The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Norton 2009 VERY slow startup!! :(

    Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by WhySoSerious, Apr 16, 2009.

  1. WhySoSerious

    WhySoSerious Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    223
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Hey, I downloaded Norton 2009 and it found 2 high risk viruses which Avast didn't find and 2 low risk ones. Very happy with it apart from one thing which its sooo annoying.

    Usually it takes about just under a minite for my laptop to boot up and about 30 seconds after that for everything to be working (e.g to start browsing on firefox and to start up msn) but now since installing Norton 2009 its taking normal time to boot up and 4 to 5 minites for everything to be working.

    I click the firefox icon and after about 5 minites, it comes up and the same for everything else.
    I try to see whats hogging all the CPU and when I try to ctrl alt and esc (windows task manager) THAT takes 5 minites aswell making it useless when it finally comes up as the problem has gone.

    Anyone else has this problem? its very annoying.
     
    WhySoSerious, Apr 16, 2009
    #1
  2. Brawn

    Brawn The Awesome

    Reputations:
    145
    Messages:
    1,215
    Likes Received:
    4
    Trophy Points:
    56
    perhaps you have some automatic scanning thing set up to run at startup

    other than that... i say NOD32!
     
    Brawn, Apr 16, 2009
    #2
  3. Baserk

    Baserk Notebook user

    Reputations:
    2,503
    Messages:
    1,794
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    56
    Make sure to remove all possible remnants of Avast (if applicable), run CCleaner (for instance) to clean your registry.
    Download Norton Removal Tool, uninstall NIS2009, run NRT, reboot, run NRT again, reboot and then install NIS2009 again.
    Also, read this Symantec instructions page.
    Cheers.
     
    Baserk, Apr 16, 2009
    #3
  4. WhySoSerious

    WhySoSerious Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    223
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Hi, I used the norton cleanup tool before I installed norton. and I have use Wise registry cleaner aswell.
     
    WhySoSerious, Apr 16, 2009
    #4
  5. Baserk

    Baserk Notebook user

    Reputations:
    2,503
    Messages:
    1,794
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    56
    Did you remove Avast and then use the removal tool or did you have an older Symantec/Norton product installed previously?
     
    Baserk, Apr 16, 2009
    #5
  6. WhySoSerious

    WhySoSerious Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    223
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    I had Norton on my laptop when I first got it.
    I removed avast.. then ran the Norton cleanup tool and then installed Norton 2009.

    I have just downloaded and ran ccleaner and got rid or quite alot of the registry and also I opened Wise Registry cleaner and it found 200 problems.. I cleaned them up so hopefull it will be ok now.
     
    WhySoSerious, Apr 16, 2009
    #6
  7. zfactor

    zfactor Mastershake

    Reputations:
    2,894
    Messages:
    11,134
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    455
    nis2009 is like lightning on every system for me so far..hope you got it fixed
     
    zfactor, Apr 16, 2009
    #7
  8. nomoredell

    nomoredell Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    49
    Messages:
    1,269
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    how fast it is compared to free avg?
    i know norton 2008 is very slow, and im still using x32 version of symantec corp edition, looking for an upgrade.
     
    nomoredell, Apr 16, 2009
    #8
  9. WhySoSerious

    WhySoSerious Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    223
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Ok.. I have just turned on my laptop. 11 minites it took this time.
    I typed in my password and took about 4 minites on the blue welcome screen and another 7 minites to actually start up.
    I couldn't open firefox for some reason, it just wasn't opening, So I had to use internet explorer.

    I have uninstalled Norton 2009 and will never install it again. I installed Avast (for the time being) and restarted.. it came on straight away.

    3 gigs of RAM and 200GB or HDD space. 11 Minites.. not for me thank you.
     
    WhySoSerious, Apr 17, 2009
    #9
  10. qhn

    qhn Notebook User

    Reputations:
    1,654
    Messages:
    5,955
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    205
    If this is your first time using Avast, I recommend let it run a full scan of the system to build up its database. Also let it generate at least once, the VRDB.

    Enjoy Avast, I personally prefer it, since it works well with my comps.

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Apr 17, 2009
    #10
  11. zfactor

    zfactor Mastershake

    Reputations:
    2,894
    Messages:
    11,134
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    455
    wow sorry to hear but i have to say if you read anywhere this is a rare case.. i would prob say its a driver conflict or other issue. also did you have early startup feature checked?
     
    zfactor, Apr 17, 2009
    #11
  12. WhySoSerious

    WhySoSerious Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    223
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    yeah I checked everything and it said fixed.
    I even did a full system scan when it found 2 high risk viruses that Avast didn't detect aswell as 2 low rick viruses.
    But it still continued to be slow.

    I might try NOD32 next as I havn't tried that before. I didn't like Avaria very much.
     
    WhySoSerious, Apr 17, 2009
    #12
  13. taelrak

    taelrak Lost

    Reputations:
    860
    Messages:
    2,979
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    I'd be more concerned about the FOUR viruses it apparently found...

    Even if NIS cleaned them, I'd say that's as good a sign as any to do a clean wipe and fresh install - would you really trust a compromised system like that?
     
    taelrak, Apr 17, 2009
    #13
  14. zfactor

    zfactor Mastershake

    Reputations:
    2,894
    Messages:
    11,134
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    455
    imo much faster than avg norton 2009 is A TOTALLY different animal altogether than the 2008 version. i own lic's to almost every av product out there and my 2 fav's are kaspersky and nis2009 for a suite right now
     
    zfactor, Apr 19, 2009
    #14
  15. Kayless

    Kayless Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    7
    Messages:
    41
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    I was also leary of Norton due to past experience. 2009 is completely different. I've been pretty happy with it.
     
    Kayless, Apr 19, 2009
    #15
  16. RunSilent23

    RunSilent23 Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    12
    Messages:
    152
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    31
    I am experiencing the same thing as the original poster of this thread. What I have noticed is that Norton Internet Security runs a scan before the Wireless adaptor and other programs show up on the toolbar. After the scan is complete, I can finally access the internet or other programs. As you can imagine, it is pretty frustrating. This is especially true as you read so many positive responses about NIS 2009's speedy performance.
     
    RunSilent23, Apr 22, 2009
    #16
  17. zfactor

    zfactor Mastershake

    Reputations:
    2,894
    Messages:
    11,134
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    455
    make sure early load is turned off
     
    zfactor, Apr 22, 2009
    #17
  18. RunSilent23

    RunSilent23 Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    12
    Messages:
    152
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    31
    Early load is and has been turned off. I can't type anything until the scan has run.
     
    RunSilent23, Apr 22, 2009
    #18