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To Norton or not to Norton

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  • tweeter
    tweeter Posts: 3,958 Forumite
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    I've just got the firewall turned on.
    Peel back your baby's eyelid to find no nationality or religious identity mark there. Peer at your baby's eyes for them to reflect back just people-throw away your flags and religious symbols...



  • cnoelj
    cnoelj Posts: 29,218 Forumite
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    My computer has been running slow for ages and ages and crashing frequently, I have long suspected that this was due to Norton software. This morning I have disabled it and installed a trial version of Kaspersky. I can see a marked difference in speed. Wish I had done this sooner.
    “The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.” Eckhart Tolle
  • ants97
    ants97 Posts: 135 Forumite
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    vista firewall does monitor outbound activity. its also got that annoying but useful user account control.

    been using avg anti virus and the vista firewall for 3/4 months now and not had a problem.

    can only go with what others are saying and stay well clear of norton. got it free with my other pc and the difference when I eventually got it replaced by avg was amazing especially at start up.
  • tweeter
    tweeter Posts: 3,958 Forumite
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    superscaper,

    I have increased the security but still get same results.
    Peel back your baby's eyelid to find no nationality or religious identity mark there. Peer at your baby's eyes for them to reflect back just people-throw away your flags and religious symbols...



  • superscaper
    superscaper Posts: 13,369 Forumite
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    tweeter wrote: »
    I've just got the firewall turned on.

    Go to zonealarm's settings, firewall>main and make sure the security levels are set to high.

    Edit: is your windows firewall definitely switched off?
    "She is quite the oddball. Did you notice how she didn't even get excited when she saw this original ZX-81?"
    Moss
  • tweeter
    tweeter Posts: 3,958 Forumite
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    superscaper

    Its set high and xp firewall is off.
    Peel back your baby's eyelid to find no nationality or religious identity mark there. Peer at your baby's eyes for them to reflect back just people-throw away your flags and religious symbols...



  • superscaper
    superscaper Posts: 13,369 Forumite
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    Only thing I can think of is something has been given permission that shouldn't. One drastic solution would be to delete all the programs from zonealarm's list and teach it the permissions again. Start with just the browser so you can test with shieldsup again first and see if the problem is solved or not.
    "She is quite the oddball. Did you notice how she didn't even get excited when she saw this original ZX-81?"
    Moss
  • tweeter
    tweeter Posts: 3,958 Forumite
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    superscaper,

    Thanks will start now.tweeter.
    Peel back your baby's eyelid to find no nationality or religious identity mark there. Peer at your baby's eyes for them to reflect back just people-throw away your flags and religious symbols...



  • tweeter
    tweeter Posts: 3,958 Forumite
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    superscaper,

    Have tried Opera browser but same results.
    Peel back your baby's eyelid to find no nationality or religious identity mark there. Peer at your baby's eyes for them to reflect back just people-throw away your flags and religious symbols...



  • superscaper
    superscaper Posts: 13,369 Forumite
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    tweeter wrote: »
    superscaper,

    Have tried Opera browser but same results.

    Is opera the ONLY program now in zonealarm's list? If so there must be something else. Last thing I'd try is to reinstall zonealarm altogether.
    "She is quite the oddball. Did you notice how she didn't even get excited when she saw this original ZX-81?"
    Moss
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