Whats the best protection??

[QuadJunkies]

I am starting to doubt my Norton is all that its hyped up to be :grr: . Whats another good protection or should I say ,whats rated one of the best??

[thomps6s]

I am assuming you mean Anti-Virus? Somebody tipped me off to Avast anti virus. The home version is free. I had Norton on my PC uninstalled it and installed AVAST. I am Virus Free. I Like it allot. But that is my opinion. I would also install the Firefox browser. It is just as easy as Internet explorer to use and it is alot safer.

These are just my opinions, you should research any program before installing it on your PC to see if it is best for you.

www.avast.com

www.mozilla.org/products/firefox

[ReconRider25]

i have norton antivirus on both my moms and my computer. we dont have any problems.:confused:

[QuadJunkies]

Originally posted by ReconRider25
i have norton antivirus on both my moms and my computer. we dont have any problems.:confused: Over the last three years I have managed to get viruses on mine a few times with Norton :ermm:

[thomps6s]

My sister and Brother in law had Norton on their PC. They had Viruses all the time. I had to reinstall windows due to other reasons. I installed AVAST instead of Norton and they have been Virus free ever since. Unlike most free Anti Virus programs, AVAST will keep you updated all the time.

[MSL]

Anytime a new Virus hits the web your PC is exposed until your antivirus product comes up with a cure, Wich is usually in a timely matter. Then it is up to you to get the updates. Without the updates your virus software doesnt know to look for the new virus and that is true to all antivirus software no matter what flavor you run.

[zephead400ex]

I've had good luck with Trojan so far. Oh, were talking computer viruses...:p

Seriously though, www.avast.com. Download the Home Edition. It works very well. We use it on all of our work computers here and I use it at home.

DO NOT BUY AND INSTALL NORTON ANTI-VIRUS!!!!!! Just take my word for it, but if you wish, I can give you reasons.

[QuadJunkies]

Originally posted by MSL
Anytime a new Virus hits the web your PC is exposed until your antivirus product comes up with a cure, Wich is usually in a timely matter. Then it is up to you to get the updates. Without the updates your virus software doesnt know to look for the new virus and that is true to all antivirus software no matter what flavor you run. My compuiter is always up to date with the latest and I still got one, I did try that Avast last year once( I think thats what it was:confused: ) and it found 4 viruses that Norton did NOT. I was unfamiliar with how to use it so I just went back to what I already had and just bought a newer version, but needed up with the same problem with viruses.

[zephead400ex]

Tina, I'm telling ya, Avast is the way to go. It's free and updates itself automatically, unlike NAV. I know I'll help you with the program if you have any questions. IMO it's very easy to install and there is not much you have to do except keep it turned on, it'll do the rest itself.

[Jackie]

Buy an apple computer. Viruses don’t infect them.

[zephead400ex]

Originally posted by Jackie
Buy an apple computer. Viruses don’t infect them.

Uhhh.....:rolleyes:

[thomps6s]

Originally posted by Jackie
Buy an apple computer. Viruses don’t infect them.

That is a really good solution, go buy a $1000 + computer to cure your virus problems. lol

[nosliw]

Originally posted by Jackie
Buy an apple computer. Viruses don’t infect them.


i have an apple, and have had no problems with viruses. it's great. maybe they dont bother making as many for them because fewer people and businesses use them? i dont know.

but on my pc i have to use AVG.

[Tommy 17]

trojan:o :p


i use ad aware, spyware, and norton and i've never had a virus!:macho

[ballisticpb]

any Technican will Tell you ANY antivirus is better than none. If you were to buy an antivirus i would suggest Norton. If going for a free one AVG (http://www.grisoft.com/doc/71/lng/us/tpl/tpl01) Works great.
norton can have its issues but just know that there will be NO antivirus that will catch them all. some will catch more than others. some will find things others cant. just pick one you are happy with the interface and go with it.

