact is that symantec is just a resource hog and the only way to fix that is to use another AV. how is that not a real solution?
August 19, 200620 yr Symantec Antivirus 10 is a real memory hog ....Most machines have 100% CPU usage at all times..This makes it impossible to use programsIs there a way to minimize the resources of the rtvscan.exe and doscan.exe??Maybe a reg tweak perhaps...Please HELP!I don't have this problem and I have the latest version.
August 19, 200620 yr i switch from sav to kiskarpersky internet securityIt really good and won't slow down system....
August 20, 200620 yr i was using NOD32 and moved to kaspersky to see if it's better. NOD32 was faster by a long way. i went back.
August 20, 200620 yr i use AVG. i love it, and its fast. i havent used NOD yet, so i might be checking it out pretty soon.if you want to see a vote of a bunch of different av programs, heres a good one:http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=70783if symantec is like mcaffe, then... well.. your kind up the creek, the best thing to do is use a different av program. it really depends on what it scans, if you disable different services, your losing the full functionality of the program, if thats the case then whats the point of installing it in the first place?
August 20, 200620 yr I dont know if this is the case for you or not but when you first install sav it does a full system scan in the background. If you reboot or anything before it finishes then it will start again. Also you probably should have network scanning turned off on SAV. I have used 10.0 and currently use 10.1 and do not have a problem with it...
August 20, 200620 yr Author OK OK I'll check about the network scanning...BTW.. I a testing NOD32.. excellent antivirus but does it offer virus definition download like symantec...???
August 20, 200620 yr yes it does, you can also set up a time every day for nod32 to update automatically
August 21, 200620 yr its called dont use symantec. use nod32 or avg.I agree. Strip symantec off you computer and you'll be amazed how fast it can run!
August 21, 200620 yr Hmmmm...... I have Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 10.1 and my computer stays at 0% all the time. And I agree DO NOT use Norton Antivirus.http://www.symantec.com/Products/enterpris...o&refId=805 Edited August 21, 200620 yr by computerMan
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