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I Am No Longer Infected....
Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 2:57 am
by bertieduff
Question for the IT gurus:
Is Norton AV just crap?
I have spent the entire night trying to get rid of a trojan, which I knew was there but Norton wouldn't find. It also refused to run in safe mode
Downloaded the fee AVG package and hey presto it found and fixed half a dozen

first time.
Looks like my Norton subscription ain't gettin renewed then. Or else I need to stop looking at naked ladies

Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 7:49 am
by Rich H
AVG

Still trying to get rid of bits of Norton

Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:00 am
by ikarl
i think the main reason for it is that these viruses are all programmed to avoid Norton (think it's because its the main anit-virus that most people have).
AVG all the way

Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:01 am
by Lazydonkey
Norton also chews memory.
AVG for me too

Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:02 am
by ExigeKen
Just stop looking at porn Bertie you know it makes sense

Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:29 am
by Rich H

Your secret is out!
I would run an anti adware program too, I use ADAWARE by Lavasoft.
Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:45 am
by bertieduff
ExigeKen wrote:Just stop looking at porn Bertie you know it makes sense

Dear sir,
I refer to your recent post:
ExigeKen wrote:http://www.pjamedia.com/ samples of his work on here can't get the real stuff without an account - might have one of those of course
Please note content is not safe for work

Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 10:39 am
by ExigeKen
bertieduff wrote:ExigeKen wrote:Just stop looking at porn Bertie you know it makes sense

Dear sir,
I refer to your recent post:
ExigeKen wrote:http://www.pjamedia.com/ samples of his work on here can't get the real stuff without an account - might have one of those of course
Please note content is not safe for work

Bertie giving advice is one thing following it is completely another - anyway I am his chief reviewer and quality controller - sometimes even get to meet the models or go to check out the pole dancing only for photographic content that is

Also how do you know that site has porn on it Hee hee

Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 10:39 am
by Corranga
I'm another AVG user, never had any issues on the 3 PCs in my house, my girlfriends mums 2 have always been fine, as has her brothers.
Also run BOTH of these:
Adaware by lavasoft
Spybot Search and Destroy
One tends to pick up what the other missed.
Norton is a nightmare. I've had 3 people come to me asking why their internet has stopped working. Turned out Norton Internet Security had decided that the internet was unsafe and blocked it. I suppose it is, but i'm not sure that blocking the whole thing is what customers are looking for
Chris