norton enternet security

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Hi,
I have new norton enternet security but i see that is not able to remove
spywares from my Pc. i still getting message that my Pc is infected. Can some
one help me please.
JULGHA
 
Hi,
I have new norton enternet security but i see that is not able to remove
spywares from my Pc. i still getting message that my Pc is infected. Can some
one help me please.
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The retail version of Norton can play havoc with your pc. Uninstall it
using Norton's own uninstall tool
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039
and get a refund :)
As suggested on the site, you may wish to print out the directions before
proceeding.
Or
http://www.majorgeeks.com/Norton_Removal_Tool_SymNRT_d4749.html

If the Norton removal tool doesn't work satisfactory use this:
Revo Uninstaller Freeware - Remove unwanted programs and traces easily
http://www.revouninstaller.com/
and/or
RegSeeker
http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm
RegSeeker will remove all associated detritus (registry keys,files and
folders) from any application. I found this application user friendly and
very effective but suggest *not* to use the 'Clean the Registry' option.
Click onto 'Find in registry' and in the 'Search for' box type *Norton*;
The pertinent registry keys can then be safely deleted (just in case,
ensure that the 'Backup before deletion' is checked). Repeat the task by
typing in the Search for' box *Symantec*. You can then go on search and
remove associated files as well.
Then use NTREGOPT to compact the registry; Follow instructions.
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt

Avira AntiVir® PersonalEdition Classic - Free
http://www.free-av.com/antivirus/allinonen.html

Free antivirus - avast! 4 Home Edition
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
(Choose Custom Installation and under Resident
Protection, uncheck: Internet Mail and Outlook/Exchange.)

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition
http://free.grisoft.com/
(Choose custom install and untick the email scanner plugin.)

Kaspersky® Anti-Virus 7.0 - Not Free
http://www.kaspersky.com/homeuser

ESET NOD32 Antivirus - Not Free
http://www.eset.com/
Have you seen these "extra settings for NOD32"?
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=37509
 
Hi,

I completely agree with Kayman about getting rid of ANYTHING Norton. Do
yourself and your PC a favor, uninstall that crapware. Now on to your
problem with the error message. Is Norton giving your that message about
being infected? or is this a pop-up window telling you this?

If you get Norton off then I'd suggest either of the two Antivirus programs,
but not both.

Free antivirus - avast! 4 Home Edition
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition
http://free.grisoft.com/



For your Spyware apps I'd suggest the following....
SUPERAntiSpyware
http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html
Your choice of the FREE version or the paid Pro version.

Ad-Aware 2007 Free
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad_aware_free.php

Spybot - Search & Destroy
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html


--
All the best,
SG

ALEX NICHOL
(1935-2005)
http://www.aumha.org/alex.htm
You will never be forgotten my friend
 
Nothing but old fashioned prejudice. If I believed half the things that
were said about Vista I wouldn't never had gotten it. Same goes for the
platitudes from the Norton bashers. But I am able to make up *my* own mind
on both and couldn't be happier (never had ANY kind of infection with the
Vista UAC/NIS combo in over a year). I do run SAS and PrevxCSI at times but
never find nothing more than a few cookies.

So I ignore the "cut and paste" replies in this group. It is like listening
to a record that is stuck, lol.
 
midway, did transcribed the following::
Nothing but old fashioned prejudice. If I believed half the things
that were said about Vista I wouldn't never had gotten it. Same goes
for the platitudes from the Norton bashers. But I am able to make up
*my* own mind on both and couldn't be happier (never had ANY kind of
infection with the Vista UAC/NIS combo in over a year). I do run SAS
and PrevxCSI at times but never find nothing more than a few cookies.

So I ignore the "cut and paste" replies in this group. It is like
listening to a record that is stuck, lol.
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I second this! I've used Norton products ever since the start of
Utilities in the DOS world, and have never had any problems. Yes, some
of there products have needed more RAM to get things to work better, but
thats true with a lot of products. As far as the Virus and other
security products are concerned, you have to look at the update policy's
and the cost. Norton's Internet Security is updated/ungraded in a
timely manner, and my yearly cost is only $40 bucks. A friend who has
the corresponding Mac-a-fees product. gets good service and
updates/upgrades, pays $50 a year, but has also had one virus that got
past all his protection. Maybe it was just timing, and it got to him
before they could get the updates out to him, I don't know.
What does all this say!: "You pays your money, You take your chances!"
I'd rather have the protection that be without. And in your case, keep
NIS. Like you said, trying to uninstall is a headache to be avoided,
plus it works.

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julgha said:
Hi,
I have new norton enternet security but i see that is not able to remove
spywares from my Pc. i still getting message that my Pc is infected. Can some
one help me please.
JULGHA
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I did all you said in forum to help me to remove spywares from my Pc.I
have: Norton internet security, Panda,Spypot & destroy, SuperAnti Spyware
BUT MICROSOFT SECURITY CENTER STILL SENDING ME A MESSAGE THAT I HAV MY PC
INFECTED WHAT CAN I DO?
 
