Installed Norton Antivirus, now my sidebar doesnt work???

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Im subscribed with BT total broadband (option 3) and ever since installing
the antivirus software that you get with it, i have been unable to open the
sidebar, none of the gadgets are working, when i click open after left
clicking it does nothing. highly irritating.
 
chris said:
Im subscribed with BT total broadband (option 3) and ever since installing
the antivirus software that you get with it, i have been unable to open
the
sidebar, none of the gadgets are working, when i click open after left
clicking it does nothing. highly irritating.
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I'd recommend replacing it (Norton Antivirus) with either AVG Free, Avast or
NOD32.

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Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
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Paul Smith said:
I'd recommend replacing it (Norton Antivirus) with either AVG Free, Avast
or NOD32.
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I just re-did my Vista upgrade as a clean install today, and one of the
attractions of doing so was the opportunity to ditch Norton AntiVirus, which
had 9 months remaining in its license, and replace it with NOD32.
 
Yea, ditch Norton like you would an ex-wife coming for Alimony! Get AVG
free or Avast, or "Active Virus Shield" (which is really Kaspersky).
 
Im subscribed with BT total broadband (option 3) and ever since installing
the antivirus software that you get with it, i have been unable to open the
sidebar, none of the gadgets are working, when i click open after left
clicking it does nothing. highly irritating.
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Symantec products are known Crapware. Delete Immediately!
 
where can i get such products? (free of course, i aint paying) and failing
that, can anyone recommend a solution to my original question?
 
Strictly an opinion.
I have used Norotn products for years with no issues at all.
The Crapware? You've already got it. Norton AntiVirus is a Symantec
Crapware product.
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Again, your opinion. Not aq statement of fact. Not really an effective
statement of opinion.
Personally, I've been very happy with Avast Home Edition (which is
free, but does require registration).

http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html
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Avast is okay. Norton is better.


Honu
 
Hertz_Donut said:
Strictly an opinion.
I have used Norotn products for years with no issues at all.


Again, your opinion. Not aq statement of fact. Not really an effective
statement of opinion.


Avast is okay. Norton is better.


Honu
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Norton is bloatware and is usually targeted first by virus's as it is the
most popular product used. If you enjoy getting malware designed
specifically to get past your AV solution, and you enjoy the fact that
Norton noticably slows a system down to a crawl, then have fun.

Dan
 
Hi Dan,
I couldn't agree with you more! After years of being caught up in the Norton
marketing colossus, I decided to dump everything Symantec. First I went the
Add/Remove Programs route (knowing that wouldn't rid my machine of all the
Symantec/Norton bloat). Then I manually searched for all Symantec file
extensions. Finally I attacked the registry doing repeated searches on
Norton and Synmantec. Finally all was gone. I rebooted for the final time
and WOW! My computer was noticeable faster. Finally, I installed Eset's
Nod32 (undoubtedly the best kept secret and the best AV ever). Nod32 just
sits there stopping all viruses with minimal impact on resources. It's
completely transparent. I can actually use my box while executing a virus
scan. I can't be more enthusiastic about NOD32! I tried Nod32 after a
recommendation from a high end MS techie and I have recommended it to
computer savvy friends who are equally enthusiastic. I will *never* again
saddle any computer I have with any Symantec product!

When Symantec bought PowerQuest's Drive Image I thought that they would use
the acquisition to improve the resource hungry Ghost. Instead they simply
stopped supporting Drive Image. Ghost remains another example of Norton
bloatware. BTW, Norton did essentially the same thing back in the day when
the bought out Central point Software (PC Tools).
Acquire rivals to eliminate competition! Kind of a corporate mantra ;)

To protect my box from the bad guys I use;
1. Hardware firewall on my wireless router.
2. XP firewall.
3. Nod32.
4 SpySweeper.
5. SpyBot (only occasionally to keep SpySweeper honest ;-))

I spend at least 85% of my computer time surfing and I *never* pickup any
virus, malware, adware or anything else even remotely nasty.
 
YES - another NOD 32 advocate! I started shifting away from NAV last
fall -- and any of my client workstations due for renewal is getting
NOD 32 -- whether they have Win2K, XP (Home or Professional) or over
the course of this year Vista (any version).
 
Shhhh - If Symantec hears they will buy Eset. *Then* you know what will
happen! ;-)
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I hear you, when the killed off a good design team doing Ghost for
NetWare the designers formed their own company (Portlock) (using some
of the buy out money to start up I suspect), and generated some
excellent product.

Symantec has done the same thing to PowerQuest and Veritas Backup --
but in a way to not let the developers remain particularly creative and
effective.
 
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