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Originally Posted by Cha Cha  I would be concerned that Norton is not detecting these and blocking them. Have you run your updates on Norton, or does it do automatic updates? It might be a good idea to run the Malwarebytes a couple times. Just to make sure the second time it doesn't pick up something it missed the first time. It might be a good idea to change passwords to anything that may contain your personal information/credit card info too. |
Good idea about changing passwords. Thanks! Norton runs updates automatically. I'm really surprised it isn't catching the Malware. I know it catches viruses, but why not Malware? Hmmmm
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Originally Posted by OwnedByJezebel I really don't care for Norton, it always bogged my PC down.
What is your OS? If you are Windows 7, 8, (and maybe XP) you can download Microsoft Security Essentials from the Microsoft website. It's free, and it works seamlessly. I have had zero problems or conflicts with it and have been using it for about three years.
If you decide to go this route, be sure to fully remove Norton from your machine before adding Microsoft Security Essentials. First you have to remove Norton through the "add/remove" utility on your PC, which does remove most of it but leaves some bits behind that can conflict with other antivirus programs. (McAfee has the same issue, I think they do it on purpose to make you decide not to switch). Then you have do go to Norton and download their "removal tool," and running that will completely remove those last little pieces. Then install Security Essentials. |
I have Windows 7. I'll check into the Microsoft Security Essentials. I love free stuff!
. I appreciate you telling me how to get Norton off my computer.
When you say Norton bogged your computer down, did it make it run slower because my computer is running slow. It could be caused because I'm running out of disk space.
If I want to take my documents and put them on a disk what kind of disk do I use? I want to be able to pull them back up when I need them. I have so many stored on my computer but I need to free up disk space.
Thanks!