Norton Safe Search
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Norton Safe Search
Looks like Norton has crashed on my PC.
Anyone know how to deal with this?
Any help would be appreciated
Anyone know how to deal with this?
Any help would be appreciated
Re: Norton Safe Search
Personally I’d uninstall it and use windows built in AV protection with ccleaner run occasionally to clean up stuff
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Re: Norton Safe Search
Dont take it to PC Worldboatshed bill wrote: ↑Thu May 13, 2021 6:08 pmLooks like Norton has crashed on my PC.
Anyone know how to deal with this?
Any help would be appreciated
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Re: Norton Safe Search
I had a recent update which would not complete installation and subsequently couldn't run. Restarting my computer enabled it to fix itself.boatshed bill wrote: ↑Thu May 13, 2021 6:08 pmLooks like Norton has crashed on my PC.
Anyone know how to deal with this?
Any help would be appreciated
Maybe worth a try.
Re: Norton Safe Search
Agreed. I'd just remove it (and any other part of the Norton suite). You don't need it.
Re: Norton Safe Search
Uninstall it Bill, Norton uses a lot of capacity on your computer according to my PC repairing mate, he installs Webroot.boatshed bill wrote: ↑Thu May 13, 2021 6:08 pmLooks like Norton has crashed on my PC.
Anyone know how to deal with this?
Any help would be appreciated
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Re: Norton Safe Search
And pretty hard to get rid of all the elements, I think there's a generic thing to download (Norton Removal Tool) from what I remember.
Here it is:
https://support.norton.com/sp/en/uk/hom ... /v60392881
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Re: Norton Safe Search
Thanks for all the advice.
We've always had Norton, it's £98 p.a. these days!
In the end I just restored to an earlier date...which worked fine.
We've always had Norton, it's £98 p.a. these days!
In the end I just restored to an earlier date...which worked fine.
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Re: Norton Safe Search
Exactly this. Anything Norton (except motorcycles) is complete rubbish. I was a Microsoft MVP Windows security and the amount of infected computers using Norton/Symantec programs was incredible, some had crashed the system completely and had to be reformatted. Windows Defender is all you need along with ATF-Cleaner, freeware and a lot more powerful than Ccleaner.
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Re: Norton Safe Search
With ATF-Cleaner it doesn't need installing you run it from the desktop. Check everything then uncheck COOKIES.
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Re: Norton Safe Search
Cheers Bob, only reason I mentioned ccleaner is because it’s what we use at work. Will take a look at ATF cleanerbob-the-scutter wrote: ↑Sat May 15, 2021 11:30 amWith ATF-Cleaner it doesn't need installing you run it from the desktop. Check everything then uncheck COOKIES.
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Re: Norton Safe Search
the first thing i did when i bought this laptop was uninstall norton.
absolutely ridiculous software.
absolutely ridiculous software.
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Re: Norton Safe Search
It's been crap for years. Same goes for McAfee.
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Re: Norton Safe Search
They've always been crap. My eldest son used to work at Symantec on the help lines and the amount of problems they had which they just had to blag the customer with was incredible.