watch out for this virus

[paulredtop 8]

watch out for a virus that will make a box pop up in the bottom left hand side looking like its your wireless network connetion box saying the wireless connetion dissconected then some thing saying reconect when you hit reconect the box gos away and comes back realy fast then computer starts frezing it wont evan turn off i had to take the battery out to make it go off then the internet wont let any page open the person that fixed it said it was one of the most advanced virus hed seen got thouge the norton virus protection finaly had it fixed now working

[scothunter 12,609]

just bought a new laptop today cost me f*****g 600 quid dont say stuff like that lol

this one has mcafee anti virus 30day free trial.is this a good one or should i invest in this norton you guys are talking about?

[mangy1983 51]

just bought a new laptop today cost me f*****g 600 quid dont say stuff like that lol

this one has mcafee anti virus 30day free trial.is this a good one or should i invest in this norton you guys are talking about?

 

Norton is like a plant root, it roots itself deep into your computers system and files so that any changes that a virus might try are caught and once this happens the location of the virus is also determined allowing it to be deleted or quarantined. The downside to all of this is that it uses a lot of system resources and the anti virus program itself can be a right pain to uninstall should the situation arise.

 

cheers Callum

 

 

[scothunter 12,609]

just bought a new laptop today cost me f*****g 600 quid dont say stuff like that lol

this one has mcafee anti virus 30day free trial.is this a good one or should i invest in this norton you guys are talking about?

 

Norton is like a plant root, it roots itself deep into your computers system and files so that any changes that a virus might try are caught and once this happens the location of the virus is also determined allowing it to be deleted or quarantined. The downside to all of this is that it uses a lot of system resources and the anti virus program itself can be a right pain to uninstall should the situation arise.

 

cheers Callum

cheers callum i mite go with that when the trial is up.someone else said that avg is just as good but im not really clued up on all that stuff.

[poacher3161 1,766]

Do you lads rate this norton i paid £30 last year [bANNED TEXT] i bought the pc and they told me i would need it but have never installed it because i was told it slows the computer down?

 

 

[RaiderBoy 19]

just bought a new laptop today cost me f*****g 600 quid dont say stuff like that lol

this one has mcafee anti virus 30day free trial.is this a good one or should i invest in this norton you guys are talking about?

 

Hmm bullguard i use simply because ive had the same 70 day trail for ages it just counts down to 0 and goes back to 70 days, i still get the updates and full use of all the features too

 

Richard

[scothunter 12,609]

just bought a new laptop today cost me f*****g 600 quid dont say stuff like that lol

this one has mcafee anti virus 30day free trial.is this a good one or should i invest in this norton you guys are talking about?

 

Hmm bullguard i use simply because ive had the same 70 day trail for ages it just counts down to 0 and goes back to 70 days, i still get the updates and full use of all the features too

 

Richard

 

lucky wee git lol hope mines does that lol somehow i doubt it though,always have to pay for my shit.

[Guest jt750]

Norton does get so far into your system it slows it down and it doesn't get the worst virus's ..none of them do ..trust me when you get a boot sector virus in your bios which trashes your motherboard first and proceeds to overwrite your hard drive second you'll wonder what you paid for. If you have a genuine copy of windows get microsoft security essentials its as good as anything out there and not too harsh on your system ..use firefox with web of trust and look for the dodgy sites that do harm and always scan any attachments in your e-mail no matter who they are from

[Nik_B 3,790]

Do you lads rate this norton i paid £30 last year [bANNED TEXT] i bought the pc and they told me i would need it but have never installed it because i was told it slows the computer down?

 

Hi mate

 

To not use an antivirus software is maddness, if you don't like the sound of norton I recommend Kaspersky which is one of the best but you have to pay for it. Alternatively AVG is ok, Macafee is a pile of rubbish in my opinion and Norton should be pretty good as well.

 

One trick to keep you safe is to set up a second account which does not use admin rights. What this will do is stop any auto-executable files (EXE files) from being inadvertantly run. Most people run their computers on admin without realising the risks. I appreciate it can be a pain in the arse to switch user when you want to install a program but your day to day use will generally be internet and a handful of programs that are already installed.

[poacher3161 1,766]

Do you lads rate this norton i paid £30 last year [bANNED TEXT] i bought the pc and they told me i would need it but have never installed it because i was told it slows the computer down?

 

Hi mate

 

To not use an antivirus software is maddness, if you don't like the sound of norton I recommend Kaspersky which is one of the best but you have to pay for it. Alternatively AVG is ok, Macafee is a pile of rubbish in my opinion and Norton should be pretty good as well.

 

One trick to keep you safe is to set up a second account which does not use admin rights. What this will do is stop any auto-executable files (EXE files) from being inadvertantly run. Most people run their computers on admin without realising the risks. I appreciate it can be a pain in the arse to switch user when you want to install a program but your day to day use will generally be internet and a handful of programs that are already installed.

Cheers mate for the advice.atb dell

[scothunter 12,609]

Do you lads rate this norton i paid £30 last year [bANNED TEXT] i bought the pc and they told me i would need it but have never installed it because i was told it slows the computer down?

 

Hi mate

 

To not use an antivirus software is maddness, if you don't like the sound of norton I recommend Kaspersky which is one of the best but you have to pay for it. Alternatively AVG is ok, Macafee is a pile of rubbish in my opinion and Norton should be pretty good as well.

 

One trick to keep you safe is to set up a second account which does not use admin rights. What this will do is stop any auto-executable files (EXE files) from being inadvertantly run. Most people run their computers on admin without realising the risks. I appreciate it can be a pain in the arse to switch user when you want to install a program but your day to day use will generally be internet and a handful of programs that are already installed.

 

so you reckon i should uninstall mcafee mate or just wait till it runs out of the free trial?paid a bit of doe for this and the last thing i want is viruses that i cant get rid off!