norton - Page 2

wadey · 11-12-2008, 20:36

I won't let anybody near my PC with Norton or AOL both made a previous PC run like a slug and it was a complete nightmare to get rid of. I use the free AVG

Studio25 · 11-12-2008, 21:12

I just upgraded my sister-in-law's PC by getting rid of Norton. Put AVG on it instead, and it's running twice as fast now...

cmonstanley · 11-12-2008, 21:59

i had a virus with that aND XP ANTI-VIRUS AND MSN ANTI VIRUS ALL VIRUSES

Royboy39 · 11-12-2008, 22:07

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Originally Posted by cmonstanley

i had a virus with that aND XP ANTI-VIRUS AND MSN ANTI VIRUS ALL VIRUSES

Don't follow that?

cmonstanley · 11-12-2008, 23:26

i had nrton anti-virus installed but then seperate norton came up and it was a virus plus a xp anti virus that was a proper virus a swell the msn anti-virus popped up and that was a virus as well.not too sure but i think i had a dodgy copy of windows and as soon as that genuine valdation downloaded all these things appeared....

entwisi · 12-12-2008, 08:08

So you weren't sure if it was a dodgy copy? How? either you know its legit( and have a license sticker) or you don't?

And as soon as you tried to validate it you got battered with Viruses...

I don't think even Microsoft would stoop that low!

Still, it must be fun having to worry about all this crap.......

The kevolution · 12-12-2008, 08:19

I was using the wife's computer and found that it was running Norton in the taskbar and I presume that she hadn't put it there as I had already set up a clutch of defensive systems to keep her computer clean (including the above-mentioned AVG). Seems weird that Norton suddenly seems to be invading people's computers as I know for a fact it wasn't part of the initial build of that install and no disks have been run in it for a couple of months.

Retlaw · 12-12-2008, 15:59

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Originally Posted by The kevolution

I was using the wife's computer and found that it was running Norton in the taskbar and I presume that she hadn't put it there as I had already set up a clutch of defensive systems to keep her computer clean (including the above-mentioned AVG). Seems weird that Norton suddenly seems to be invading people's computers as I know for a fact it wasn't part of the initial build of that install and no disks have been run in it for a couple of months.

Norton or symatec has been an intergral part of widoze for some years, and it takes some getting rid of.

Retlaw.

Neil · 12-12-2008, 18:06

Since when did Windows come with Norton built in?

It might come installed with a new PC but it is not part of Windows XP

Retlaw · 12-12-2008, 19:02

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Originally Posted by Neil

Since when did Windows come with Norton built in?

It might come installed with a new PC but it is not part of Windows XP

WINME, WINXP, its on both disks and installs with windoze, you have no options, I think its on WIN98 as well.

Retlaw.

Neil · 12-12-2008, 21:49

well my xp does not have it
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K.S.H · 12-12-2008, 21:52

I've never come across it after a fresh install

cmonstanley · 12-12-2008, 22:15

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Originally Posted by entwisi

So you weren't sure if it was a dodgy copy? How? either you know its legit( and have a license sticker) or you don't?

And as soon as you tried to validate it you got battered with Viruses...

I don't think even Microsoft would stoop that low!

Still, it must be fun having to worry about all this crap.......

microsoft do swoop that low the saying goes anyway got a legit copy and had no problems since...

cashman · 12-12-2008, 22:52

my xp aint got it either.

Neil · 13-12-2008, 09:08

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Originally Posted by cmonstanley

microsoft do swoop that low the saying goes anyway got a legit copy and had no problems since...

Microsoft would not do that. If you do not have a legit copy it does affect the updates you can download - many of those are security fixes. Maybe that is what you have experianced.