17 Oct 10
Something has managed to turn off my Norton Internet Security by making it think that its "trial period" has ended when in fact, I've had a Norton subscription for the past three years and it's nowhere close to expiring.
What I need is a good, free AntiVirus program I can install and run to clean out whatever it is that has disabled Norton so I can get the full use of it back (including its firewall protection).
Any recommendations?
17 Oct 10
Originally posted by SuziannePanda cloud is free and does a good job for me.
Something has managed to turn off my Norton Internet Security by making it think that its "trial period" has ended when in fact, I've had a Norton subscription for the past three years and it's nowhere close to expiring.
What I need is a good, free AntiVirus program I can install and run to clean out whatever it is that has disabled Norton so I can get the full use of it back (including its firewall protection).
Any recommendations?
17 Oct 10
try customer service...google problem....it may not be malware that in effect turned norton off...I use simply the windows firewall and microsoft security essentials for malware...free and does not use a lot of system resources like a lot of security suites do...i also use malwarebyte's free anti malware as a further check....
17 Oct 10
Originally posted by SuzianneSon upgraded mine from Norton to Kaspersky few years ago. Believe Kaspersky
Something has managed to turn off my Norton Internet Security by making it think that its "trial period" has ended when in fact, I've had a Norton subscription for the past three years and it's nowhere close to expiring.
What I need is a good, free AntiVirus program I can install and run to clean out whatever it is that has disabled Norton so I can get the full use of it back (including its firewall protection).
Any recommendations?
(Internet Security 2010) to be one of the most effective PC options available.
17 Oct 10
Originally posted by SuzianneIf you found Avira AV found a boat load of trojans on your system that Norton did not, then why did you decide to go back to Norton? I'm puzzled.
I did download Avira AV and it found a boatload of trojans on my system.
Cleaned those out, but could not restore Norton to normal functioning until I upgraded to NIS 2011 (thankfully, free upgrade with my subscription).
All is peachy keen again.
Norton is far from one of the best, in my book. Kaspersky 2010 went out with the ark GB, and has been used by all users of it for over a year - you need to be looking at Kasp 2012 to obtain.
AV is a personal thing, and is needed in different forms in diff locations of the world, as the psyche of diff hackers is diff.
www.diff.AV.com is a good one. 😉
-m.
17 Oct 10
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Originally posted by mikelomI use Norton and find it pretty good (whatever pretty good is). I downloaded Avira due to what Suzianne said but it found nothing on my pc. Some here don't use any AV utility much to the disdain of other users (see other threads a couple of weeks ago). What do you use then Mike?
If you found Avira AV found a boat load of trojans on your system that Norton did not, then why did you decide to go back to Norton? I'm puzzled.
Norton is far from one of the best, in my book. Kaspersky 2010 went out with the ark GB, and has been used by all users of it for over a year - you need to be looking at Kasp 2012 to obtain.
AV is a personal ...[text shortened]... f the world, as the psyche of diff hackers is diff.
www.diff.AV.com is a good one. 😉
-m.
Originally posted by mikelomAre you on drugs man?
If you found Avira AV found a boat load of trojans on your system that Norton did not, then why did you decide to go back to Norton? I'm puzzled.
Norton is far from one of the best, in my book. Kaspersky 2010 went out with the ark GB, and has been used by all users of it for over a year - you need to be looking at Kasp 2012 to obtain.
AV is a personal ...[text shortened]... f the world, as the psyche of diff hackers is diff.
www.diff.AV.com is a good one. 😉
-m.
That is the biggest load of tosh I have ever heard, the general mindset of a hacker is the same which ever part of the world you find yourself in, and as the internet is a global entity, a virus is usually aimed at an operating system or particular application.
Hackers can be select, but preventing them is more a firewall issue.
Everybody thinks that their particular flavour of anti-virus programme is the best, but what it boils down to is the knowledge you have of viruses and of how they are detected.
Without knowing the names of the viruses that Suzianne found (they could be false positives, and it wouldn't be the first time that trick has been used by an anti-virus company), it is impossible to know what to suggest.
Anti-virus programmes are not the be all and end all of preventing viruses, despite how much these companies try to fool you they are (Edit: if they were, how come you suckers still get viruses?) .
Bloody Rich Tea users.
18 Oct 10
Originally posted by mikelomI'm guessing the initial (successful) infection shut down Norton and opened the door to the rest getting in. Actually, my "boatload" of trojans was about 4 of them and several dozen copies of those.
If you found Avira AV found a boat load of trojans on your system that Norton did not, then why did you decide to go back to Norton? I'm puzzled.
Norton is far from one of the best, in my book. Kaspersky 2010 went out with the ark GB, and has been used by all users of it for over a year - you need to be looking at Kasp 2012 to obtain.
AV is a personal ...[text shortened]... f the world, as the psyche of diff hackers is diff.
www.diff.AV.com is a good one. 😉
-m.
I've had no problem with Norton until now. Now I'm also using Avira AV as a second layer of "just in case". I already use Spybot Search & Destroy and a hardware firewall to keep most everything else out. Also the free ones only do so much. I could get the whole Avira suite but then it would cost about as much as I spent on Norton. I also added Adblock Plus and NoScript addons to my Firefox per someone else's recommendation. I think it's possible that I got hit by a script from some website and that's probably what started this whole mess.
18 Oct 10
Originally posted by WoodgieGreetings, Woodgie. Nothing's changed. Bitter folks still seize the least fleeting moments to ridicule.
Are you on drugs man?
That is the biggest load of tosh I have ever heard, the general mindset of a hacker is the same which ever part of the world you find yourself in, and as the internet is a global entity, a virus is usually aimed at an operating system or particular application.
Hackers can be select, but preventing them is more a firewall issue.
...[text shortened]... y are (Edit: if they were, how come you suckers still get viruses?) .
Bloody Rich Tea users.
18 Oct 10
Originally posted by SuzianneDON'T PANIC. If Norton didn't pick anything up then it could probably just be false-positives.
I'm guessing the initial (successful) infection shut down Norton and opened the door to the rest getting in. Actually, my "boatload" of trojans was about 4 of them and several dozen copies of those.
I've had no problem with Norton until now. Now I'm also using Avira AV as a second layer of "just in case". I already use Spybot Search & Destroy and a ha ...[text shortened]... ot hit by a script from some website and that's probably what started this whole mess.
Choose one AV and stick with it. Please don't run two at the same time.
Run HijackThis to check what is going on in your system.