Computer slowdown with Norton 2009 and SP2

[cactuslizard]

Here's the problem- our only computer that is online is old and slow, but when we installed Norton 2009 that came with our NetZero dial up software, and SP 2, our PC is way slower than it used to be. Specs-
1.2 GHz Celeron
384MB ram
32 GB HDD
XP Home 
Norton requires 256 MB ram and SP2 shouldn't bog it down, right? Like I said, since this is our only internet PC, we could really use the help. Thanks in advance!

[Karnac]

You need more ram, and how much free space is available on your harddrive?

You could remove Norton and install a free AV that uses less resources.

[cactuslizard]

OK, I might be able to find more ram, but it uses PC-133 and I think the mobo's limit is 512 MB, is that enough? We can try another AV. Which one uses less ram than Norton? And we have about 12 GB free space.

[Karnac]

Try Avira AntiVir  http://www.free-av.com/

Go to http://www.crucial.com/index.aspx to scan your PC for memory capacity.

[cactuslizard]

I just downloaded Avira and will try it when we are back at our home computer. Hope this will help.

[cactuslizard]

I've got Avira on our PC and it is deffinitely faster than Norton. Thanks to all!

[Karnac]

You're most welcome.....