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On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 11:08:25 -0500, "Eisboch"
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On Jan 6, 9:45 am, "Eisboch" wrote:
Ok. Did as you suggested. It only took less than a minute, then called
for
a "restart", which I allowed. When the computer came back up there was
no
Norton to be seen. (Maybe it was uninstalled quickly because I had never
enabled it to begin with).

I got a balloon from Windows telling me I didn't have any anti-virus
programs installed.
The Windows firewall is on, but it said no virus protection software was
detected.

I figured "good", and then proceeded to try and install the AVG
software.
The installation started, extracted all the files, etc., then a message
came
up saying that it had detected another installed anti-virus program and
didn't recommend continuing unless I got rid of whatever it is. So, I
aborted the installation.

Windows Defender?

Eisboch

Have you tried AVG ? Its free, and I've never had anything hit me in
ages.....
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Just curious. Do you *read* posts before you respond to them?

Eisboch


The free AVG lacks some pretty important features. The paid version is
far superior, and is as good as Norton. The free one, not so much...

My opinion is that by practicing *safe hex* you can pretty much be assured
that you won't have any problems. I've been very active on the Internet for
about 20 years and have never had my machines (Windows) infected. All I've
ever used beside being careful is something like the free version of AVG.