- Norton anti virus 2004 detected spyware and can't delete it
- Posted by nadine on September 26th, 2003
Hello
I have Windows XP Home Edition and I just installed, without any problems
Norton Anti Virus 2004
One of the features is spyware detection...........found one and could not
delete it
I went into my Downloaded Program Files and could not find it to get
rid of it./
Can this compromise the security of my computer.....and how to I get rid of
it
I tried a search with no results....any help will be appreciated
Norton said that the file was located in C\Windows\Downloaded Program
Files\Spyware Nukeinstaller.exe
Thanks,
Nadine
- Posted by °Mike° on September 26th, 2003
Do *not* rely on Norton for spyware deletion, for the same reason
you should not rely on a spyware remover to detect/delete viruses.
Anti-spyware:
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Spybot Search & Destroy
http://spybot.eon.net.au/
http://www.safer-networking.org/
Ad-Aware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
Spyware Blaster
http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareblaster.html
HijackThis
http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/
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nadine scrawled:
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- Posted by Jerry G. on September 26th, 2003
Try disabling the System Recovery options in the properties of My Computer.
Run the scanner, and then tell it to delete what it wants to. You may have
to run the scanner while in the safe mode.
If you can take a record of the file names, you can also boot from a system
disk, and then go in at the system level. You should be able to manually
delete the files.
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"nadine" <katienospam@echoes.net> wrote in message
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Hello
I have Windows XP Home Edition and I just installed, without any problems
Norton Anti Virus 2004
One of the features is spyware detection...........found one and could not
delete it
I went into my Downloaded Program Files and could not find it to get
rid of it./
Can this compromise the security of my computer.....and how to I get rid of
it
I tried a search with no results....any help will be appreciated
Norton said that the file was located in C\Windows\Downloaded Program
Files\Spyware Nukeinstaller.exe
Thanks,
Nadine
- Posted by °Mike° on September 26th, 2003
Don't give up your day job.
On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 18:31:02 -0400, in
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Jerry G. scrawled:
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Basic computer maintenance
http://uk.geocities.com/personel44/maintenance.html
- Posted by Plato on September 26th, 2003
nadine wrote:
No its not. Its just a half ass feature added to help sell the product.
Dont trust nortons for spyware ever.
It's common knowledge that Symamtec wants to be everything to everybody.
In the end if you trust that marketing poo-poo you end up in deep
excriment.
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- Posted by ripper on September 26th, 2003
I have to agree. Avoid Norton & McAfee products.
I do remember in the good old days of DOS & Win 3.1 when Norton Utilities
was a necessity.
But now - Oh No! Lost count of how many computer repairs I have done due to
the uninitiated having installed Norton or McAfee.
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- Posted by Alan on September 26th, 2003
theres nothing wrong wtih nortons products (but mcafee i wouldnt even
consider touching). i use norton systemworks without any issues, and i
would gladly swear my life on nortons anti-virus products. as for spyware
i'd use spybots search and destroy, as this finds things that even as-aware
doesnt pickup.
alan
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- Posted by monique on September 27th, 2003
i used Norton and McFee
i kept getting viruses 2 or 3 times a month
they would detect the virus but could not get rid of it
so i got rid of the anti-virus a year ago and i have been fine
except now i have the flood of fake micrisoft e-mail
moniquew
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- Posted by Ava Keech on September 27th, 2003
Well... your life isn't worth much anyway.
- Posted by Plato on September 28th, 2003
Alan wrote:
ad-adware can, and often does, pick up stuff that spybot didn't see. It
really depends on the PC you are using. No one app is 100%. No one app
is 95% either.
I fully agree tho, without even hesitation, that Nortons is WAY better
for anti-virus over McAfee. I can prove this with real data also.
