Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > Norton anti virus update

[Nigel C]

Originally posted by dickieducati
yeah my morton has run out on my newish pc. does anyone know is it really worth having even if you put stuff like spybot and adaware on it too?
i managed to get a virus of some sort which changes my home page and search engine even with all that stuff which i cant clear.

I had the same thing on mine you need to go into the registry and remove the offending registry entry i went the homepage of the search engine/webpage that hijacked my pc and got the details of the correct registry entry to remove its usually in HKEY_LOCAL_ MACHINE and look in SOFTWARE if you know what to look for its easy to get rid of it

[Desmondo]

http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/1/

It's free, it works

[clockwork orange]

Tried the online update about a year ago, and paid my money - then the download didn't unpack properly and had to go and buy the new AV software anyway

[chrisw]

Completely uninstall NAV and then reinstall it. Autoupdates for 12 months again. Sorted. I bought Norton Int Security in Nov 2003, did a clean install on my PC in Sept and updates now till 22/9/2005.

[KeefyB]

I'm with Desmondo.
I use the Grisoft AVG anti virus.It works and was free to download.Also use the free edition of Spybot.

[Fordie]

Being having trouble with my puter,slow running etc. Went out and got the Norton 2005 AntiVirus upgrade. Within minutes of installing it and carring out a scan came up with 3650 files of a threatning nature . Some nasty sounding bugs that i can't even spell let alone detect. All in all a good move for £25. 4D

[Iconic944ss]

Agree with Keefy - AVG is spot on...In fact I like it that much I paid for a subscription - 20 Euro's or so ???

Gotta b worth it ???