ScottBeck
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Registered: 7th Dec 06
Location: Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
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right a laptop with vista onit and 60 days norton anti virus thingy and keeps coming up with a trojan horse virus. But won't let me delete it and says its requires a manual removal? is this easy to do?
also no wooden horse pics please 
cheers scott
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Half Pint
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
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microsoft have tools that can help and also knowledge base detailing what actions you need to take...
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_Allan_
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Registered: 24th Mar 04
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Uninstall Norton
http://service1.symantec.com/Support/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039
Install AVG Free:
http://free.avg.com/download-avg-anti-virus-free-edition
and scan your PC 
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DannyB
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Norton couldn't find a virus if it was bouncing round your desktop, it's crap. Use AVG or nod32 or Avira desktop.
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ScottBeck
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Registered: 7th Dec 06
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ok cheers guys ill delete norton now and download AVG and see how i get on cheers 
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Daveskater
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Registered: 29th Apr 08
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Mate AVG is going downhill, lets in trojans and gives false positives nowadays. Use Avast instead.
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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oceansoul
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i found that avg was crap on my vista laptop. slowed it down soooo much. almost to the point where it was unusable
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Pablo
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Registered: 3rd Feb 03
Location: Milton Keynes
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live one care - safety scanner
Works everytime to me
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Daveskater
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quote:
Originally posted by oceansoul
i found that avg was crap on my vista laptop. slowed it down soooo much. almost to the point where it was unusable
Were you running another AV program at the same time?
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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oceansoul
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Location: Sunbury, Surrey
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quote:
Originally posted by Daveskater
quote:
Originally posted by oceansoul
i found that avg was crap on my vista laptop. slowed it down soooo much. almost to the point where it was unusable
Were you running another AV program at the same time?
Nope Just AVG
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willay
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Registered: 10th Nov 02
Location: Roydon, Essex
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quote:
Originally posted by oceansoul
quote:
Originally posted by Daveskater
quote:
Originally posted by oceansoul
i found that avg was crap on my vista laptop. slowed it down soooo much. almost to the point where it was unusable
Were you running another AV program at the same time?
Nope Just AVG
upgrade to Windows XP. 
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