"Noor Motani" wrote in message
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How about anti virus?

I am using Avast, but there are others, if you'd like, even paid ones.

I remember uninstalling Norton once when I was upgrading from 2009 to 2010
and I received message that my system is not secure. Anyways, I will try
it.

"webster72n" wrote in message
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"Noor Motani" wrote in message
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Since this is intermittent problem, I have to leave Norton uninstalled
for a few days and that would be highly inconvenient.

What does Norton protect, which is not protected by windows firewall and
defender? And how 'intermittent' is your problem? I had the impression it
occurred at least once a day.


"webster72n" wrote in message
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"Noor Motani" wrote in message
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You both have noted "Norton" in your response.

To test it, uninstall Norton and see what happens.
If no change, reinstall and investigate further.
Does that sound plausible?

As for System Mechanics, this service is not always running. I run it
manually when I want to. So does Malwarebytes.
Thanks
Noor
"Bruce Chambers" wrote in message
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Noor Motani wrote:
Recently I have noticed that what ever application I am in, often it
stops responding for a few seconds and then it starts responding. I
am operating Vista Home Premium 32bt. and have Norton Internet
Security 2010 running. No other programs running at startup except
sidebar.
I appreciate help on this matter. I have run full NIS scan, full
Malwarebytes, and full tune up in system mechanics 9.


There's not really much to go on here. Have you watched the Task
Manager to see what else is happening during the pauses? Though, if
I had to guess, I'd suspect the Norton bloat-ware of bogging the
system down, and there's also a fair chance that the use of a snake
oil product like System Mechanic caused some sort of damage.


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