Posted by verne on April 26, 2006, at 13:13:10
In reply to Re: Help » BrianBoru, posted by Joan797 on April 26, 2006, at 11:09:50
Joan,
Perhaps you could go to some of the tech sites that do free scans for viruses and whatnot. I'm not sure which ones to recommend because those bookmarks died with my last computer.
I'm no computer wiz but after years of trial and error, I always uninstall Norton's if it comes with the computer or anything pre-installed on a trial basis. I've had nothing but trouble with Norton's or any of the big name virus protection.
Instead I go with "Avast" virus protection, sometimes a free firewall like ZoneAlarm (see what's rated highest at cnet or tucows), Spybot, SpywareBlaster, and XoftSpy. (Xoftspy is expensive but it seems to catch some minor stuff spybot misses.) Of course, Spybot and Spyblaster are free.
I also update manually. I've discovered that auto-updating seems to create problems even with windows updates. Avast is the only program I let auto-update and it has worked flawlessly for over a year.
I barely know my way around computers and have made many caveman mistakes. Once I actually body-slammed a noisy computer on the table and it ran quieter after that. Another time I monkeyed around in the windows files and registry reducing the computer to a blank screen with a blinking cursor. A friend (good to have computer wiz friends) wiped my hard drive and reinstalled the OS.
What happens when you try to uninstall Nortons? I've sometimes manually uninstalled the program folders and files if the uninstall program doesn't work.
I wish I knew more.
Verne
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