Techie help please - Norton killing my CPU

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  1. Zuk

    Zukkster New Member

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    I've just been foolish and upgraded to Norton 2008 - I know I should have gone AVG, but I have to learn the hard way.</p>

    Installed the new Norton version and it's killing my CPU with a process called ccSVCHst.exe. Looking round on the net I've had a bit of light shed on what is causing this, so I've turned off Live Updates which seems to be the common cause. Even with LiveUpdate turned off I get the problem. The only thing that stops the ccSvcHst.exe process kicking of 5 minutes after rebooting my PC is uninstalling Norton completely.</p>

    If someone knows why this is happening some pointers would be appreciated. Alternatively a decent web forum where I can get some advice would help. I've found lots of forums, lots of people with the same problem, and no answers so far.</p>

    This is the last time I buy Norton</p>
     
    Zukkster, Jan 9, 2008
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    Micky Finn Well-Known Member

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    Remove it. Buy Kaspersky.

    There is no alternative. Kaspersky the most effective, least intrusive AVS I've encountered. Always found AVG a bit of a drain on the system, especially during scans.
     
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