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Re: Norton Anti-Virus and Malwarebytes [Re: Mary] #892139
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Sharon, there is a way to turn off those verbal "announcements." Sometimes I would hear a voice saying something and it would scare the dickens out of me! So I disabled it on my XP computer.


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Re: Norton Anti-Virus and Malwarebytes [Re: Mary] #892140
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I never had any "verbal" announcements, thank goodness. Just a popup saying my subscription was almost up.


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Re: Norton Anti-Virus and Malwarebytes [Re: Mary] #892156
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Avast talks to you. The paid version anyway. I got rid of it when they annoyed me half to death reminding me to resubscribe. I had a little trouble removing it...finally did...but I found out when I researched it that some people can't get it off their system without using a special program that Avast does provide. How fun.

I'm using MS Security Essentials now. As Drac said, it doesn't fight with Malwarebytes and I'm perfectly happy with it.

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Re: Norton Anti-Virus and Malwarebytes [Re: Mary] #892158
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Norton doesn't talk to you, but Avast does and has scared me to death before I disabled the verbal notices! Once I thought someone was in the house with me before I figured it out and felt like an idiot.


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Re: Norton Anti-Virus and Malwarebytes [Re: Mary] #892159
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Mary, what kind of popup" did you get? I always just get an email a couple of months prior to my subscription needing renewing.

This year I didn't get anything saying to update to a 2013 version either. It updates itself all the time.

I've had Norton for 14 years and it has never given me any trouble, although it did let a Trojan through one time (which was trouble).

So far, no trouble for me between the Norton and the Malwarebytes. Keeping my fingers crossed!

Re: Norton Anti-Virus and Malwarebytes [Re: Mary] #892160
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All that would happen is that a small box would appear on my screen and tell me how many days until my subscription expired and asked whether I wanted to renew. That's it, no big deal. I kind of liked that they reminded me to renew. All in all, I got maybe 4 reminders over the last week or so.


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Re: Norton Anti-Virus and Malwarebytes [Re: SharonB] #892168
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Well, Norton seems to have come in for a thrashing !! frown

Currently I have Norton 360 on both my internet machines (WinXP and Win7) and I don't have any problems rolleyes

In fact I've used Norton products since I got my very first computer and am happy to say I've never suffered a virus or been invaded by any type of malware in all those years happydance


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Re: Norton Anti-Virus and Malwarebytes [Re: Mary] #892262
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They're using a newer version of Norton, Mad.
Also, do you use MalwareBytes Pro? That seems to be the biggest issue -- that Norton doesn't want to allow MalwareBytes Pro on the same computer.

Re: Norton Anti-Virus and Malwarebytes [Re: SharonB] #892313
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Originally Posted By: SharonB
Mary, Norton was asking me to re-subscribe. However I just found them annoying. I am currently using Avast and MalwareBytes Pro. I did a complete system scan with both programs. One trojan was found and corrected (quarantine?/Removal?) Anyway my system is good so far.

There is an announcement (verbal) when the virus definitions are updated (Avast). I think this might get annoying but I'm not sure yet. Is there a way to stop the announcement? Or have it update in the background without telling me?


Sharon


Sharon open Avast and click on Settings in the upper right corner of the window. Once the Settings window is open you'll see a list of choices on the left hand side. One of those choices is Sounds. That selection lets you turn off all Avast sounds or select those sounds you don't want. It also lets you disable voice over. There's also a Pop Up choice which allows you to select which pop up you want displayed.


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Re: Norton Anti-Virus and Malwarebytes [Re: Mary] #892388
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I will throw another choice out there. I have been using Webroot Essentials with Malware pro for a few years now without issues. I tried Webroot because of a few programs of theirs I had used in the past. The antivirus has a small footprint, updates daily and is not intrusive. It plays nice with Malwarebytes Pro and I have yet to get a nasty on the system. The price is reasonable as well. One more thing to consider. Both Norton and Macafee are intrusive bloatware programs that cause more problems than they are worth. I tried both of them many years ago and ran away as fast as I could and never went back.

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Re: Norton Anti-Virus and Malwarebytes [Re: Jenny100] #892405
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Originally Posted By: Jenny100
They're using a newer version of Norton, Mad.
Also, do you use MalwareBytes Pro? That seems to be the biggest issue -- that Norton doesn't want to allow MalwareBytes Pro on the same computer.


Oh, I see. Thanks, Jenny1oo.
And no, I don't use the "Pro" version of MalwareBytes.

I'm likely to stick with Norton though as it has proved itself a thousand times over, for me laugh


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Re: Norton Anti-Virus and Malwarebytes [Re: Homer6] #892416
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Thanks Homer! smile I just took off voice over. I turned some other things off earlier. Tomorrow, when I'm less tired, I'll look thru the program more thoroughly and make sure I have it setup the way I like.

Sharon

Re: Norton Anti-Virus and Malwarebytes [Re: SharonB] #892779
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You're welcome Sharon.


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