Posted on 03/29/2011 11:26:05 AM PDT by Professional
very helpful. bookmarking this.
My past experience with Norton is horrible. I consider it a virus and was very frustrated with the trouble it caused me interfering and slowing down my computer. I wouldn't use it if they paid me.
The only issue I have with what you write is Norton. I have no faith in them, nor in McCaffee. I use Zone Alarm for my firewall and Avast! for my anti-virus. Both are free as well. And, I also use Malwarebytes. No issues.
My kids like to get their computer full of this stuff. I just wipe the computer clean and tell them to download the updates. The last time I did this one of the restore discs would not work. I called gateway and they told me they no longer support this computer because it is older than three years. Now the oldest one wants to use my computer to “just check her Facebook page.” Haha, she will have to wait on that one.
Norton is a PITA. I just bought a brand new HP Pavilion 490t with a six core processor and 10GB RAM and Norton had it running like my old Win XP Gateway. I removed Norton and installed McAfee enterprise and now it’s fine.
Allow me to be the first to say this...
And I know I’ll get trashed — but it HAS to be done... ;)
Get a Mac!
Glad you’re back up and running; take care and thanks for sharing the issues you had.
Hoss
I can get norton free from my employer.
I won’t use it.
It is a resource pig and acts as much like a virus as the viruses themselves.
I used it once and was so unhappy with it I removed it. And I had a devil of a time removing it. It had its tentacles all over the registry.
I was able to find a special norton removal tool and that finally got rid of the nuisance.
Use Linux and be done with it. Right now, I have a dual boot system. I may go to all Linux in the not too distant future.
Ubuntu has a great desktop, and even the Fedora desktop has come a long way.
I use Avast anti-virus and Malwarebytes
I have never gotten a virus on my computers.
I think Avast is the best.
The worst virus I did see (on a friends computer) was one that offers to scan your system for errors and then reports infections and offers to fix them if you go to theor site (for a $39.99 software download)
This piece of $hit was a virus iteself and it took over the browers and so many things I swear I will kill the bastards that wrote this if I eve find them.
It required something from Microsoft to fix too, but its been so long i forget what
If you ever go to a site and it offers to do a virus scan turn off the power if you have to, to avoid letting it complete the process.
Also install Avast and Malwarbytes.
Get Carbonite, you’ll never lose anything.
That whole "independent thought" thing is way over rated.
Yes, use Linux.
If you really really NEED windows to run a special application, run it on a virtual machine. Don’t even bother with a virus application. Your host Linux system will act as your firewall.
If the virtual windows guest gets infected, simply blow it away and create a new one.
One of the best things you can do to prevent getting viruses is to quit using Internet Explorer.
I had a similar issue. I used Stopzilla and it fixed everything.
I’ve been using ESET Nod32 for almost a year now. Only one trojan ever got through and a scan eliminated that. I also have superantispyware and that takes care of all the adware. I’m a happy camper with both of them.
I use Linux. What is this malware you speak of?
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