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| Thread ID: 60689 | 2005-08-10 00:36:00 | Norton antivirus desabled by MS Messenger | taly (5956) | Press F1 |
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| 379892 | 2005-08-10 00:36:00 | Hi there! Got virus alert then noticed that Norton became desabled. After restart it again desabled when Messenger icon appeared after cdialing for connection. Then got a message to download a patch from www.wupdate.net, because messenger buffer overflow. And asled for 19$ US. It can't be microsoft |
taly (5956) | ||
| 379893 | 2005-08-10 00:47:00 | Follow the instructions from this faq to help get rid of spyware etc. pressf1.pcworld.co.nz 16 hth |
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| 379894 | 2005-08-10 01:21:00 | I would recommend doing an online virus scan at a couple of the sites listed in the above FAQ. | FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 379895 | 2005-08-10 04:08:00 | Good advice Fox...just tell him to do it in SAFE MODE for the best results | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 379896 | 2005-08-10 07:36:00 | Good advice Fox...just tell him to do it in SAFE MODE for the best resultsUmm, you can't access the internet in safe mode (can you?) unless its safe mode with networking | Myth (110) | ||
| 379897 | 2005-08-11 00:52:00 | I have used Nortons's in the past and have retried a few later versions as they become available. I am blown away why people use Norton’s, its system overhead is huge compared to other antivirus programs. I would rather have half the viruses out there on my PC than Norton’s as chances are they will slow the PC down less. In my experience, people that have not tried other antivirus programs use Norton’s. If you do, I doubt you will go back to it. Even the free anti virus like AVG are a lot better in my opinion. Norton's "might" be slightly better catching viruses than many other programes, but the way it slows your PC makes it a virus in itself. |
Battleneter (60) | ||
| 379898 | 2005-08-12 17:31:00 | I have used Nortons's in the past and have retried a few later versions as they become available. I am blown away why people use Norton’s, its system overhead is huge compared to other antivirus programs. I would rather have half the viruses out there on my PC than Norton’s as chances are they will slow the PC down less. In my experience, people that have not tried other antivirus programs use Norton’s. If you do, I doubt you will go back to it. Even the free anti virus like AVG are a lot better in my opinion. Norton's "might" be slightly better catching viruses than many other programes, but the way it slows your PC makes it a virus in itself. Thanks for advice. Will try AVG. Meanwhile nothing helped and I reinstalled XP. |
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