I had countless virus problems with XP. Since then, I bought a new computer with the new version of Vista. I have had not one problem since. I have also kept Norton. It caught that same virus you describe (did the identical thing you said.) and it washed it clean. It works fine. I also had many problems with AVG. Hackers have ways around every virus program in existence.
XP has many vulnerabilities and problems. Vista is much better from a security standpoint.
To all you Microsoft bashers on this forum, please refrain from expressing your vile hatred for one of the greatest products known to mankind. It's the main reason we are typing on our keyboards this very moment.
“To all you Microsoft bashers on this forum, please refrain from expressing your vile hatred for one of the greatest products known to mankind. It’s the main reason we are typing on our keyboards this very moment.”
As you wish, I’ll refrain from “vile hatred.” LOL So tell us, what flavor was that cool-aid, anyway?
I seem to recall that my Atari 800 and 130XE both had keyboards as did my first IBM XT clone running IBM DOS, so MS isn’t in anyway responsible for that. However, MS is responsible for unleashing what some of us view as the most ambitious virus known to the computer world. Millions of manhours and billions of dollars are spent every year to protect and repair everything from systems to identities due to both lax program security and uneducated end users.
But you are apparently happy with your choice and all the lost/wasted hours of your time. Myself, I made a different choice a few years ago and no longer worry about such things.