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<blockquote data-quote="mom_in_training" data-source="post: 217503" data-attributes="member: 2727"><p>Using Norton is the biggest problem as well as it being a hog when it comes to memory and does slow down your computer. I am not by any means a Norton fan. Its a known fact in the tech world that Norton is not as good as everybody thinks. You are not getting the security that you pay for. It does not catch everything that it should be catching. Just helped my sister clean out her computer recently for the same thing. She could not get online or anything but I walked her through it. There are two programs that I use (Primarily Kaspersky) Kaspersky or nod32. But never together (To many conflicts if you do) Anyway, I will do the 30 day trials from their web-sites to aid in cleaning out an infected computer. Norton is behind the times as far as being up to date. The updates for example that Kaspersky has this week might be the same updates that Norton does the following week. They are not really focused on the quality of their program anymore and have not been in a long time. My sister dumped her Norton and went with Kaspersky. </p><p></p><p>Her system was supposed to be protected with the newer Norton program that she had running but ummmmmm it did not stop that bad boy trojan. Another good program is Malwarebytes. You can get a free download from their site as well. Just don't use the Anti-Virus and the Malwarebytes program at the same time regardless of whatever program you choose to stay with or go to. It can create conflict and bog things down. I do not clean out computers for a living or anything but do so quite a bit because I like a good challenge. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Another is spybot search and destroy. <a href="http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html</a></p><p></p><p>I have used both programs like the ad-aware by lavasoft and spybot and have had good results. Reason why I use two different ones (But never run at the same time) is because one or the other very well could be more updated then the other. I always make sure that they are both updated and will run each program seperately. You could have spyware that one of these programs will catch but the other does not on the same machine. I also have used AVG and for the most part due to my being vigilance have had good luck with it. What is most important is keeping it all updated. If your computer is really buggy right now though, I would go fetch yourself a 30 day trial of either nod32 <a href="http://www.eset.com/" target="_blank">http://www.eset.com/</a> Or do a 30 day trial with Kaspersky. <a href="http://usa.kaspersky.com/downloads/" target="_blank">http://usa.kaspersky.com/downloads/</a></p><p></p><p>All they ask for is an e-mail address and no other personal info. This can help you clean out your computer prior to getting AVG. You get the benefits of using a full program for 30 days verses with AVG your limited because it is free. Once the 30 days is up you can just uninstall the program and be done with it. Its also important that you uninstall your current anti-virus before you install any other anti-virus program. Just to let you know Kaspersky install is blocked if you have AVG on your computer even after you uninstall it. Just in case you if needed here is the link you will need. </p><p>AVG removal utility: <a href="http://www.grisoft.com/us.download-tools" target="_blank">http://www.grisoft.com/us.download-tools</a> </p><p>run the file AVGREMOVER.EXE</p><p>wait until the utility finishes its work </p><p>restart your easy child </p><p>rerun installation of Kaspersky Anti-Virus version 2009</p><p></p><p>Look at this guys site, Just kind of scan through it all to include the forums and security. He was the guy that had the show TechGuy Labs a while back on cable networks. He advertises for Nod32 and says all the time that its the best anti-virus but then again he advertises for it sooooo... I can personally say by my experiences that the Nod32 or the Kaspersky has caught trojans that Norton let through and never did detect. So he is right about Nod32 being an awesome program. He has had great things to say about Kaspersky as well.</p><p></p><p> <a href="http://leoville.com/#" target="_blank">http://leoville.com/#</a></p><p></p><p>I copy pasted some of this mess from another post. The AVG I realize does not apply to your post but thought to leave it there just in case the other readers might be interested. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mom_in_training, post: 217503, member: 2727"] Using Norton is the biggest problem as well as it being a hog when it comes to memory and does slow down your computer. I am not by any means a Norton fan. Its a known fact in the tech world that Norton is not as good as everybody thinks. You are not getting the security that you pay for. It does not catch everything that it should be catching. Just helped my sister clean out her computer recently for the same thing. She could not get online or anything but I walked her through it. There are two programs that I use (Primarily Kaspersky) Kaspersky or nod32. But never together (To many conflicts if you do) Anyway, I will do the 30 day trials from their web-sites to aid in cleaning out an infected computer. Norton is behind the times as far as being up to date. The updates for example that Kaspersky has this week might be the same updates that Norton does the following week. They are not really focused on the quality of their program anymore and have not been in a long time. My sister dumped her Norton and went with Kaspersky. Her system was supposed to be protected with the newer Norton program that she had running but ummmmmm it did not stop that bad boy trojan. Another good program is Malwarebytes. You can get a free download from their site as well. Just don't use the Anti-Virus and the Malwarebytes program at the same time regardless of whatever program you choose to stay with or go to. It can create conflict and bog things down. I do not clean out computers for a living or anything but do so quite a bit because I like a good challenge. Another is spybot search and destroy. [url]http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html[/url] I have used both programs like the ad-aware by lavasoft and spybot and have had good results. Reason why I use two different ones (But never run at the same time) is because one or the other very well could be more updated then the other. I always make sure that they are both updated and will run each program seperately. You could have spyware that one of these programs will catch but the other does not on the same machine. I also have used AVG and for the most part due to my being vigilance have had good luck with it. What is most important is keeping it all updated. If your computer is really buggy right now though, I would go fetch yourself a 30 day trial of either nod32 [url]http://www.eset.com/[/url] Or do a 30 day trial with Kaspersky. [url]http://usa.kaspersky.com/downloads/[/url] All they ask for is an e-mail address and no other personal info. This can help you clean out your computer prior to getting AVG. You get the benefits of using a full program for 30 days verses with AVG your limited because it is free. Once the 30 days is up you can just uninstall the program and be done with it. Its also important that you uninstall your current anti-virus before you install any other anti-virus program. Just to let you know Kaspersky install is blocked if you have AVG on your computer even after you uninstall it. Just in case you if needed here is the link you will need. AVG removal utility: [url]http://www.grisoft.com/us.download-tools[/url] run the file AVGREMOVER.EXE wait until the utility finishes its work restart your easy child rerun installation of Kaspersky Anti-Virus version 2009 Look at this guys site, Just kind of scan through it all to include the forums and security. He was the guy that had the show TechGuy Labs a while back on cable networks. He advertises for Nod32 and says all the time that its the best anti-virus but then again he advertises for it sooooo... I can personally say by my experiences that the Nod32 or the Kaspersky has caught trojans that Norton let through and never did detect. So he is right about Nod32 being an awesome program. He has had great things to say about Kaspersky as well. [url]http://leoville.com/#[/url] I copy pasted some of this mess from another post. The AVG I realize does not apply to your post but thought to leave it there just in case the other readers might be interested. :-) [/QUOTE]
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