Bizarre "download" tonight..

[santahog]

Farting around on the computer tonight, Norton popped up and said that a file was safe to download.. I clicked on it because I didn't download anything and there were over 150 (4K +/-) files on there that all started with "bank...".
I don't keep access to bank accounts on this thing. I call the bank and ask..
I have no idea what they were but I deleted them all the same.. No "exe" files in the bunch, that I noticed.. It felt like the time I discovered I got crabs off of the toilet because some moron (cook...) I worked with in the Army liked hookers...
JUST GET RID OF IT!! NOW!!! kind of feeling..
Check your machines and toilet seats for crabs..

[Rastus]

Norton is a POS.

"Run, don't walk..." and download Avast antivirus software.  There's a free download and after what you just indicated I'd bet you have some "crabs" lurking on that machine.   Avast will find them when Norton and McAfee will not.

[philw]

Norton is a POS.

"Run, don't walk..." and download Avast antivirus software.  There's a free download and after what you just indicated I'd bet you have some "crabs" lurking on that machine.   Avast will find them when Norton and McAfee will not.

+1  Nortons it is a virus   and massive blot where

Avast is what I recommend as well for people needing to run winblows

[jaybet]

+1 on AVAST.  I was banging around using AVG (we have that at work) and my son finally turned me on to Avast. It has been very good so far.

[tombogan03884]

I downloaded and ran Avast this AM, I'm still waiting on my registration key to fix what it found.
I'll let you know what I think afterwards.

[Sponsor]

[PegLeg45]

I've been using AVG since Haz brought it to my attention a few years ago in a phone conversation. It has worked well so far. Is Avast that much better?

[kmitch200]

What's the general feeling on Kapersky Internet Security?

I got a 30 day free trial with the new laptop.

[1911 Junkie]

I downloaded the free version of avast. I ran a full system scan and found nothing. I have a hard time believing I didn't have a single virus since the only protection I have is mcafee.

Could it be since it was the free version or am I just lucky?

[tombogan03884]

I've got it installed, I haven't noticed anything different yet.

[RTFM]

What's the general feeling on Kapersky Internet Security?

I got a 30 day free trial with the new laptop.

My thoughts on Kapersky is that they are good at what they do..... so good THEY were the ones to tell the iraninas WHAT virus and WHO put it therein their nuke program - and then assisted them in removing the viruses to get them u p and running again

(Article about it was in Maximum PC a few moths ago)


So while they are good at doing what they do... ultimately they are a russian company and are looking out for themselves.
I'll always pass on them from now on.

I was an eSet NOD32 fanatic for the longest time but they are from Belorussia and have slipped in the" who to go to for antivirus software"  recently (again Maximum PC - and there's the russian connection again.... so there out too)

I've settled back in to AVG (free version) and it gets high marks from (say it with me now) Maximum PC - Somewhere I have a link to a very good - non-profit review site that will take me a day or two to find - but at one time I put a lot of stock in to what they said.

AVAST ranks a 7 of 10 and AVG 8 of 10 in the most recent...(here we go agaiiiiinnnnn) Maximum PC review.

You'll find that Norton has gone through a H U G E overhaul in the last year and now is NO  LONGER bloatware and handles it self very well - for a paid package.

I run the WebRoot software suite for everything BUT antivirus and LOVE them to pieces and they receive the 9+ Kick Ass award as one of the BEST antivirus suites.


Link to the Maximum PC reviews.

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/choose_your_defender_10_anti-virus_programs_reviewed_and_compared