Posted on 04/14/2005 9:25:57 AM PDT by processing please hold
I've had to uninstall and then reinstall my Norton Internet Security 2004, a total of four times in the last two weeks. I am at my wits end, which for me, isn't too far a journey. Any help on what could possibly be wrong would be greatly appreciated.
When it gets to the point that I think Norton has an embedded, hidden program in itself...
AVG is what use and I recommend it to all of my customers.
Hey, if we can see out, through our computers, they can see in. It's a matter of time until we will be living in an Orwellian State. I mean that is the only fool proof way to guard against terrorism, you know what everyone on the planet is doing. And computers will be monitoring you.
Orwell and Huxley saw this over 60 years ago... and people still don't see that.
No, I didn't. I just have Windows XP.
I thought you were complaining about a sweet handling but somewhat under powered British motorcycyle with a cult following.
That was the first thought to cross my mind too. I bought one in the Spring of my senior year in high school, 1970. It was a very fast bike, which was only made for two years, 1969 & 70, and only came in red or blue metal flake. All the motorcycle magazines had tested it at 12.6 seconds in the ¼ mile, and were mystified by it being called scrambler, just because of the "S" designation by Norton. It was built for speed and could really shock owners of muscle cars of that era, when it came to street racing. The photos that I have are not clear enough (Kodak Instamatic) but I found a pic of one on the Internet exactly like the one I had.
Norton Commando 750 "S"
Jeez, the title had me hoping this was a British motorcycle thread. (those Nortons will literally "drive" you nuts)
Norton and Triumph are names of English companies that made motorcycles that were exported here; just showing my age.
I had a bizarre experience last year. Suddenly my AOL dial-up stopped being able to make a connection (I use AOL for emergencies when DSL is down.) It started working again however when I un-installed Norton Anti-virius. I tried again to make sure - re-installing Norton, then AOL 9.0 could not make a connection again. I tested this multiple times. This was a total pain and at first I assumed the problem was the XP service pack, but it wasn't.
I switched to McAfee Anti-virus which AOL provides for its users now for free and everything works great.
But as noted there are a number of excellent alternatives most of which are very friendly to removal.
Haven't read all the messages yet and don't know if it's been mentioned but I'm currently evaluating Panda. It's not what I'm currently using on my production box (alas, it's the best AV program I've ever used but they discontinued it but haven't discontinued updates....yet). I was somewhat impressed with Panda's combo AV and anti-Spyware feature at least off the get go.
Again, haven't finished running it through it's paces, your mileage may vary.
I've noticed several people hgave mentioned the firewall. I don't use the firewall in Norton - I have Road Runner cable service and they provide me with a firewall. They recommended that I not try to use both because the software products clash.
You might want to check with your ISP and find out what products they are using to protect you. And .. you might want to ask them if their system might be having a problem with Norton.
I also do a weekly clean-up of my system. First thing I do is run Disc Cleanup. After that program runs - I use Spybot and I have it check for junk on my systems. In one week - it ususally finds 12-18 files on my system that need to be deleted. The files are usually to track where you're going and where you're spending your money. They don't hurt your system - but they will slow down your system.
Then I run Ad-Aware. This program finds all those files which have been planted by other in your system as you are innocently surfing the net. What most of these do is send you continuous email about a select product - usually something you have recently purchased.
After running those 3 programs - I run defrag.
I am always amazed at how much faster my system runs after taking maybe less than 30 minutes to keep it cleaned up. Just a thought.
My Norton rarely gives me trouble. It always starts on the second kick when it's cold, and on the first when it's warm. Nortons are cool!
I'll write them on my list, thanks. Full System Scans, show I have no viruses. Now that I've said it, I'll probably be getting them by the truck load. Let me knock on wood real fast. Done.
If you're talking about anti-spyware, I wish I had know that. I thought something was wrong with them so I uninstalled 'em. Ohhhh
Thanks for the memory stimulation, great bike.
Thanks. I printed what you posted. I tried deleting files, it wouldn't let me. It said these files are need for other programs to work...something like that. I don't remember it verbatim.
Electrics by Lucas, the man who invented darkness. :-)
I'm not gonna buy another in July. I just want to turn this computer on and come to FR. I don't want the hassel of Norton tell me to disconnect from the Internet for security reasons.
My guess would be that you have not downloaded Service Pack 2 from Microsoft. If you do Norton will be disabled.
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