Norton AntiVirus is using over 1GB of RAM on this Mac [Image]

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   elishab March 19, 2013 at 7:50 AM (comment permalink) -

   I always check out this website before buying anti-virus software – http://www.windowsmac.com – My personal favourite is AVG because it does what it says and i like the fact that it’s as unobtrusive as possible.

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   AFPhy6 March 19, 2013 at 9:02 AM (comment permalink) -

   One thing sure: that is a “real” situation, no ‘April Fools’ joke. Norton is a hog, and worse.

   I twice (now, rather long ago) purchased ‘puters with Norton “security” on them. I found it to really slow the machines. It became a true quest to erase the program(s) and all their vestiges and links from the machine. Exceptionally difficult, because it really intertwines itself within the Windows operating system.

   Now, I would not ever consider buying a machine with Norton, unless I was intending to erase the operating system and reinstall.

   Sad — Norton Utilities was THE most respected company/program for me 20 years ago or so. When Symantec got it, there was a horrible and tremendous slide.

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   chump2010 March 19, 2013 at 9:40 AM (comment permalink) -

   Usually a huge leap in Memory for antiviruses is caused by the virus scanner trying to open a large zip file. It has to unzip the whole massive file to see inside it, and it usually puts most of that into memory. I have seen a similar leap in memory usage when I scan a massive zip file – regardless of antivirus engine.

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   JMJ March 19, 2013 at 10:19 AM (comment permalink) -

   @chump2010 – Never thought about how anti-viruses scan archives and the resultant hit on resources. Thanks!

   Perhaps MACs’ memory usage varies inversely to Apple’s share-price, you think?

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   Mags March 19, 2013 at 1:58 PM (comment permalink) -

   [@AFPhy6] “Sad — Norton Utilities was THE most respected company/program for me 20 years ago or so. When Symantec got it, there was a horrible and tremendous slide.” Unfortunately so true.

   Do you remember Innoculate it? A free anti virus, also from about 15 – 20 yrs ago. Was sold to another developer, can’t remember which one, which now is a paid for AV.

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   mukhi March 19, 2013 at 11:25 PM (comment permalink) -

   for those who are wondering how to kill NAV in case you need it since it cannot be closed directly (no exit in right-click menu, only disable):
   go to “Run” (win+R in win7)
   type cmd and enter
   type cd c:\ and enter
   type net stop “Symantec Antivirus” and enter

   after a while, you will see in the black window that it is stopped successfully.

   now, type win+R
   type smc -stop and enter

   DONE!

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   Col. Panek March 20, 2013 at 8:20 AM (comment permalink) -

   My system is using 960 MB right now…but LinuxMint is such a resource hog, unlike Bodhi or Puppy.

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