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| Thread ID: 135286 | 2013-10-16 20:43:00 | Major Update For Avast Users | ruup (1827) | Press F1 |
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| 1356191 | 2013-10-18 20:51:00 | Wainui, "Trying to remove it, so far its taken close to 45 minutes and its about half way through the removal process" What prog are you using to clean it ? Well, tried Revo, but after running it and the damn thing still wouldn't uninstall. Ran its own uninstaller, -- No good - Ran the removal tool from AVG -- NOPE. Finally got it out by running its own uninstaller 4 times, then manually removing all files and reg keys-- Bloody stubbing thing. Once it was removed there was an instant speed and performance increase. As for cleaning the PC, got more options/ Software than a dog has flees, all the "usual" ones + some hardly been mentioned on here :) |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1356192 | 2013-10-19 02:36:00 | 5260 Scanned a system that had Nortons on the other day. It was supposed to be 'clean' according to Mr Norton. I used Hitman Pro. Sorry about the poor photo but in case you can't read it, it does say 30,006 infections!!!! - couldn't resist taking the photo lol | Paul Ramon (11806) | ||
| 1356193 | 2013-10-19 02:44:00 | Thats getting up there :) BUT Norton said it was clean so it must be ;) :D |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1356194 | 2013-10-19 03:06:00 | If it's heavily infected first thing I would do is disable system restore. Then use programs like malwarebytes, tdskiller to see if its got rootkits. It depends what it's infected with. On what you use to remove it | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1356195 | 2013-10-20 12:43:00 | How many were actual issues and not just "cookies" | apsattv (7406) | ||
| 1356196 | 2013-10-20 19:15:00 | Yep, says 30k threats detected not infections. Odds are good most are tracking cookies and of no actual danger at all. Not that I'm defending Nortons. I've read the articles recently about MSSE/Defender, doesn't say anything that leads me to believe it's not still ok as a Virus scanner. I just back it up with an occasional scan from one of the free online scanners. Avast has rated better than the other free ones in most recent tests, not that that means much honestly. Antivirus performance is a moving target and the relative performance of these programs can shift on an almost daily basis. All you can do is see which ones are consistantly near the top of the tests and pick one. What I am annoyed by is how all the results from antivirus tests/reviews lead you to believe that Nortons is pretty decent these days and that Kaspersky is one of the best when real world experience with both of these leads me to the conclusion they are to be avoided. I'm guessing all the reviewers do is install it, run their tests, then remove it. You have to live with one of these programs for a while to appreciate how bloody annoying they are and how they impact on system performance. Kaspersky for example seemed fine for a few weeks, until I realised some issues I was having with really slow websites were being caused by it. On the other side of it, the techs on this site are always advocating NOD32 and have great things to say about it. The same tests, which I don't put much stock in, often either don't even mention it or rate it in the middle of the pack. It has occasionally got to the top in a test but not often. I'd be inclined to go with it based on this forum if I was going to pay for antivirus software. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1356197 | 2013-10-20 20:13:00 | How many were actual issues and not just "cookies" how many were things like old java vulnerabilities how many were actually Nortons Quarantined items ? Was Norton actually long expired so had not been updated or run ?? how many were false positives etc blah balh |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1356198 | 2013-10-20 20:15:00 | On the other side of it, the techs on this site are always advocating NOD32 and have great things to say about it. Its not the perfect AV software either. We have it on many sites, viruses still get through NOD32 |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1356199 | 2013-10-20 20:34:00 | Anyone else having network problems after updating to v9 (2014)? I installed it on 2 PCs and now can't transfer files between them - it always times out. Was working fine with v8. |
autechre (266) | ||
| 1356200 | 2013-10-20 21:26:00 | Thats the understatement of the year. Didn't think they could make it any worse than it was -- By god I was wrong, its the biggest heap of rubbish out. Maybe they should all it a Virus / Malware and stop insulting real antivirus software. Got a persons PC here, The poor PC, its completely riddled with infections as well. AVG 2014 has brought it to its knees and says the system is clean. W7 i3, 4GB memory and OH MY GOD its slow. Trying to remove it, so far its taken close to 45 minutes and its about half way through the removal process :groan: This will crack you up, just working an a PC w/AVG 2013 and a popup in the systray claims "Congratulations, your PC booted 41% faster after you installed AVG" :tui: |
Renegade (16270) | ||
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