Having trouble with norton 2009..... - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

Surfcaster2884 · 01-06-2009, 09:43 PM

Ive had it for a while now with no problems. Now all of a sudden I can't run a live update and my advanced protection doesn't work. I've tried calling them and got nowhere with it. Any one have any idea what could be wrong?

basswipe · 01-07-2009, 05:12 PM

Dump it would be the best suggestion.It really is a horror show of an antivirus program.

Avira or AVG is the way to go.

spence · 01-07-2009, 05:42 PM

I agree, there's freeware available that will handle most everything. AVG, Spybot and a good registry cleaner is the bulk of it.

-spence

Raven · 01-07-2009, 06:06 PM

Norton is a nightmare

Surfcaster2884 · 01-07-2009, 08:54 PM

Thanks for the reply's. I ditched norton and got AVG. I already use a pretty good registry cleaner.

JohnnyD · 01-07-2009, 11:37 PM

You made the best choice. Norton bogs down the system way too much. Good choice going to AVG.

vineyardblues · 01-09-2009, 09:14 PM

I hate Norton, and good luck removing it

You will find the remover on their web site....
The best I have found is malwarebytes.org (trustMe) it's free Or you can send me a donation

You will also need AVG on top of it

VB

basswipe · 01-11-2009, 11:52 AM

AVG 8.x is now a virus/spyware suite.

I've found that Avira's AntiVir Personal Edition to be the best antivirus program out there.

For adware/spyware I like AdAware 2008/Spybot S&D/Spyware Blaster.

Nothing beats CCleaner for general cleanup and registry cleanup.