My computer caught a tough one
- Thread starter Rÿcher
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yeah - get rid of nortons.
go to free.grisoft.com and download the free version of AVG as starting point and see what you can clean up.
Nortons is now a piece of shit that causes more headaches than it solves.
Rÿcher
Fleet Captain
thanks for the advise and as much as I like AVG I'm not prepared to abandon Norton quite yet for as much as I paid for it. It came bundled with the new computer I got and so far (excluding today) it hasn't let me down and I can't really fault it for that since there's bound to be something that falls through the cracks once in a while.
It's not just that something slips through the cracks.
Nortons has become so prevelant and that viruses etc are being written that deliberately take it out and secondly it's become big and bloated.
What the hell does Norton do that required nearly 100Mb of disk space to install and a big chunk of memory to run that other programs do with smaller rescource requirements? It's bloating worst the Microsoft products.
Dont know if I had the same thing, where it blocks Anti-virus websites from being displayed. Plus it prevents downloads of programs.
I ended up downloading Malwarebyte's AntiMalware from Download.com from another computer. Then after installing it, I did several sweeps (in Safe Mode) to clean whatever it could find.
Seems to work now....
I ended up downloading Malwarebyte's AntiMalware from Download.com from another computer. Then after installing it, I did several sweeps (in Safe Mode) to clean whatever it could find.
Seems to work now....
There are far better (and cheaper) systems that Norton out there. How much you paid for it is irrelevant--it's a sunk cost and you aren't getting that money back. It's no reason to keep using it.
If you can't find an anti-spyware program to remove Mirar, go here: http://www.instant-registry-fixes.org/how-do-i-manually-remove-mirar-toolbar/
Those are step-by-step instructions for removing it.
Personally I use Avast. It has yet to fail me and I've been using it for several years. For spyware I use Spybot. So far it's the only one that I found to get rid of spyware that doesn't turn around and install spyware.
I also use the Uniblue software which cleans my registry, checks for driver updates, and makes a couple other things run a little more efficiently.
I also use the Uniblue software which cleans my registry, checks for driver updates, and makes a couple other things run a little more efficiently.
Rÿcher
Fleet Captain
fixed.
All I had to do was update to 2009.
Stupid Norton techie wanted to charge me $99 to access my computer to remotely repair it remotely without telling me that a simple update patch would help out.
And I don't know who's dick you have to suck to get some help at tech support guy's forum but my advise, don't go there with questions, you'll be ignored.
All I had to do was update to 2009.
Stupid Norton techie wanted to charge me $99 to access my computer to remotely repair it remotely without telling me that a simple update patch would help out.
And I don't know who's dick you have to suck to get some help at tech support guy's forum but my advise, don't go there with questions, you'll be ignored.
In the future, if you think you caught something nasty, go into Winodws safe-mode and scan/clean from there.
Although I personally suggest you don't stick with Norton.
Avast or AVG are pretty good ... or you can go with the paying NOD32 Smart Security (haven't had an issue in years using it).
Although I personally suggest you don't stick with Norton.
Avast or AVG are pretty good ... or you can go with the paying NOD32 Smart Security (haven't had an issue in years using it).
