Roco Posted March 2, 2008 CID Share Posted March 2, 2008 for me it's the devil incarnate , never run it myselfe , but have tried to remove it from friends computers , hell that ain't easy , and I hate working on boxes with Norton installed , maybe it is just me , and my lack of Knowledge ? maybe you love it ? your views are wellcome . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted March 2, 2008 CID Share Posted March 2, 2008 You mean it ain't a "Snorton Norton"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudmanc4 Posted March 2, 2008 CID Share Posted March 2, 2008 Worst mass virus/spyware/malicious software ever developed ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted March 2, 2008 CID Share Posted March 2, 2008 they make great and expensive drink coasters. And handy for ruining a good computer for unknowing individuals. I lost one computer to their security measures as some would be lead to believe.And paid way to much for the priviledge too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolbuster2007 Posted March 2, 2008 CID Share Posted March 2, 2008 never did install it. nortons' a headache! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philp Posted March 2, 2008 CID Share Posted March 2, 2008 Last time I used NAV was the 2004 version. I kept getting a weird C++ error message that would pop up every 5 minutes. Turns out that was caused by me changing my computer logon password shortly before the problem started. Apparently I needed to have a matching password in the LiveUpdate file. Norton also has a bad habit of letting you know which virus it allowed onto your machine. I love the 4-5 page long "removal tools" on their website that will only print correctly in landscape mode, too. Expensive, doesn't function properly and causes other problems. What more can you ask of an anti-virus program! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted March 2, 2008 CID Share Posted March 2, 2008 installed it. regretted it. munches resources like nothing i've seen since. uninstall? don't make me laugh. some versions have a special uninstaller you can d/l from the site. but even tat leaves leftovers. sheesh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starship_troopers Posted March 3, 2008 CID Share Posted March 3, 2008 own/installed norton 2003...basically slowed my dell down so much i uninstalled it...well kind of....basically to uninstall it all i just had to format, because even with an uninstall there are files left over in places. worst way to spend money for a computer, unless its on someones computer whom you dont like.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjageek Posted March 3, 2008 CID Share Posted March 3, 2008 There is a program that will completely remove nortons. If memory serves nortons was the one to write the program to completely remove its anti virus software from your computer. I would think a good registry cleaner would do the same but unsure? I never used it. Did use avg free, started getting to many false positives and started and still use to this day avast. I know I have worked on several computers a year or two ago that had nortons and still tons of virus. Nortons is just horrid. It may have improved but have my doubts. I will just stay with avast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starship_troopers Posted March 4, 2008 CID Share Posted March 4, 2008 you are right, nortons has programs to "uninstall" but most of the time they still leave some files.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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