Posted on 10/29/2004 11:08:43 PM PDT by Old Professer
Spy Sweeper is more like a nanny than a maid; MS Windows is a nag; I bit the bullet.
Not with XP, it isn't.
I suggest that you need to go to sleep and worry about it in the morning.
I started to install and stopped...Do I disable Norton?
The only issue I had installing XP-SP2 was ZoneAlarm...had to uninstall and reinstall. Everything else was fine - even NortonAV.
Norton will decide to keep it's bedroom, but you will see some strange firewall pop-ups for a while...
if you can't get to some web sites, add the address to the trusted sites
In IE, go to Tools, Internet Options, Security, Trusted Sites, hit the box that says 'sites', add the address (If it is not an 'https', unclick the box on the bottom, add it, then click the box again)
Try the newer build for Ad-AwareSE (www.lavasoftusa.com) - it has been terrific in office environments, too.
No possible why this qualifies for News and Activism...
ZOT
yes, disable norton.
it will take a while to process, too.
the good news is that it fixes a lot of problems you might have been having without really knowing it.
It was posted in miscellaneous.
Norton is scheduled for 2:00 A.M. (I'm never offline) and I can toggle the firewall off and on at any time; my wife plays computer games, me I read news, FR (sigh) and weather, I guess I'll leave it as is until tomorrow - thanks.
Click on chat /general before posting...that keeps it out of news/activism.
I am going to put your nic in my memory bank..I won't even download adaware because the instructions confuse me..
I am computer dunce and the only problem I have is on Norton I overmodified some ad tags and blocked opinion journal, newsmax and cnn..LOL!..and I still have ad annoyance..
I swear something came along and made the box of the ad appear even though it is blank...I can disable Norton and get on the sites I blocked...I haven't a clue if I have spyware..I am sure I do..but so far XP has worked fine for me and no viruses ever.
I always download every critical update, have no problems and almost decided to forget XP2
Thanks for the question..I always learn something .
I went through lots of angst to install SP2, as I have a version of XP that is uh, kinda, uh, less than uh, sanctioned?
But everything works so far, thankfully.
I also have Eudora as my e mail client and with it you never get viruses like you get with MS e mail client.
I don't even have antivirus anymore, my antivirus was so old I just got rid of it. I go to www.antivirus.com (Trend Micro) every so often and check my computer for viruses at no charge. I probably need to get a new antivirus program soon, when I do I think I will buy Trend Micro's PC Cillin.
I have had no problems with SP2 but have had plenty of friends that did. But of course I am not using MS's protection plug-ins.
I really enjoy the Zone Alarm as it informs me of Norton's AV updates before Norton even does.
I'm glad I don't know much about computers. Whatever this Windows program is that's on my computer has worked fine for five years.
I had to buy new when MS quit supporting my old Packard Bell with Windows 95; kissed MSN goodbye after almost 8 years, got broadband and never looked back until Windows update/upgrade/upyours caught up with me.
I (heart) Spysweeper.
I use the free Spysweeper. I like it better than Spybot(which ain't chopped liver).
I run AVG at 4 every morning and run medium Windows protection and sometimes ZoneAlarm.
Panda for heavy lifting is good too.
I sweep daily....sometimes more than once. I'm really happy with it.
http://www.webroot.com/downloads/
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