[DamonD]

hi,
i really need some help. A few days ago I installed a trial of Norton 360, and now I am realizing my proxy shit is all fucked up. It traces back to Norton being incorectly configured. How can I correct this?

Due to this,
IE, an shits don't even work anymore. And when I try to get support from norton, it's fucking busy.

Any tips?

[TakeiT]

Have you tried uninstalling norton? I don't really recommend it. Personally, I'd use G-Data or AVG

[Mark_Weston]

Here is a tip: Don't install anti viruses, or firewalls.

They just do more 'damage'.

1 ) They don't detect most of the viruses
2 ) Its useless, they hardly help if you know what you're downloading.
3 ) They use systems resources.

So just uninstall it.

[DamonD]

I have uninstalled it. I had Norton once before(how-ever I believe it was a different product. How-ever, my proxy shit is still screwed up, and I don't have any system restore points I guess. I really am stressed :X I.E isn't even working -_- along with some important programs and functions.

[GreenSt4lker]

I used norton before and its crap. AVG and Avast are best. You should use them

[DamonD]

Any advice for fixing this proxy shit THOUGH ?

[PowerPC603]

Try Firefox browser, it's alot faster than Internet Explorer.

[whooper]

You could try Norton Removal Tool. Should clear any left behind files that could cause an issue like that I would think.

[Glossy42O]

Norton is not the best choice but i am using Windows defender and it's actually good.

Plus i suggest you to use Malwarebytes it's better than my anti virus once i scanned with my anti virus it found nothing then with malware bytes and it found 90+ viruses...

I had some virus i couldn't remove and thanks to malwarebytes it's removed.

[GWMPT]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark_Weston Here is a tip: Don't install anti viruses, or firewalls. They just do more 'damage'. 1 ) They don't detect most of the viruses 2 ) Its useless, they hardly help if you know what you're downloading. 3 ) They use systems resources. So just uninstall it.

You're not totally right.
I've been running Emsisoft Internet security for over a year, and never had issues with them.
Their anti-virus is light, it isn't a resource eater(like Comodo), and runs perfectly.
The Common-Sense doesn't work nowadays, when most of the virus are downloaded without our knownledge, in background, by using browser exploits, or even javascript.


As well, I use Emsisoft because it detects near every malicious software and scripts on the internet.
If I didn't had emsisoft and hitmanpro.alert a few days back, I'm quite sure I would get a cryptolocker + ransomware in my computer.
As well the behavior blocker of emsisoft is awesome.


There are several kind of anti-virus who sucks, and Norton for me, is one of them, Panda antivirus is another, and the one who sucks the best is MCaffee(is that the name?)