Got pwned by Symantec

[GTS Jeff]

I've been pirating Norton Antivirus for as long as I can remember. Since the Windows 95 days even. It's never been a problem and all has been well...until tonight when my world came crashing down around me. It seem that Symantec has released an update to NAV2006 that disables my cracked version and prevents me from getting any more updates.

I figured, OK, I'll just upgrade to a cracked NAV2007. 20 minutes later, NAV2007 had messed up my video drivers and BSODed my computer. It took awhile, but I'm up and running again sans antivirus. Any suggestions? I'm sort of leaning towards waiting for a crack to Symantec's craziness.

I've already disable auto-updating on the 4 other computers in here.

[dragonone]

ever ran symnrt to remove norton?

[PSJanis]

looks like you've been pwning them for a while...so maybe its finally time for payback lol.

[shakalaka]

Norton is like the crappiest anti virus that eats up shit loads of your memory and slows your computer down. I used to have it, unless this guy at the computer shop told me to get rid of it.

I use this antivirus called AVG, it free and apparently it's one of the best one's out there. That's what I have been told, and I have been using it for couple months and it's working fine.

[A790]

Originally posted by GTS Jeff
I've been pirating Norton Antivirus for as long as I can remember. Since the Windows 95 days even. It's never been a problem and all has been well...until tonight when my world came crashing down around me. It seem that Symantec has released an update to NAV2006 that disables my cracked version and prevents me from getting any more updates.

I figured, OK, I'll just upgrade to a cracked NAV2007. 20 minutes later, NAV2007 had messed up my video drivers and BSODed my computer. It took awhile, but I'm up and running again sans antivirus. Any suggestions? I'm sort of leaning towards waiting for a crack to Symantec's craziness.

I've already disable auto-updating on the 4 other computers in here.

AVG Free brother.

No copyright violations or piracy claims and it works just as well.

PS- the girls love a man who's resourceful.

[heinz256]

avg/avast/kaspersky are all good ones

[Mr_ET]

AVAST

[The Cosworth]

I got tired of shit like this and then just ended up buying it off the website

[TeamBestBud]

AVG ftw! Its the best antivirus software I've had...and its free. Better than Norton IMO, because it just runs in the background and I found the symantec one to be very annoying.

[HiTempguy1]

Ummm... how about lay off the porn sites and don't use anti-virus? Unless you are checking bad shit out, its highly unlikely some body is going to target your computer with a virus specifically for it. Hell, I bought my computer upstairs new (no anti-virus, but I dl'd stuff like ad-aware, spybot, crapcleaner, etc), and have only had a virus ONCE. And that was over two years of using the computer for about 2 hours everyday (at least, sometimes for a LOT longer). And thats also with SP1. Go figure.

[dino_martini]

Originally posted by HiTempguy1
Ummm... how about lay off the porn sites and don't use anti-virus?

Dude, the internet is for porn.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...43841227974645

AVG for the win.

[97'Scort]

+1 for AVG Free. Even uses less memory than Norton.

[accordboi_02]

AVG Free edition OWNS NAV
Uninstall that shit you have right now Jeff and just put on AVG you'll love it.

[BerserkerCatSplat]

AVG for me as well. Norton is a fucking resource hog.

[D. Dub]

Yup AVG kicks ass

Norton is an evil, evil thing that sends out it's slimy tendrils into every dark nook and cranny of your computer.

[GTS Jeff]

Originally posted by dragonone
ever ran symnrt to remove norton?

Yes.

Originally posted by PSJanis
looks like you've been pwning them for a while...so maybe its finally time for payback lol.

Yes.

Originally posted by shakalaka
Norton is like the crappiest anti virus that eats up shit loads of your memory and slows your computer down. I used to have it, unless this guy at the computer shop told me to get rid of it.

I don't consider 12 megs to be much. I have a gig of RAM.

Originally posted by HiTempguy1
Ummm... how about lay off the porn sites and don't use anti-virus? Unless you are checking bad shit out, its highly unlikely some body is going to target your computer with a virus specifically for it. Hell, I bought my computer upstairs new (no anti-virus, but I dl'd stuff like ad-aware, spybot, crapcleaner, etc), and have only had a virus ONCE. And that was over two years of using the computer for about 2 hours everyday (at least, sometimes for a LOT longer). And thats also with SP1. Go figure.

I'm not mormon.

Sigh maybe I'll do AVG.

[snowboard]

I've got avg, it just kinda runs in the background, dont notice it much, but i never seem to have viruses?
so i'd recommend it.

[googe]

Originally posted by HiTempguy1
Ummm... how about lay off the porn sites and don't use anti-virus? Unless you are checking bad shit out, its highly unlikely some body is going to target your computer with a virus specifically for it. Hell, I bought my computer upstairs new (no anti-virus, but I dl'd stuff like ad-aware, spybot, crapcleaner, etc), and have only had a virus ONCE. And that was over two years of using the computer for about 2 hours everyday (at least, sometimes for a LOT longer). And thats also with SP1. Go figure.

yeah and dont check your email
and dont have msn
and dont look at myspace or facebook

seriously, worst recommendation ever

[soupey]

i found when i used AVG, i never found many viruses at all...its like it was missing something...after switching to AOL Activescan (Kaspersky), it seems a bit more agressive towards finding and keeping out viruses than AVG ever did...

[FreakinPrince]

Originally posted by Mr_ET
AVAST

Originally posted by soupey
i found when i used AVG, i never found many viruses at all...its like it was missing something...after switching to AOL Activescan (Kaspersky), it seems a bit more agressive towards finding and keeping out viruses than AVG ever did...

Kaspersky is one of the best at the moment right now and you are right it is more agressive....

IMO

-Kaspersky
-Avast --> home edition is free since last year
-AVG --> usually recommened to clients