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Symantec Internet Security RANT ALERT
- Thread starter eastlondonseagull
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Eastleigh Seagull said:
Download the trial, take it off in 30 days and start again, thats what I was planning on doing anyway.
Even better, see above
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Eastleigh Seagull
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nice one mate - thanks
Cian
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555kaz said:
Only works with REALLY badly written programmes
Such as Norton, actually
MYOB said:Only works with REALLY badly written programmes
Such as Norton, actually
I knew that really, just testing and you passed
Have taken the trial one off and now have the free one on and running.
supaseagull
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I've never had any problems over the last 4 years with Norton. You must be doing something wrong
Woodchip
It's all about the bikes
Like turning the PC on. Norton is more rubbish than the French Football team.supaseagull said:I've never had any problems over the last 4 years with Norton. You must be doing something wrong
Withdean Wanderer
Banned
Norton is pissing me off - keeps coming up with a 'symantec proxy error' or something, meaning i have to reboot the pc
Rangdo
Registered Cider Drinker
London Irish said:
It's really good. It even installs a little man who tells you when he has updated the virus database.
Cian
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supaseagull said:I've never had any problems over the last 4 years with Norton. You must be doing something wrong
Theres always an exception to the rule, but in 95% of cases, Norton just fucks the users computer up. It is the cancer of computing.
MYOB said:
What complete and utter TOSH !
aftershavedave
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MYOB said:Only works with REALLY badly written programmes
Such as Norton, actually
norton is worse than that.....i had it installed for about 4 years without renewing the subscription....when it was about to expire i simply unistalled, reinstalled and got another year
eastlondonseagull
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Anyone know how to uninstall the shit that is Norton?
Cian
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Titanic said:
Tell me, how many times have you had to restore Windows 98/ME machines which are no longer capable of booting due to Norton?
How many times have you had to deal with computers where the user can't get on the internet due to Norton?
How many times have you had to rescue files that Norton has taken a disliking to and "protected"?
How many times have you had to resort to specialist tools to remove Norton due to its hanging-on-for-dear-life tactics?
If each of those comes in below "ten"; you don't know what you're talking about. Its the first programme I remove from someones machine when they get me to fix it (well, actually, WinFixer is, but its less commonly installed)l.
Cian
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eastlondonseagull said:
Go on to Symantecs site and search for "SymNRT" (if its a recent version in the first place)
If that fails, its safe mode and registry editing for you...
eastlondonseagull
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MYOB said:
Seriously? I can't just uninstall it like most normal programmes?
Cian
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eastlondonseagull said:
You can try. It usually fails.
By "usually", I mean I've had it work a massive total of once...
Whats bloody annoying is that the removal tool installs LiveUpdate which you then have to uninstall again
eastlondonseagull
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I can't even find a reference to SymNRT on their website
Have seen lots of references to problematic removal of the software on the net. This link seems to be easy-ish to understand, but to be honest, I'm scared to death of tinkering manually with the register, cos I do seem to be blessed with the kiss of death for all things electronic
Does this site seem ok to you?
http://kb.winantivirus.com/index.php?do=view_question&id=56
Cheers MYOB
Have seen lots of references to problematic removal of the software on the net. This link seems to be easy-ish to understand, but to be honest, I'm scared to death of tinkering manually with the register, cos I do seem to be blessed with the kiss of death for all things electronic
Does this site seem ok to you?
http://kb.winantivirus.com/index.php?do=view_question&id=56
Cheers MYOB
MYOB said:
You obvious deal at the lower end of the market if these are the sort of issues you have to face. Good luck, I'm sure there is good money to be made out of fools and their computers.
Cian
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Titanic said:
...which is exactly the market that goes and buys Norton because they "know the name" and because they think they need it, and need to pay for what it claims to do.
It is a complete heap of crap - it doesn't do its job properly, it comes close to holding you to ransom when its trial expires, its nigh on impossible to remove, and it fucks up more than it comes close to fixing.
And every single version has got worse since Symantec took over. In 1994, I believe.
As goes the removal tool, it appears to have been renamed the "Norton uninstall tool", and theres docs on it here: http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPOR...6&nsf=tsgeninfo.nsf&view=docid&dtype=&prod=&v