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Posted March 22, 2010
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Someone posted this on my Facebook page, and I clicked on it, and it brought me to YuoTube (that's how they spelled it). I'M SCARED.
Post edited March 22, 2010 by TheCheese33
This question / problem has been solved by Aliasalphaimage
Posted March 22, 2010
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Miaghstir: Good idea, change it again after the scan is done.
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TheCheese33: Is Norton 360 reliable for this kind of thing? I've never done something so stupid before.

Honestly, I have no idea at all. Haven't used Norton after I decided their 2004 version was retarted monkey poop, or maybe it was the one before. Either way, I now swear by Avira with a few settings changed to "paranoid".
Posted March 22, 2010
@ TheCheese33
I'm sorry,but please remove the link from your second post too
thanks
Posted March 22, 2010
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Whitecroc: As a rule, never download and install .exe files you don't want and didn't ask for, especially not if it's to "make the damn box go away".

I usually don't fall for this shit. CHRIST.
Norton 360 is still going through my Steam files! Damn you for being so large, Dragon Age!
Posted March 22, 2010
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Rohan15: You mean this?
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TheCheese33: OH FUCK. OH FUCK FUCK FUCK. WILL SYSTEM RESTORE FIX THIS?

You could try that. Personally, just try the steps in the article and lose the Norton. Also, don't follow the instructions of a box. Hope it gets fixed. =)
Posted March 22, 2010
I don't know how reliable it is, but the IP address appears to be located in Denver: http://www.itistimed.com/?DATA=69.24.73.28&ACTION_TYPE=Resolve
Posted March 22, 2010
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Rohan15: You mean this?
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TheCheese33: OH FUCK. OH FUCK FUCK FUCK. WILL SYSTEM RESTORE FIX THIS?

In my experience system restore fixes everything.
Posted March 22, 2010
Don't. Use. NOrton.
At all. It's a PoS software.
Google how to uninstall it, and download AVG free, Avast, anything but NOrton.
Google "trend housecall" and run that scan - it's online, free, but does take a couple hours depending on how large your drives are, and how full they are.
Then grab yourself Lavasoft's Ad-Aware, Spybot S&D or some other reputable spyware/rootkit detector, and run that.
Do all these scans in safe mode (reboot, at "starting windows...." press F8 for the boot menu - select from there). No internet support, just plain safe mode.
Only after those scans report negative, change any passwords.
Posted March 22, 2010
And we all agree we are talking about the Windows System Restore and not the manufacturers system restore . . .=)
After you uninstall Norton you have to download the Norton removal tool to get rid of it completely.
I have been using AVG free for years with nary an infection, along with Spybot Search and Destroy and SpywareBlaster. (All of these programs are free)
Post edited March 22, 2010 by Stuff
Posted March 22, 2010
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Lone3wolf: Don't. Use. NOrton.
At all. It's a PoS software.
Google how to uninstall it, and download AVG free, Avast, anything but NOrton.
Google "trend housecall" and run that scan - it's online, free, but does take a couple hours depending on how large your drives are, and how full they are.
Then grab yourself Lavasoft's Ad-Aware, Spybot S&D or some other reputable spyware/rootkit detector, and run that.
Do all these scans in safe mode (reboot, at "starting windows...." press F8 for the boot menu - select from there). No internet support, just plain safe mode.
Only after those scans report negative, change any passwords.

I wouldn't use ad-aware, I use Spybot once a month, and I definitely recommend A Squared Free since it found 417 different virus on my computer on my first deep scan. =)
Posted March 22, 2010
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Rohan15: I wouldn't use ad-aware, I use Spybot once a month, and I definitely recommend A Squared Free since it found 417 different virus on my computer on my first deep scan. =)

Why not ad-aware?
Posted March 22, 2010
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Rohan15: I wouldn't use ad-aware, I use Spybot once a month, and I definitely recommend A Squared Free since it found 417 different virus on my computer on my first deep scan. =)
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Salsa_Shark: Why not ad-aware?

I used it for awhile and I liked it, but A Squared trumped it when I started to test it out.
Posted March 22, 2010
Personally I would recommend Malwarebytes. It's one of the better anti-malware programs in my experience.
Posted March 22, 2010
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Salsa_Shark: Why not ad-aware?

It got really bloated, along with ZoneAlarm. . . =)
Post edited March 22, 2010 by Stuff
Posted March 22, 2010
I use Avast!, NoScript and SpyBot. Oh, and Vista, in case that matters. As far as I can tell it really lets me control what flows through the intertubes to my computer.
Posted March 22, 2010
I tried System Restore, but it didn't work! Said something was blocking it! CHRIST!
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