Norton AntiVirus is Itself, A Virus

naez · #1 10-22-2011, 07:28 PM

I've always hated Norton from the beginning, but it came pre-installed on this laptop from the factory and I am lazy so it stayed. For servers where you got Chinese crackers scanning ports 24/7 and bruteforcing root then maybe antivirus and shit makes sense. But for home PC, you have to be a moran. I've never bothered with antivirus and believe me I have been through the slums of internets, 0 problems but most people are morans so your mileage may vary.

Besides constantly eating up enormous amounts of needless memory and processor power 24/7 to spam me about data mining cookies (.txt files who cares) occasionally, it was ignored.

Then I'm trying to run this program today that fuxup windoze (http://wutdo.com/notavirus.exe), but when I moved the .exe out of the .zip it would get auto-deleted by Norton and I'd get a popup saying Trojan fixt! Even when I disabled the damn thing.

So I uninstalled the piece of shit. Oh and of course it took its sweet ass time, so not only did I uninstall it, I searched meticulously for all remnants of anything mentioning Norton or Synaptic to ensure total destroyal of the annoying beast.

Ran my program, restarted computer to a fucking Norton notice!

EnnoiaII · #2 10-22-2011, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by naez [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I've always hated Norton from the beginning, but it came pre-installed on this laptop from the factory and I am lazy so it stayed. For servers where you got Chinese crackers scanning ports 24/7 and bruteforcing root then maybe antivirus and shit makes sense. But for home PC, you have to be a moran. I've never bothered with antivirus and believe me I have been through the slums of internets, 0 problems but most people are morans so your mileage may vary.

Besides constantly eating up enormous amounts of needless memory and processor power 24/7 to spam me about data mining cookies (.txt files who cares) occasionally, it was ignored.

Then I'm trying to run this program today that fuxup windoze (http://wutdo.com/notavirus.exe), but when I moved the .exe out of the .zip it would get auto-deleted by Norton and I'd get a popup saying Trojan fixt! Even when I disabled the damn thing.

So I uninstalled the piece of shit. Oh and of course it took its sweet ass time, so not only did I uninstall it, I searched meticulously for all remnants of anything mentioning Norton or Synaptic to ensure total destroyal of the annoying beast.

Ran my program, restarted computer to a fucking Norton notice!

There's probably an uninstall program you have to download (and probably pay for) to get rid of Norton. That's how it worked with...whatever the fuck antivirus I used to have that I can't remember right now. Just get Spybot and you're all set.

Tommy_Wiseau · #3 10-22-2011, 07:45 PM

what happen if i run program??

naez · #4 10-22-2011, 08:00 PM

notavirus.exe (WS.REPUTATION.1)

Risk: Medium
Threat type: Insight Network Threat. There are many indications that this file is untrustworthy and therefore not safe

Humerox · #5 10-22-2011, 08:04 PM

Use the Norton Removal Tool to get rid of it. I use AVAST, others might recommend AVG but I got ticked at them when they stopped supporting the free product the first time around. It's free again, so ymmv.

Good luck!

Humerox · #6 10-22-2011, 08:10 PM

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Just get Spybot and you're all set.

That's a decent spyware removal tool, but it does jack as an anti-virus. I'd recommend it in addition to one of the AV's I mentioned.

Humerox · #7 10-22-2011, 08:15 PM

Noticed your hatred of AV's...I bet 50 bucks if you run Malwarebytes you'll be in for a shock. If not, you're the luckiest SoB surfing the net.

Doors · #8 10-22-2011, 08:30 PM

The internet is itself a virus.

vitalious · #9 10-22-2011, 08:42 PM

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That's a decent spyware removal tool, but it does jack as an anti-virus. I'd recommend it in addition to one of the AV's I mentioned.

I'm the same as Naez. I ran Malware once and nothing severe came up.

jarshale · #10 10-23-2011, 12:36 AM

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Noticed your hatred of AV's...I bet 50 bucks if you run Malwarebytes you'll be in for a shock. If not, you're the luckiest SoB surfing the net.

This is all I use, never really had a problem with viruses though. But unlike most people I also don't click on stupid shit.