Norton 360 & MS security essentials

[Bocephus]

I have windows XP SPk 3. i have norton 360, which i dont like because it is too resource hoggish but i also have MS security essentials on my PC. Can i uninstall MS security essentials and keep Norton 360 without having any issues or does MS security essentials have to be on my PC ?

Also is there any way to keep Norton 360 from doing shit in background??? My windows task manager also shows that my mem usage is batshit crazy just writing this

 

[yassarikhan786]

Imo uninstall Norton 360 as MSE uses much less cpu power and is free for life. I will never use Norton.

 

[KaraMurat]

Its not advised to use two anti-viruses, I would suggest you remove both and use Avast but as for your question, yes you can uninstall MSE and keep Norton 360, though you will see a minimal performance increase as Norton 360 is most likely causing the high cpu/mem usage.

 

[mArTyN]

Dump Norton.

I used to swear by it but..............now it's a real resource hog.

There are several good FREE antivirus prog's on the go................try them ti'l you find a one you like !

 

[Fez]

personally i would ditch norton and go with MSE as it uses the same engine as the enterprise version (forefront) just without the fully automatic updates, it is a very good lightweight product which ive never had any problems with and i use it within a school with 500 computers all running it

 

[dipzy]

Yup as others have mentioned, norton 360 is a big resource hog, its better if you uninstall it. Been using MSE for a good few years now, runs nicely in the background without affecting pc performance