Norton antivirus warning

[Tony Lakin]

No problem with the latest versions of Firefox and Norton Antivirus 2010.

Note: I'm only using plain old Norton "Antivirus", which sits quietly and does it's job, but doesn't interfere with any operations or cpu performance. I am NOT using the "Norton Internet Security" package, or whatever it's called these days.

The Internet Security suites are pains in the ass, and cause a lot of problems.

I'm a computer technician, and I see people's computers have lots of trouble with these security software packages because the default settings are designed to annoy the crap out of you.

Thanks for the info , I am using the "Norton Internet Security" package which I updated to the latest version a couple of days ago, maybe thats my problem? I have also recently installed the Windows security package could there be a conflict?

[Tony Lakin]

I have just tried Firefox again and here I am, No warnings, maybe it was the little green men , perhaps the man from Tonapah could advise

[Sevo]

Virustotal says the site is clean. You may want to check whether you hit a hostile site in some other window - cross-site scripting attacks sometimes get misattributed.

[Deane Johnson]

I have not, historically, been a fan of Microsoft ... but their free new "Security Essentials" seems to pretty good, definitely worth the asking price anyway. I dumped Symantec and so far haven't had any problems with "Security Essentials" - and it caught an issue that Symantec never noticed.

My computer tech put Microsoft Security Essentials on my computer, which uses Firefox, several months ago. Smooth, effective, non-intrusive. It's like it isn't there.

I'm not a fan of Microsoft in the least, but this seems to work well.

[PViapiano]

Off thread....has anyone had any problems in the last month with Alan Ross's site? The last time I visited, a virus implanted itself immediately. I was able to rid the computer of it within the hour, but it was a pain. Either it was some kind of hack on his site that some a%%h!@#$ put there or it was a timed thing that just so happened to activate at the moment I visited. Using IE8 and PC.

I'd love to go back there again, but am being cautious.

[Sinar-Man]

OK with Explorer now, no change with Firefox, strange

I thought you said it was an issue with Norton rather than your browsers?
I use a Mac with Firefox and Safari with no problems.

I had Norton on my Windows laptop once and it was crap. Get AVG free and Malwarebytes which is a one-off payment and you're well covered.

[srbphoto]

Don't run both anti viruses. They don't like that (especially Norton). Security Essentials seems to be a good program. I am trying it on a netbook before installing it on my main pc.
I don't trust AVG (at least the free version). Most of the virus removals I have to deal with are running AVG free.

[photobymike]

I spent years in the PC world. I am retired Novel and Microsoft network engineer. I started with Heathkit PC kit in 86 ...

About a year ago i bought an APPLE MACINTOSH G5 quad for 500 bucks... wow wow not only is it faster than any PC i have ever used. I dont worry about viruses, i dont even have a virus program. And It runs my old PC monitor.

Just an out of the box suggestion to your Norton warning and virus concerns. If you can afford it try a MAC just try it..... it just works ... all the time

[Filmnut]

I usually use a Mac with either Safari, or Firefox, with no problems. I sometimes use the family PC, but have not had any issues on that either.
Keith

[Jan Pedersen]

Last night browsing on the Forum my IE stopped working. After several reboot i gave up and started looking for PC and virus support from my Iphone.
Found Iyoga and after consulting with them desided to give them a go. It took about an hour of clean-up but IE is again working, don't know for how long but i hope the problem is resolved.
I believe the problem started while in the Image Sharing and Discussion thread.