Fucking Norton

[someone-else]

So today I decided I was going to clean up my computer for adware and viruses. However, I had a trial version of Norton Antivirus 2006, which is SUPER old and the virus definitions were outdated. So I decided to uninstall it for AVG Antivirus. However, part way through the uninstall, it got a fatal error and stopped uninstalling. It pointed me to a help link on Norton's website, only to tell me that I needed to download and install Norton 2007. I tried many times to uninstall Norton 2006 afterwards, but nothing was working, so I did what the website told me to do.

So I download 2007 and ran the installer, telling me to restart before I can install 2007. So I restart and install 2007, then run the uninstaller, which after finishing tells me to restart again.

TL;DR version: To uninstall Norton 2006, I had to download Norton 2007, install it, then uninstall it.

[Backbiter]

Yeah I've had many dramas with Norton it is such a pain in the ass.

[Thimbles]

Did you use the Norton removal tool?

[Timmy]

Yeah - for being so highly recommended, that software really screws with your computer.

My parents wanted security on their home desktop, and went to the electronics store to ask for advice. The guys there said that Norton was the best, so my parents bought it, paid the fee for a year's membership, installed the software, and now the computer runs like its a Lite-Brite. I don't even bother trying to go online while I'm at home - it's completely useless.

[AlkaSeltzer]

There are other ways to uninstall things than the uninstall application, but I guess it's too late now.

[DiscoveryOne]

upon reading the title, I had a sudden moment of forgetting everything I knew about computers and thought this was about a man named Norton, and immediately I thought

"yea, fuck that guy!"

[CaptainQuartz]

So now the problem is fixed and you're telling us why?

[Thimbles]

At 11/11/08 01:58 AM, DemonsRemorse wrote: So now the problem is fixed and you're telling us why?

Hey now, who doesn't love to bitch and moan? Feels good man.

[CaptainQuartz]

At 11/11/08 02:01 AM, Thimbles wrote:

At 11/11/08 01:58 AM, DemonsRemorse wrote: So now the problem is fixed and you're telling us why?

Hey now, who doesn't love to bitch and moan? Feels good man.

Yeah, but I bitch and moan to my wall, or take a hammer to my desk.

[Backbiter]

At 11/11/08 01:26 AM, Timmy wrote: My parents wanted security on their home desktop, and went to the electronics store to ask for advice. The guys there said that Norton was the best, so my parents bought it, paid the fee for a year's membership, installed the software, and now the computer runs like its a Lite-Brite.

Yep pretty much same story with my mums computer

[Rage]

Norton is an awful product. Sometimes it won't even let you uninstall it from your computer without a Norton user account and internet connection.

I've seen people whose computers were running extremely slow with an internet connection that kept on crapping out -- only to have all of those problems disappear entirely when removing Norton.

[Backbiter]

At 11/11/08 02:52 AM, RageVI wrote: Norton is an awful product. Sometimes it won't even let you uninstall it from your computer without a Norton user account and internet connection.

I've seen people whose computers were running extremely slow with an internet connection that kept on crapping out -- only to have all of those problems disappear entirely when removing Norton.

Yeah it is horrible virus protection software that seems to cause more problems, one of the few things i bought for the computer that I regret.

[DevourerJay]

that is why i love my FREE legal copy of McAfee

comcast gives you a gree mcafee programs

[SILKS]

if you dont like norton try eset nod 32. its kinda good and its updating it self. more info check google and write nod 32.

[AshtonNextGen]

Doesn't everyone just use Avast?

[Dejomel]

Use anything. Norton = Epic fail. I use kaspersky anyway. No problems at all.

[Familyguy666]

I use Mcafee.

[Alfie]

Such is why I upgraded to 2009 when I had 2008, it automatically updates the signatures, and will retry after failing to uninstall.

Plus it has customisable backgrounds :3

[x-Exodus-X]

At 11/11/08 02:52 AM, RageVI wrote: Norton is an awful product. Sometimes it won't even let you uninstall it from your computer without a Norton user account and internet connection.

I've seen people whose computers were running extremely slow with an internet connection that kept on crapping out -- only to have all of those problems disappear entirely when removing Norton.

Honestly, it's one of the worst antiviruses out there. Not to mention it costs as much as the good ones.

The user interface sucks. Once your 'subscription' runs out, you can't run full system scans (only retarded little quick scans) and it chooses to notify you about 3 different things every time you turn your computer on (subscription, spyware definitions, virus definitions) in three different windows.

AVG was the best one I ever used on my old computer, Norton came on my new comp but I can't wait to get rid of it.

[Zombified]

Wow.. sounds like a pain in the ass. At least you were able to get rid of it though.

[GuitarSmuggler]

I don't even want to begin listing all of the frustrations I had with Norton Systemworks 2004. It came with the computer I bought back in '03. Basically this 'computer solution' from Symantec caused more problems than it solved.

Until recently I made a point to staying clear of anything Norton. What changed now? I decided to give the Norton 2009 version a trial run. So I installed it and to my surprise it actually was much faster. I didn't notice any slowdown in start-up, everything ran just fine. I never thought there would be a day where I actually compliment a Norton product instead of bashing one.

[Parlux]

I know what you mean man. I fucking hate jimmy norton too.

[Doberman]

At 11/11/08 10:46 AM, Parlux wrote: I know what you mean man. I fucking hate jimmy norton too.

sdagds Graham Norton.

[Thimbles]

At 11/11/08 10:46 AM, Parlux wrote: I know what you mean man. I fucking hate jimmy norton too.

Wayy too late.

[MasterOfDaWay666]

I fucking hate Norton.

AVG is better.

[mranarchy]

At 11/11/08 10:56 AM, doberman7 wrote:

At 11/11/08 10:46 AM, Parlux wrote: I know what you mean man. I fucking hate jimmy norton too.

sdagds Graham Norton.

I'd fuck Norton.

[Luke]

Norton sucks ass, I don't even think I have an AntiVirus, the only shit I download is music anyways.

[xports]

The same works for AOL. The person that had my computer before me put AOL shit all in my computer. The only way I can get rid of it is downloading MORE AOL stuff and running the uninstaller, which, in turn, puts EVEN MORE AOL stuff on my computer.

It's a never ending cycle. Fuck you, AOL. Fuck you.

[Conker125]

Norton is retarded.

I hate these antivirus programs that close you out of whatever programs you have open and ask you if you want to update every 30 seconds. Gah!

[LampFace]

What a piece of fucking shite, that's why you piss on their software.