I recently reformatted the computer a week ago and installed trial version of Norton Antivirus. That's all I have at the moment, no antimalware, no extra firewall.
In the past 24 hours, I've been getting a notice from Norton saying that it blocked an attack from Trojan.Vundo. Strangely, this notice occurs every hour on the dot, exactly when Norton automatically updates its virus definitions. If I disable the wirless connection, it does not happen.
I have done both Quick and Full virus scans after these notices, and besides the occasional tracking cookie, have come up clean.
So might this be a peculiarity of Norton? Besides being annoying and strange, it makes me wonder if there's something wrong that Norton cannot identify.
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Norton stinks. Find a replacement, there are plenty of solid free ones on the net. :thumbup:
(sorry that this is not an actual answer, more of a suggestion)FinSane likes this. -
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you guys weren't kidding about Norton. I installed Avast, and did a full scan at boot. It identified two trogans, one in the temp folder, other in the Norton root folder.
I uninstalled Norton after thatFinSane likes this. -
linux ftw.
or alternatively "start - run - msconfig - enter - startup" or "(windows key)+R" "msconfig - enter - startup"
know what you're turning off and you might fix it. -
http://service1.symantec.com/Support/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039 -
anyways, norton sucks its like AOL, it completely takes over your computer and becomes a memory hog. Plus it takes too much space. And apparently, it wasnt even doing the job.
I would also recommend adding CCleaner and AdAware to your utilities. :up:pocoloco likes this. -
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Add Malwarebytes to that list.
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ok guys! we can solve this! just type this in:
ctrl + alt + F2 + shift + PGUP +holding down caps lock +backspace +24
ok then reboot, shut down, reboot, shutdown, restart in safe mode, do a system restore, then shut down, shake your cpu around a few times, then restart and it should work -
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if you have linux you don't need all that reboot shutdown ****.... -
I have a number of programs I need for work that I hear do not run in Linux, though I've thought of partitioning the hard drive and installing Linux that way.
I am getting so sick of windows. I don't even do anything that really warrants viruses, just mytheater.com, break.com, or googling scouting profiles for draft prospects. -
i think it depends moreso on what kind of computer you have and what you do on there. windows does suck, but apple/mac is not always the best either, and linux is good only if you know what youre doing.
also, stop downloading porn, trust me, youll thank me later :up: -
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