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Symantec antivirus crashes something again. This time Chrome 78 browsers
ZDNet ^
| Oct 24, 2019
| Catalin Cimpanu
Posted on 10/26/2019 1:09:05 PM PDT by dayglored
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Geez.
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posted on
10/26/2019 1:09:05 PM PDT
by
dayglored
To: Abby4116; afraidfortherepublic; aft_lizard; AF_Blue; AppyPappy; arnoldc1; ATOMIC_PUNK; bajabaja; ...
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posted on
10/26/2019 1:09:52 PM PDT
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."`)
To: dayglored
And Symantec's advice is...
TURN OFF THE SECURITY FEATURE IN THE BROWSER!
Oh, yeah, right. That's a great idea.
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posted on
10/26/2019 1:11:07 PM PDT
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."`)
To: dayglored
TURN OFF THE SECURITY?
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posted on
10/26/2019 1:15:06 PM PDT
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."`)
To: dayglored
The way Google products work, the AV likely thought it was spyware.
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posted on
10/26/2019 1:16:06 PM PDT
by
LouieFisk
(https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2019/10/16/trump-letter-to-turkeys-erdogan-dont-be-a-foo)
To: dayglored
I don’t know anybody who uses Symantec antivirus.
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posted on
10/26/2019 1:18:39 PM PDT
by
LouieFisk
(https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2019/10/16/trump-letter-to-turkeys-erdogan-dont-be-a-foo)
To: LouieFisk
I know a lot of people and companies who have STOPPED using it.
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posted on
10/26/2019 1:20:24 PM PDT
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."`)
To: dayglored
Symantec seems over endowed with lame excuses and short on results.
I gave ‘em up for that [BLEEP] years ago.
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posted on
10/26/2019 1:26:08 PM PDT
by
Unrepentant VN Vet
(Never quit anything in my life, ain't going to start quitting now. WWG1WGA)
To: dayglored
There are free AVs I would recommend before it. Any one, along with the paid version of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will keep a person in good shape vs. malware.
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posted on
10/26/2019 1:30:41 PM PDT
by
LouieFisk
(https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2019/10/16/trump-letter-to-turkeys-erdogan-dont-be-a-foo)
To: LouieFisk
I don’t know anybody who uses Symantec antivirus.
Time Warner - now Spectrum - has provided free McAfee to clients for so long I can't remember using anything else.
Problem free I might add.
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posted on
10/26/2019 1:43:36 PM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: dayglored
Leo Leport said you jot heedcNY 3rd party anti virus withbWindows 10. Defender is mire than capable.
That is good enough for me. Adios bloatware.
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posted on
10/26/2019 1:44:15 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(As always IMHO)
To: dayglored
the simplest and most effective thing one can do to near-bullet-proof protect ANY Windows system, is to create two accounts: one is a normal administrative account that is always created by default, the other is a Limited User account. Do your work in the Limited User account and go to the administrative account only to add, delete, update programs and printers ... turn off all updates and remove and turn off all antivirus programs ... you’ll have the most stable possible windows system that way ...
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posted on
10/26/2019 1:54:21 PM PDT
by
catnipman
(Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
To: oh8eleven
In such a case, I’d still prefer to set up my own PC security/protection. I’m a control freak, I reckon.
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posted on
10/26/2019 1:57:03 PM PDT
by
LouieFisk
(https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2019/10/16/trump-letter-to-turkeys-erdogan-dont-be-a-foo)
To: freedumb2003
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posted on
10/26/2019 2:01:15 PM PDT
by
LouieFisk
(https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2019/10/16/trump-letter-to-turkeys-erdogan-dont-be-a-foo)
To: freedumb2003
Defender and Malwarebytes for me.
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posted on
10/26/2019 2:03:26 PM PDT
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."`)
To: LouieFisk
Spectrum doesn’t force an install; it’s offered free just for the asking.
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posted on
10/26/2019 2:05:29 PM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: LouieFisk
I don’t know anybody who uses Symantec antivirus. I use Norton Security Suite since Comcast provides it with my cable internet. I also use Chrome and have had no issues.
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posted on
10/26/2019 2:10:46 PM PDT
by
Abby4116
To: dayglored; All
Who allows this crap on their computer?
Symantec IS a virus unto itself. So is McAfee. Ever try to uninstall these programs? They make you download uninstall software that you run to uninstall the main app. Then you have to uninstall the uninstall software.
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posted on
10/26/2019 2:11:20 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
(Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
To: Abby4116
I’ll sometimes run a scan with Norton Security Scan, which is a stand-alone temporary scanner. But for real time, AVG is good enough. Eset32 (paid) is about the best AV around, to my thinking.
Wouldn’t have Chrome or any other Google spyware on my PCs. Got Android on my smartphone, but I don’t do anything private or anything that needs security with it. With Google, you are the product - or more correctly, your private & personal information is.
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posted on
10/26/2019 2:20:18 PM PDT
by
LouieFisk
(https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2019/10/16/trump-letter-to-turkeys-erdogan-dont-be-a-foo)
To: dayglored
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posted on
10/26/2019 2:49:15 PM PDT
by
Tacrolimus1mg
(Do no harm, but take no sh!t.)
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