It is NOT widows security sending you that message!!!!
It is spyware.

Reboot your computer, tap F8 right at startup, and go into Safe Mode.
Rescan your computer with Spybot Search & destroy, and your Anti-virus while
there.
 
frizzie said:
What's wrong with Norton's Internet Security program?
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I've been using NAV on my computers since the early 90's and have never had
a virus or worm while using it. I still use NAV 2004 on this one and I have
Norton Internet Security 2008 on the laptop.

So far I see nothing wrong with NIS 2008 other than if it crashes and has to
be reloaded, you don't get an automatic 1 year extension on your
subscription like you do with NAV.

Norton does crash a lot but as a consequence, I've been using NAV 2004 since
2004 and have only paid for two subscription renewals. Now I'm updated til
2/27/2009 thanks to a recent hardware change and reinstall.

Best thing about Norton is does the job you pay it to do and it does it very
well. No question.
 
I am not a Norton basher, I am against Symantec products. When Peter Norton
owned the products many years ago it did what was advertized. When Symantec
bought him out it has went down hill ever sense. You are among the few that
hasn't had any trouble and you are one of the lucky ones. It's not so much
the software doesn't do it's job, but it is a Resource Hog hands down and
they have done nothing to improve it. Furthermore, it's gotten worse with
their added Suite. Their uninstall does not even clean up their own mess and
they have now an extra file one must run to get rid of it which BTW still
leaves some remnants. If it works for you great, but as with anything the
majority rules and if you search these groups and the Net you will see it is
not worth a grain of salt to put their Junkware on any system. Do a Google
for "why people hate Norton Internet Security" and you will see many
reasons. Also try "why people like Norton Internet Security". The only thing
I still use and still works in all versions of windows from 3.0 to Vista is
NortonSS, other than that they couldn't pay me to take it. If fact I've
thrown away many FREE copies that have been sent to me over the years when I
order hardware and software for my customers.

http://review.zdnet.com/internet-se...rnet-security-2008/4505-3667_16-32588378.html

You may also try Google and type "antivirus polls"

http://www.6starreview.com/Antiviru...rd=antivirus&gclid=CLLigqa585ECFQEfFQodRxEevw

http://www.gripe2ed.com/scoop/story/2005/8/1/0559/03379

--
All the best,
SG

ALEX NICHOL
(1935-2005)
http://www.aumha.org/alex.htm
You will never be forgotten my friend
 
Granted that the '03-'06 versions were less than stellar but the '07-up
versions have been completely revamped. RAM usage is around 7.5MB on my
machine which can hardly be called a resource hog. These polls you speak of
are from mainly people who experienced Norton during it's '03-'06 "bloat"
era and hasn't even tried the latest versions.

Though it took them a while (too long in my opinion) Symantec quite frankly
acknowleged the "bloatness" of its past products and is now working on
improving its performance as stated in their blog entry:

http://www.symantec.com/norton/blog/detail.jsp?blogid=performance_impact&profileid=tom_powledge

So Symantec has SymNRT (Norton Removal Tool). So does Kaspersky, OneCare,
Trend Micro, McAfee and maybe others I don't know about have similar removal
tools. I don't see an issue here.

Since you posted a review I will post this one:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,2180639,00.asp

What gets me when I communicate with the bashers, I ask them if they even
tried the latest versions and usually I get silence in return. It is like
they are afraid to try it and maybe start liking it thus not able to bash it
anymore. It must make their lives complete or something.

And to let you in on a secret I too was once a Norton basher.
 
Again I'm not nor ever have been a "Norton" basher, it's Symantec products I
dislike.

From your site you provided......
Than most? who are they talking about?

Now I'll let you in on a little secret, I work on many machines in my shop
everyday and the first thing I tell my customers is if they have Symantec
products on their systems it will be the first thing to come off or they can
take them elsewhere. So far and it really doesn't matter to me at all is no
one has refused. I'll put Avast or AVG up against any of them any day. Also
the day AVG or Avast starts bloating their Antivirus into a suite like
MacAfee or Symantec I'll find something else.

The last word is yours as I'm moving on. Don't want to extend this thread as
these discussions seem to go on forever.

--
All the best,
SG

ALEX NICHOL
(1935-2005)
http://www.aumha.org/alex.htm
You will never be forgotten my friend

news.microsoft.com said:
Granted that the '03-'06 versions were less than stellar but the '07-up
versions have been completely revamped. RAM usage is around 7.5MB on my
machine which can hardly be called a resource hog. These polls you speak
of are from mainly people who experienced Norton during it's '03-'06
"bloat" era and hasn't even tried the latest versions.

Though it took them a while (too long in my opinion) Symantec quite
frankly acknowleged the "bloatness" of its past products and is now
working on improving its performance as stated in their blog entry:

http://www.symantec.com/norton/blog/detail.jsp?blogid=performance_impact&profileid=tom_powledge

So Symantec has SymNRT (Norton Removal Tool). So does Kaspersky, OneCare,
Trend Micro, McAfee and maybe others I don't know about have similar
removal tools. I don't see an issue here.

