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02-12-2006, 03:13 AM
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#1 | | Moderator Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 5,530 Location: Toronto, Ontario News Credits: 1 | Microsoft Anti-Spyware Deleting Norton Anti-Virus
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Microsoft's Anti-Spyware program is causing troubles for people who also use Symantec's Norton Anti-Virus software; apparently, a recent update to Microsoft's anti-spyware application flags Norton as a password-stealing program and prompts users to remove it.
According to several different support threads over at Microsoft's user groups forum, the latest definitions file from Microsoft "(version 5805, 5807) detects Symantec Antivirus files as PWS.Bancos.A (Password Stealer)."
When Microsoft Anti-Spyware users remove the flagged Norton file as prompted, Symantec's product gets corrupted and no longer protects the user's machine. The Norton user then has to go through the Windows registry and delete multiple entries (registry editing is always a dicey affair that can quickly hose a system if the user doesn't know what he or she is doing) so that the program can be completely removed and re-installed.
I put in calls to Microsoft and to Symantec on this issue, but am still waiting to hear back from both companies.
Microsoft said it is shipping updates that fix this problem, but judging from the growing number of other threads on this in that forum, this is shaping up to be a pretty big issue for companies that have deployed Microsoft's free anti-spyware product inside their networks. It's a good idea to keep in mind that Microsoft's Anti-Spyware product is in beta mode: The company's product page explicitly says that Microsoft Anti-Spyware should not be deployed in production systems. I'm not apologizing for Redmond in any way; it just seems like too many people ignore warnings about beta products.
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02-12-2006, 03:18 AM
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#2 | | CobraIsland.com Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 17,519 Location: NJ (Spanish for "more corrupt than your state") | I always knew there was something fishy about Norton... CobraIsland.com
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02-12-2006, 03:18 AM
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#3 | | oye chak de phatte!
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Thank You Come Again Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 7,476 Location: California/New York | Might as well flag Norton. That thing ate my memory for years. Glad I got rid of that shit.
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02-12-2006, 04:00 AM
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#4 | | Please, call me Steve. Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 22,696 Location: Colorado (Spanish for "prettier than your state") Collection Count: Less than 5 | "Why is my computer slowing down? I have SystemWorks running!" www.seatstaysup.com | |
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02-12-2006, 04:01 AM
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#5 | | Fugeddaboutit Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 7,252 Location: Montreal, Canuck-ville (aka Canada) Collection Count: Just 6. That's it, don't intend to buy more... one or two maybe | Thank God for AVG Free Edition Anti-virus. 
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02-12-2006, 08:52 AM
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#6 | | The JUICE Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 6,293 Location: Work Collection Count: 650 | This is a problem because ....?
I hate Norton. My work computer has it, and it sucks. The worst part is I can not get rid of it. It slows down the computer so much. My home PC which does not have it is so much faster, even though the processor is slower.
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02-12-2006, 10:18 AM
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#7 | | QED Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 9,965 | Quote: |
this is shaping up to be a pretty big issue for companies that have deployed Microsoft's free anti-spyware product inside their networks. It's a good idea to keep in mind that Microsoft's Anti-Spyware product is in beta mode: The company's product page explicitly says that Microsoft Anti-Spyware should not be deployed in production systems. I'm not apologizing for Redmond in any way; it just seems like too many people ignore warnings about beta products.
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02-12-2006, 11:00 AM
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#8 | | Consulting your needs Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 5,691 Location: Earth Collection Count: 15 | I hate norton as well. I was plauged with it for two years and it did nothing but slow my computer down and let viruses in. Not to mention if norton even gets the least bit corrupted in anyway, you have to download a file just to do a force uninstall. So I too see no wrong here.  | |
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02-12-2006, 11:42 AM
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#9 | | old skool fool Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 4,652 Location: stuck in the 80's Collection Count: 812-yup, I've got a spreadsheet | well I guess that finally explains why my computer's so slow, and my dad's is so quick. you can't do anything on mine till norton loads up. what do you all recommend for antivirus if you don't use norton?
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02-12-2006, 12:06 PM
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#10 | | Beast Wars Forever!!! Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 767 Location: Miami,Florida Collection Count: A lot. | My computer is really fast and it has Norton. However I have to renew it in like the 7th of this March. What should I do? Renew it or are there better Anti-Virus programs out there?
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