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my norton anti virus has just gone completely bonkers & is flashing up warnings every 15 seconds telling me my protection is turned off when it is not :-5

is anyone having the same problem?

im switching off for a bit to investigate further, will return before i throw puter out the bl***y window, hope someone has suggestions

buttercup wrote: my norton anti virus has just gone completely bonkers & is flashing up warnings every 15 seconds telling me my protection is turned off when it is not :-5

is anyone having the same problem?

im switching off for a bit to investigate further, will return before i throw puter out the bl***y window, hope someone has suggestions


i used to use norton. a couple of years ago, they bloated up the software so much that it started really affecting my machine's performance. it's a common complaint now that it just goes 'bonkers'. i highly recommend AVG antivirus. they have a free version for personal use that is virtually the same as their paid version. they don't delay signature updates to the free users at all - same protection. i've been using it about a year now, and it works flawlessly, with no noticeable effect on my machine's overall performance.

they also have a paid version, and it's inexpensive - it's a two year license.

http://www.grisoft.com



while i'm at it, i also highly recommend the Sygate Personal Firewall - it's also 100% free, and works exceedingly well.

http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm

oh, and if you do install AVG, you'll want to ensure that norton has been completely wiped from your system. norton has a habit of leaving all kinds of junk all over your machine even after doing an "uninstall". it's good to run a registry cleaner to make sure all the crap's been removed.

thank you very much anastrophe, i'll check out avg

norton seems to have settled for the moment, we'll see how it goes :rolleyes:

I had exactly the same problem BC, i found i had to shut down windows completely,

when i switched it back on went back into Norton & it allowed me to turn it back on again.

It must be a common fault with Norton, what's annoying is,

its so ruddy expensive to buy you'd think they'd have probs like this ironed out! :-5

abbey wrote: I had exactly the same problem BC, i found i had to shut down windows completely,

when i switched it back on went back into Norton & it allowed me to turn it back on again.

It must be a common fault with Norton, what's annoying is,

its so ruddy expensive to buy you'd think they'd have probs like this ironed out! :-5I can't stand Norton. I use McAfee on all my machines (paid subscriptions) and have had trouble-free virus protection (I haven't used the other features).