Opening Exploroz troubles

Submitted: Sunday, Jul 06, 2008 at 12:01

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Hairy (NT)

Gday,
The last few days I have been having trouble opening exploroz,
Apparently a Nortons Phishing protection program was blocking it.
I have contacted them and have been told there will be a patch on live updates in 4 hours time.
Anyone haveing the same problem might want to update their Nortons at about 3.00pm Nt time.....

Cheers

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Reply By: Member - Kiwi Kia - Sunday, Jul 06, 2008 at 13:33

Sunday, Jul 06, 2008 at 13:33

I had so much trouble with Nortons interfering with my email & internet connections I finally had to ditch it.

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Follow Up By: Member - John G- Sunday, Jul 06, 2008 at 14:39

Sunday, Jul 06, 2008 at 14:39

For what did you ditch it Kiwi, and is the substitutoin better?

Cheers
John

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Follow Up By: donks1 - Sunday, Jul 06, 2008 at 15:53

Sunday, Jul 06, 2008 at 15:53

Hi John

Norton and Symantic are terrible. AVG is not bad for a free version. But by far the best is Nod32. World no.1 for the last 5 or 6 years, but it is $ 90.00 per year. Sounds expensive but as the old saying goes, You get what you pay for.

Donks1

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Follow Up By: Member - Kiwi Kia - Sunday, Jul 06, 2008 at 16:27

Sunday, Jul 06, 2008 at 16:27

Hi John,
I now only use Adaware and ZoneAlarm. I hope that my careful choice of websites, my ISP and Microsoft stop any other unwanted virus problems at the moment. I have two laptops and only use one online, the other one can never be compromised.

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Reply By: Louie the fly - Sunday, Jul 06, 2008 at 15:20

Sunday, Jul 06, 2008 at 15:20

I just updated our laptop Norton - to PC-Cillin. It's way better as it doesn't seem to slow the puter down. We also updated Norton at work - to AGV. Norton was giving us massive problems with our CAD software, as did CA Antivirus.

Symantec make one really good product - their uninstaller!

I use Comodo Antivirus on my home desktop.

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Reply By: Willem - Sunday, Jul 06, 2008 at 16:00

Sunday, Jul 06, 2008 at 16:00

I dumped Norton years ago. Very troublesome program.

Run CA now at $45 per year. Troublefree

I will be up your way again at the end of September. Maybe you can show me a few of your sacred sites this time around.....:-)

Cheers

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Reply By: Member - extfilm (NSW) - Sunday, Jul 06, 2008 at 18:31

Sunday, Jul 06, 2008 at 18:31

Probably been 6 years since I have not used any antivirus software.
Used to have all sorts of probs with the computer and had to reinstall windows regulary.
I have 2 computers. Only the laptop goes on the web. The desktop stays offline.
Now I simply leave no vital information on the laptop and use a seperate portable external hard drive that are very cheap these days ($120 for 120gig)
My laptop is fast and this one I have had for 18 mths now without a prob.
To be honest I wouldn't bother with any
Peter

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Reply By: Steve Ellis - Sunday, Jul 06, 2008 at 21:37

Sunday, Jul 06, 2008 at 21:37

I have used AdAware for years now. It is free and reliable for me. Download from the net. Norton slowed our computer to a crawl and cost $99 a year. AdAware is free to private users. Norton sent countless false virus warnings in order to justify its cost, no thanks ,not any more.

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Reply By: ross - Sunday, Jul 06, 2008 at 22:30

Sunday, Jul 06, 2008 at 22:30

Ive been ESETnod32 fora few months ,seems ok.
I pay $64 a year
Norton was a pita and the free versions of antivirus ware are as good as the money you paid for them.

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Reply By: rabs - Monday, Jul 07, 2008 at 07:27

Monday, Jul 07, 2008 at 07:27

Well that was the first problem using Nortons, Havn't used Nortons for a long time due to similiar results, I think Norton writes the program that way to detect any damn thing to justify its cost. Get rid of Nortons and install Adware free edition its very good or AVG is a top program also free

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Reply By: obee - Monday, Jul 07, 2008 at 09:14

Monday, Jul 07, 2008 at 09:14

avg free with option to pay for full service. I run the free version and had no trouble at all. tempted to upgrade but I dont think I need all the extras that might slow me down.

AVG is popular pprogram

Owen

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Reply By: Member - Kim M (VIC) - Tuesday, Jul 08, 2008 at 00:23

Tuesday, Jul 08, 2008 at 00:23

Hairy

Gidday young fella.

Sometimes the cans get a bit of dust in. Give em' a bit of a shake, twiddle the wire then she's be right....

LOL

Regards

Kim

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