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Norton's Antivirus broke my computer...
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My norton's anitvirus expired on my windows box. I didn't update it and just unistalled it and rebooted my computer. Now Im completely unable to connect to the internet. Something is blocking me from connecting. I can't do the damn system restore, it doesn;'t give me a date to go back to. Does this have somethng to do with my virus definitions? I've had this damn problem before, but had to do a reinstall. I don't have my cd here, so it want be til this weekend, so I'm trying to fix it in the mean time. Anyone else ever have this problem? How can you fix it?
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sig violation. temporarily changed to prevent mass hysteria.
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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Oh, the joys of using a Windows box continue...
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Join Date: Jul 2004
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Safe mode restart is needed me thinks.
No need to uninstall it just disable updates, you would still have had at least some virus protection.
And I'll seconf the poster formely known as, these peeeeceees are sure high maitenance (a bit like my ex wife).
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Join Date: Sep 2003
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Originally posted by theCleaner?:
Anyone else ever have this problem? How can you fix it?
Nope. [Insert www.apple.com here].
Good luck.
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Theory - everything works in theory
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Originally posted by theCleaner?:
My norton's anitvirus expired on my windows box. I didn't update it and just unistalled it and rebooted my computer. Now Im completely unable to connect to the internet. Something is blocking me from connecting. I can't do the damn system restore, it doesn;'t give me a date to go back to. Does this have somethng to do with my virus definitions? I've had this damn problem before, but had to do a reinstall. I don't have my cd here, so it want be til this weekend, so I'm trying to fix it in the mean time. Anyone else ever have this problem? How can you fix it?
Thanks
This might help.
I assumed you were running 2000/XP with the 2004 version of Norton. If you're not, search through Norton's site for your actual configuration.
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Is there anyway to create a new restore date, like make one for Aug. or something, even though it want give me one now? 
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sig violation. temporarily changed to prevent mass hysteria.
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Join Date: Mar 2004
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You're lucky it only f*cked up your PC after it expired. Mine completely screwed up everything on the PC (not just the internet, everything) as soon as I installed it. Had to format the hard drive and reinstall Windows to get it back...
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At least Norton is consistent over both platforms.....
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Albuquerque, NM
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Try AGV Anti-virus after you get everything back up and running. http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_index.php You'll see the link for the free version on the left side of the page. It has caught things on my pc that Symantec didn't.
Brad
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Join Date: Jul 2002
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Virus on a Mac forum! No way!
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Join Date: Jun 2001
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Originally posted by MilkmanDan:
Virus on a Mac forum! No way!
What's that mean ?
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