[QuadJunkies]

Originally posted by Tommy 17
trojan:o :p

ribbed or non??? :eek: :o :p :devil: J/P LOL!!!

[zephead400ex]

AVG is pretty hard to work with for a novice. Again, Avast is by far your best free antivirus program. DO NOT INSTALL NORTON!!!! IT IS THE WORST ANTIVIRUS PROGRAM OUT THERE!!! I don't know how else to tell you!

...I guess no one listen's to me...:rolleyes: Oh well...do what you please. But believe me, these problems are what I do for a living, so I think I know a little bit about what I'm saying...but then again, maybe not:ermm:

[thomps6s]

I agree Zephead. I like AVAST alot. The best way to avoid getting a virus is to stay away from sites that allow you to download for free. Like free porn sites and most all peer to peer networks like limewire and morpheus.

[QuadJunkies]

Originally posted by thomps6s
I agree Zephead. I like AVAST alot. The best way to avoid getting a virus is to stay away from sites that allow you to download for free. Like free porn sites and most all peer to peer networks like limewire and morpheus. about the only thing I do is the Forums and some personal emails I reply to .. I REALLY dont do the Porn thing( although I KNOW some of you dont believe that! :o :blah: ) If I get anyting if would be an accident using a search or me and my bad type Os' :p

[ballisticpb]

Originally posted by zephead400ex
AVG is pretty hard to work with for a novice. Again, Avast is by far your best free antivirus program. DO NOT INSTALL NORTON!!!! IT IS THE WORST ANTIVIRUS PROGRAM OUT THERE!!! I don't know how else to tell you!

...I guess no one listen's to me...:rolleyes: Oh well...do what you please. But believe me, these problems are what I do for a living, so I think I know a little bit about what I'm saying...but then again, maybe not:ermm:

I Agree with you about the norton thing but. Being in this field, there are a lot of people that think that anything that is free for a computer will not work well. I prefer Norton over mcafee, and i prefer AVG over Avast. but like i had said before ANY antivirus WILL help. Dont spend your money on an anti virus software when there is free ones that are availible. Avast will be great for any home user. so will AVG. Download one and see, if you dont like it try the other one.

[QuadJunkies]

a Guy I work with says McAffee is better than Norton or at least he says hes had better luck with it I guess.

I may have to try some of the free stuff again and see how I like it ...

[zephead400ex]

IMO the only thing better about McAfee over NAV, is the size of the program. NAV is roughly 27mb which is absolutely huge for any program, especially one that performs like dog poo! And good luck uninstalling NAV; unless you know the registry registry keys which are created by Norton, you cannot "officially" uninstall the program.

Ad-aware, Spybot, etc. will not protect you against any virus, nor does it protect you from anything. All those services do is once you run a manual scan they will try to detect and try to remove spyware/adware programs. But a large majority of these programs are smarter than the programs and are unable to remove the install files. What this means is that the files that are created by the install files are removed, but after your computer restarts, the install file is still there and reinstalls the files these services just removed.

QJ: because you don't browse porn sites, gaming sites, etc. that does not mean that you won't be infected by spyware. If you go to a website that has animated banners and things of the such, you can and usually will be infected. Anymore, spyware/adware is more troublesome than viruses.

I could go on and on about this crap, but I won't, haha!

[the yazer]

i have norton how do i uninstall it????

