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I Am No Longer Infected....

Post by bertieduff » Fri Oct 26, 2007 2:57 am

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 :twisted:

Downloaded the fee AVG package and hey presto it found and fixed half a dozen :shock: first time.

Looks like my Norton subscription ain't gettin renewed then. Or else I need to stop looking at naked ladies :roll:
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Post by Rich H » Fri Oct 26, 2007 7:49 am

AVG :thumbsup
Still trying to get rid of bits of Norton :roll:
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Post by ikarl » Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:00 am

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 8)
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Post by Lazydonkey » Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:01 am

Norton also chews memory.

AVG for me too 8)
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Post by ExigeKen » Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:02 am

Just stop looking at porn Bertie you know it makes sense :roll:
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Post by Rich H » Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:29 am

:lol: Your secret is out!

I would run an anti adware program too, I use ADAWARE by Lavasoft.
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Post by bertieduff » Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:45 am

ExigeKen wrote:Just stop looking at porn Bertie you know it makes sense :roll:
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 :wink:

Please note content is not safe for work
:roll: :D
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Post by ExigeKen » Fri Oct 26, 2007 10:39 am

bertieduff wrote:
ExigeKen wrote:Just stop looking at porn Bertie you know it makes sense :roll:
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 :wink:

Please note content is not safe for work
:roll: :D
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 :wink: Also how do you know that site has porn on it Hee hee :roll:
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Post by Corranga » Fri Oct 26, 2007 10:39 am

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 :lol:

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