Got a new Computer. AOL & VERIZON have anti virus software should I also put Norton in to it ?

Or will this slow it down to much What do u think I need ..help on this ..

Got a new Computer. AOL %26 VERIZON have anti virus software should I also put Norton in to it ?stinger

You should only realy have one "active"* antivirus on a computer at a time, not only will adding another slow your system down, but it can cause errors/crashes... this is due to the fact that a).you have two things trying to do one thing at the same time, or b). both programs try to "back up" file tables to different locations, or (quite commonly) c). one program may see the other as a virus...

so if you want to install a new AV program, you should uninstall the old (provided both programs are active*)

*I'm not sure if active is the proper term to use, but what I mean by it, is that the AV program is actively scanning, or in otherwords, scanning as you go, like say for example, you open a word document, and (somewhere durring the opening process) it displays a "word has requested a virus scan of (insert document name here).doc"... that is active scanning... but not all programs are like that, for example in my case, I have Clam AV (free, you can get it here: http://www.clamwin.com/ ), and norton both installed, but that is ok, because norton is the only "active" program, since clam only scans when you tell it to (and for e-mail), and I am pretty sure it doesn't copy file tables... anyways, I use clam for scanning every 2-4 months, and norton stops all the little things (like all the nasty floppy disk viruses)...