Norton Anti-Virus not detecting viruses

[MadGamer]

Im currently running NAV 2002 Pro and it doesnt seem to be picking up the viruses on my machine. I scanned with that trend Micro online scanner that picked up 5 objects, but i would have had to have paid for it to remove them. Ive got AVG 7 Free Edition running on my system as well as NAV and it has already picked up 2 viruses. So why isnt Norton picking them up? Do you think its time to give Norton the shove?

[geminian68]

I recently stopped using Norton 2005 (after using it for 5 years ), I got sick of it's resource hogging and the bloat of the program.
I also had the same situation as you where Norton didn't find viruses and Housecall did.

Free online anti-virus scanners.
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/licence.php
http://housecall.antivirus.com/house...tart_frame.asp
http://www.pandasoftware.com/actives..._principal.htm

[zoombini]

Hmm, nothing new in this thread.

I could be back in 199x & still read the same

Maybe it is time to look for better protection than Norton.

[Toto]

Take a look at Avast also, not a bad free program at all.

http://avast.com/

[nffc]

Originally Posted by Toto

Take a look at Avast also, not a bad free program at all.

http://avast.com/

IMO, the better of the 2 free AVs. Was going to post the same thing.

[mrlipring]

I've never used avast, i'd always used AVG. i'll download avast and give it a bash. cheers.

[Toto]

Originally Posted by nffc

IMO, the better of the 2 free AVs. Was going to post the same thing.

Indeed, the GUI is a bit annoying, but its range of features is not to be sniffed at
__________________

Originally Posted by mrlipring

I've never used avast, i'd always used AVG. i'll download avast and give it a bash. cheers.

Your welcome, let us know how it goes

[Toto]

Actually, I tried avast because they have built a 64bit version for Windows, nice !

[Mal]

I downloaded Avast. It found 9 items

I had been using Norton Internet Security 2004 and it let them through.

Needless to say that I've now uninstalled NIS 2004.

[john smiffy]

you can get a load of free downloads from freedownloads there are some good security downloads

[piquet41]

Hi everyone,

As geminian68 has said Norton AV does hog quite a lot of system resourses. (you should see how much NSW uses!)...However, depending on your system resourses and spec to start with, I have NEVER had a problem with this product snce I started using it in 2001.

So, I would be intreseted in some of your system specs.
I have AMD 64 3400+ (2.4GHz)
1024Mb RAM

I am aware that it may be more than some, I have NEVER in all my time had to "Quarantine" my PC for a "Virus" attack.... If I'm really lucky then.....I'm really lucky and I'll thank my lucky stars.

P.S. I have both NSW 2005 and NISP 2004.... no I DON'T work for Symantec!!!
Piquet41

[Florence]

You should get Nod 32 its better than nortons virus and updates regularly.

[Mal]

Just installed my old copy of Norton Personal Firewall 2002 to go with avast and it seems a lot less resource hogging.

The thing with Norton Internet Security is that you can't get rid of just one thing, it's all or nothing.

[geminian68]

Originally Posted by piquet41

Hi everyone,

As geminian68 has said Norton AV does hog quite a lot of system resourses. (you should see how much NSW uses!)...However, depending on your system resourses and spec to start with, I have NEVER had a problem with this product snce I started using it in 2001.

So, I would be intreseted in some of your system specs.
I have AMD 64 3400+ (2.4GHz)
1024Mb RAM

I am aware that it may be more than some, I have NEVER in all my time had to "Quarantine" my PC for a "Virus" attack.... If I'm really lucky then.....I'm really lucky and I'll thank my lucky stars.

P.S. I have both NSW 2005 and NISP 2004.... no I DON'T work for Symantec!!!
Piquet41

Hi piquet41

I recently stopped using NIS 2005 after using Symantec for 5 years since 2000 I have used most of their products (AV, NPF, Systemworks, Utilities, CleanSweep, Ghost, PC Anywhere, CrashGuard, Partition Magic*) (*since they have taken over PowerQuest), When I said I got sick of it's resource hogging I meant when I did a virus scan it used an awful lot of CPU & Memory.

I also had the same situation as Wayne A, when Norton didn't find viruses and PC-Cillin Housecall's online scan did.

I now use BitDefender 8.0 Professional* which is similar to NPF(*AV, Firewall, Anti-Spam) which doesn't seem as hogging of resources and unlike Norton it doesn't require activation.

I have AMD XP3200+ (2.2GHz)
1024Mb PC3200 Dual Channel DDR RAM

P.S. I have:
Norton Antivirus 2005 Corporate Edition
Norton Antivirus 2005 Pro
Norton Internet Security 2005
Norton Systemworks 2005
Norton Ghost 2005
Partition Magic 2005.... and no I DON'T work for Symantec either.

geminian68

[carlingman]

Originally Posted by geminian68

I recently stopped using Norton 2005 (after using it for 5 years ), I got sick of it's resource hogging and the bloat of the program.
I also had the same situation as you where Norton didn't find viruses and Housecall did.

Free online anti-virus scanners.
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/licence.php
http://housecall.antivirus.com/house...tart_frame.asp
http://www.pandasoftware.com/actives..._principal.htm

Well my 1000th post and surprise surprise it is still a request for help

Hi, from the 3 links you post above I have clicked onto them but get the following.

From the Bit Defender Link †“

Pops up a licence agreement
I click on I agree
Then an Internet Explorer Security Warning Box
Then I click install and get the following error †“

Failed to load interface, you must have admin rights or IE set to medium.

I am Admin on this PC and IE is set to Medium.

From the Housecall Link †“

Get Internet Explorer Security Warning Box
Then I click install and nothing happens
The box that should populate with the drives just shows empty with a red cross in the top left and nothing happens

I then click on the FAQS and get this error †“

HouseCall Frequently Asked Questions

[LM/W3SVC/4/pc_housecall/faq_include.asp]

From the Panda Software Link †“

I click on scan your PC
New window opens and click onto next and enter an email address
Then I click onto send
An Internet Explorer Security Warning Box Opens
I then click Install and get the following error †“

An error has occurred downloading Panda ActiveScan. Please repeat the process. If the error occurs again, restart your system and try again

I would appreciate any advice on what maybe stopping these from running.

I currently run XP Pro using NAV 2004 with Kerio Personal Firewall free version.

I have downloaded Avast successfully but as yet have not installed this as I need to know if this will run alongside NAV2004.

Appreciate any advice.

Thanks