[FasstMidnightZ]

i have norton and webroot spysweeper , works great

[zephead400ex]

Yazer: What version of NAV are you running? 2003 and earlier, here is what you have to do. First go to Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel and Remove it from there then do this:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\Shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Sy mantec.Norton.Antivirus.IEContextMenu
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandle rs\Symantec.Norton.Antivirus.IEContextMenu
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Features\018E5796F29C0 F54B0DF81B713F2018E
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Features\238D3C3469CAA 3640230B1D8B1AF5232
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Features\3415DD8571443 4F47ADDB5B892ECBDAE
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Features\47897D8CB2F76 434991FAD8AAAFBD9AC
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Features\C8D617F6F8933 D11581E000540386890
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products\018E5796F29C0 F54B0DF81B713F2018E
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products\238D3C3469CAA 3640230B1D8B1AF5232
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products\3415DD8571443 4F47ADDB5B892ECBDAE
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products\47897D8CB2F76 434991FAD8AAAFBD9AC
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products\C8D617F6F8933 D11581E000540386890
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Symantec
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall\{43C3D832-AC96-463A-2003-1B8D1BFA252F}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall\{58DD5143-4417-4F43-A7DD-5B8B29CEDBEA}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall\{6975E810-C92F-45F0-0BFD-187B312F10E8}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall\{C8D79874-7F2B-4346-99F1-DAA8AABF9DCA}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall\Norton CleanSweep
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall\LiveReg
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall\LiveUpdate
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall\Norton Speed Disk
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall\Norton Utilities
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\ccEvtMgr
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\ccPwdSvc
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\GhostStartService
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\GhPciScan
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\navapsvc
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\NAVENG
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\NAVEX15
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\NPDriver
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\NprotectService
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\QDFSDRV
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\SAVRT
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\SAVRTPEL
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\SBService
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Speed Disk service
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\SymEvent
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\SymRedrv
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Symtdi

Navigate to the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run

In the right-hand pane, right-click on the following values and then click Delete:

ccApp
ccRegVfy
GhostStartTrayApp
SymTray - Norton SystemWorks

Go on to the next section, "To restore the Recycle Bin registry key."

To restore the Recycle Bin registry key
Go to the following registry key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

In the right-hand pane, double-click (Default).
In the Value Data field, type the following and then click OK:

Recycle Bin

In the right-hand pane, double-click Localized String.
In the Value Data field, type the following and then click OK:

Recycle Bin

Delete the following key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040 - 5081 - 101B - 9F08 - 00AA002F954E}\Shell

Close the registry.

After you have removed Norton SystemWorks from the registry and restored the Recycle Bin registry key, go on to the next section, "Part 4: Removing Norton SystemWorks scheduled tasks."

Part 4: Removing the Norton SystemWorks scheduled tasks
Click Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Scheduled Tasks.
Right click on the following items and click Delete:

Norton AntiVirus- Scan my computer
Norton SystemWorks One Button Checkup
Symantec Net Detect

Close the window.

After removing the Norton SystemWorks scheduled tasks, go on to the next section, "Part 5: Removing the Norton SystemWorks files."

[brian-250]

ive always had good luck with trojans, but its up to you and troy.:devil:



i use spyware, it works OK.

[Quad18star]

The best way to protect your computer , is to not have one at all . I'm always getting screwed with viruses and spyware . I have Norton installed on ym PC but am too lazy to learn how to use it . This whole thing about Updating Definitions ?? Start is Safe Mode ?? ..... They would have as much success getting me to learn it , if it were in chinese .

I run an adware program for spyware ... so far Ive done 300 scans and pulled out over 4000 spyware thingies... but it's still on my computer everytime I reboot . I'm gunna snap soon and just buy a new computer or pay someone to fix it ... I dont have the patience for it .

[dirtmomma]

Originally posted by QuadJunkies
a Guy I work with says McAffee is better than Norton or at least he says hes had better luck with it I guess.

I may have to try some of the free stuff again and see how I like it ...

I use Mcafee & have had no problems w/ viruses or anything since I started using it :) it's detected quite a few & knocked em out :D

[Punk'd]

Originally posted by zephead400ex
I've had good luck with Trojan so far

I knew someone would say it hahahaha

But i run Nortan and I HATE it. Goodluck

[dunnonuttin]

Originally posted by zephead400ex
I've had good luck with Trojan so far. Oh, were talking computer viruses...:p

i was thinkin the same exact thing LMAO:p