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General Category => Techie Or Suggestions => Topic started by: Slacker on June 14, 2013, 10:14:30 PM

Title: High CPU Usage / High Memory Usage
Post by: Slacker on June 14, 2013, 10:14:30 PM: Norton keeps popping this up and Firefox keeps freezing.

Any ideas of solution?
Title: Re: High CPU Usage / High Memory Usage
Post by: Pete on June 14, 2013, 10:29:12 PM: *cough*

:P
Title: Re: High CPU Usage / High Memory Usage
Post by: Slacker on June 14, 2013, 10:30:49 PM: No I ain't going to buy a Mac Book
Title: Re: High CPU Usage / High Memory Usage
Post by: Scimitar on June 14, 2013, 11:08:03 PM: Google Chrome, and Avast (free) anti virus.
Title: Re: High CPU Usage / High Memory Usage
Post by: Alsatian on June 15, 2013, 12:59:55 PM: Quote from: Slacker on June 14, 2013, 10:30:49 PM
No I ain't going to buy a Mac Book

Is that a Scottish computer (McBook)??!!! >;
Title: Re: High CPU Usage / High Memory Usage
Post by: Alsatian on June 15, 2013, 01:02:21 PM: Quote from: Slacker on June 14, 2013, 10:14:30 PM
Norton keeps popping this up and Firefox keeps freezing.

Any ideas of solution?

::) Personally I wouldn't touch Norton with the proverbial barge pole - in fact, when I bought the last laptop I told them that I would only buy it on condition that they took Norton off it!!

I use either MSE Essentials (Microsoft), Avast or AVG, all of which are totally free.
Title: Re: High CPU Usage / High Memory Usage
Post by: Slacker on June 15, 2013, 01:13:52 PM: I used AVG and Spybot on the old one which eventually crashed beyond saving. I was talked into getting Norton on this replacement a few months ago.

Presume there is some way of altering settings to put the immediate problem right?
Title: Re: High CPU Usage / High Memory Usage
Post by: Pete on June 15, 2013, 03:00:18 PM: Agree with Dogboy - I wouldn't have anything to do with Norton, not even with a gun against my head!

Norton are the arrogant gits of the Internet - they should be shut down!

Monsters...
Title: Re: High CPU Usage / High Memory Usage
Post by: Alsatian on June 15, 2013, 03:53:48 PM: Quote from: Pete on June 15, 2013, 03:00:18 PM
Agree with Dogboy - I wouldn't have anything to do with Norton, not even with a gun against my head!

Norton are the arrogant gits of the Internet - they should be shut down!

Monsters...

Yes, and I've noticed lately that some software updates (Adobe I think is one) cunningly include things like McAfee and/or Ask toolbar. It's so easy to forget to uncheck the tick boxes - bar stewards!
Title: Re: High CPU Usage / High Memory Usage
Post by: simondjuk on June 15, 2013, 08:08:37 PM: We had problems a bit back where McAfee used a massive amount of cpu usage.

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Title: Re: High CPU Usage / High Memory Usage
Post by: Fly on June 15, 2013, 08:20:40 PM: Fluff in the vents. Shut up Alsatian 8)

Have you tried hoovering the air vents, the overheating might be causing CPU probs ?
Title: Re: High CPU Usage / High Memory Usage
Post by: Alsatian on June 17, 2013, 01:20:01 PM: Quote from: Fly on June 15, 2013, 08:20:40 PM
Fluff in the vents. Shut up Alsatian 8)

Spoilsport!! >;