Since you posted a review I will post this one:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,2180639,00.asp

What gets me when I communicate with the bashers, I ask them if they even
tried the latest versions and usually I get silence in return. It is like
they are afraid to try it and maybe start liking it thus not able to bash
it anymore. It must make their lives complete or something.

And to let you in on a secret I too was once a Norton basher.
Click to expand...
 
Take a look at AV Comparatives.org or AV-Test.org to discover the "most".
Also Norton has not failed a VB100 certification since 1999. The only other
AV solution to do so is Eset I believe. And speaking of Eset, NAV/NIS uses
less RAM than NOD32. I guess this would be bloat on a Pentium I 32 MB RAM,
lol.

Though you may not describe yourself as a basher your tone certainly
reflects one. As I said, I used to be one after a terrible experience with
NIS '04 years ago. But I read so many good reviews about NIS '07 on a
security forum I decided to put my prejudice aside and try it out.

But getting back OT, I am curious to know what the OP picked up and how.
Symantec Threat Explorer has a big list of these rogue security apps listed
on it's page with definition updates to counter them.

SG said:
Again I'm not nor ever have been a "Norton" basher, it's Symantec products
I dislike.

From your site you provided......
Than most? who are they talking about?

Now I'll let you in on a little secret, I work on many machines in my shop
everyday and the first thing I tell my customers is if they have Symantec
products on their systems it will be the first thing to come off or they
can take them elsewhere. So far and it really doesn't matter to me at all
is no one has refused. I'll put Avast or AVG up against any of them any
day. Also the day AVG or Avast starts bloating their Antivirus into a
suite like MacAfee or Symantec I'll find something else.

The last word is yours as I'm moving on. Don't want to extend this thread
as these discussions seem to go on forever.

--
All the best,
SG

ALEX NICHOL
(1935-2005)
http://www.aumha.org/alex.htm
You will never be forgotten my friend
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midway said:
Take a look at AV Comparatives.org or AV-Test.org to discover the
"most". Also Norton has not failed a VB100 certification since 1999.
The only other AV solution to do so is Eset I believe. And speaking of
Eset, NAV/NIS uses less RAM than NOD32. I guess this would be bloat on
a Pentium I 32 MB RAM, lol.

Though you may not describe yourself as a basher your tone certainly
reflects one. As I said, I used to be one after a terrible experience
with NIS '04 years ago. But I read so many good reviews about NIS '07
on a security forum I decided to put my prejudice aside and try it out.

But getting back OT, I am curious to know what the OP picked up and how.
Symantec Threat Explorer has a big list of these rogue security apps
listed on it's page with definition updates to counter them.
Click to expand...
I'm not sure I can understand your argument. If I have had bad
experience, and bad service for many years, I should give them just one
more chance or else I risk being labeled a basher by someone like you!
The only fact that means a damn thing is that people (read I) have had a
lot of problems with NIS and have decided to go to something that does
not have these problems and still gets the job done. Period. I used
Norton from 1993 till 2007 and experienced MANY problems. The final
straw for me was when I discovered that my system restore wouldn't work
unless I made configuration changes in NIS's internal security settings,
and then of course you have to remember to change the settings back when
you were done restoring.
Someone else in this thread said "If it works for you". Fine. It doesn't
work for me, and obviously a lot of others. The fact that anyone who has
a divergent viewpoint is automatically awarded a schoolyard label by you
leads me to be suspect about whether or not your opinion is worth
considering.

--
Dave T.

"Many people die at twenty-five and aren't buried
until they are seventy-five".
Benjamin Franklin
 
I am not slapping a label on anyone. My definition of a basher may be
different than yours. In essence it is someone who berates a product only
going by what is read and not experienced for themselves which I have
noticed all around the web (Vista has pretty much shared the same fate). I
have not seen anything in this thread relating to the modern versions of
NAV/NIS but only the older versions. I have admitted that the '03-'06
versions were pretty much crap but I cannot say the same thing after what I
have experienced in the last year. Some people, such as yourself, may have
problems running Symantec products (as with any software) but at home and at
work has been trouble free here.

To simplify it even further an old saying comes to mind "Don't knock it
until you try it".
 
Thanks for the update on Norton. I am glad to hear that they are mending
their ways. I shall no longer automatically advise people to remove it from
new computers. However after all the grief I have suffered with them I am
not yet thinking of moving back to them from ESET Smart Security. Doug
 
I take anything from ZDNet with a grain of salt. In their first review of
NIS '08 they talked about the new look of NIS which the reviewer didn't care
for. Then he goes on to say though ZDNet has not performed any tests on NIS
it will "probably" be a resource hog. What kind of review is this? Just
ramblings from another Norton hater.

Also AV-Comparatives have just released their latest tests. Norton scored
97.7% if you are interested.

What a view of life you have. According to your logic anything we do in our
daily lives "don't amount to a hill of beans". I guess we all just need to
put a bullet in our heads and get it over with.

No thanks...
 
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