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Introducing Norton Internet Security 2012 and Norton Antivirus 2012

Hi i am having a problem w/ my new computer that is only like 6mo. old. When doing a regular log on where the desktop should be located at i only see a black screen. I can log on in safe mode w/ networking and i can get to the desktop and icons located on the desktop that way. I have not...

Hello forumers, I found this awesome linux distro called Zorin. It looks like windows so I didnt have to learn anything its really fast and apparently it doesnt get viruses. It has my Office on it already. Im running it on my dinosaur of a dell omniplex with Windows XP on a dual boot. Ive only...

Hello. I'm wondering what you think is the best anti-virus software. Right now I am using one of the more popular brands but am not very happy with it. I have found twice now that this software package not only didn't stop a virus but didn't even detect it when I did a full system scan. Could...

Greetings, I have been coming to this site since i got my new Sony VAIO laptop a year ago. You have a wealth of information and are able to describe problems and possible fixes in a manner the masses can understand. For the past 3 days I have been searching here and other sites trying to...

Yesterday, I made the mistake of letting my sister-in-law use my computer (the one I use for work) to burn a CD. I thought she said burn a DVD, which is something I do all the time. However, apparently she downloaded a CD ripping program called CDEX (very legitimate -- doubtful of any...

All right Guys, this little weird and complicated. I have 2 versions of XP in my C drive and D drive respectively. (I use D drive xp mainly and C drive XP is for maintenance incase I get virus in D drive, I know its little weird)But anyways i installed WIN 7 on my E drive (all 3 os in same...

My office system is a Dell w/ Win7 and it's been running fine up until 1 month ago. Then it started this odd behavior. On a cold boot it runs about 5x to 20x times slower than normal, almost as if it's just running on a single core locked at 5%. Boot time to hit splash screen is 2.5 to 4.5...

Hello people, I want to know something about the BitLocker protection system: If I use it to protect my USB pendrive, how can I use it on a Windows XP system for example? How it'll ask me the password? I want to lock my pendrive because I have important data on it and my school computer has...

What? Unbelievably, Symantec has won the gold honor. Perhaps this has something to do with it being horrible for 10 years, and now finally coming back to grips with resource usage. However, on sheer review ESET NOD32 comes out in the only category listed as "Advanced" for all. Also, in the...

Source/Download: System Downloads : Script Defender /// AnalogX

Hi, I recently bought an Asus laptop : Intel Core i7 4 GB Ram ATI Mobility Radeon 5730 1GB Windows 7 If you need more specs ( like the motherboard, or other stuff ) it is an Asus N71-JQA1. I have two problems. The biggest one is that it sometimes freeze ( like if the screen wasn't refreshing)...

Apologies if this has been posted before - I have been a longtime Linux user (switching after running into many frustrating issues with Windows XP), but recently bought a decent PC with Windows 7 so I could get back into gaming. I've only had it for a little over a month and have already ran...

I have been working with a laptop at my workplace running on windows 7 and I had to mess with the settings for the hard drive to only allow administrators access to the drive. After I did that, I was unable to gain access to anything that requires the administrator. I cannot access my hard drive...

I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit. Whenever Windows updates, all updates fail with a error Code: 8007371B. I have disabled my firewall, Virus protection, ect. and nothing helps. I cannot find this error code anywhere for an explaination. Please help.

As a new member, let me say, I have searched the forum for a solution to my problem, and discovered many great ideas, but none have fixed my problem. I'm running Win 7 Home Premium on a home built desktop with an Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe MB, and an AMD processor. It only has a single 160g HD...

Hello, I am not sure if this is the right place for this but anyway here it goes. In general I know (or think) you should do things like run registry cleaner, defragment, duplicate finder, spybot, etc... in order to keep you computer running well. I noticed programs like Norton and Bitdefender...

I'm going on 2 months now, pulling my hair out at this point with an issue(s) I cannot seem to solve. here's my symptoms, my specs, my steps so far to troubleshoot. Any help is appreciated. Symptoms: My video is choppy, jumpy or fast playing in QuickTime, and Media player freezes or won't play...

Hi Any advice on how best to remove trojans? BACKGROUND At the bottom right of my Windows7 screen, the Action Center gave me the following alerts: - "Remove the W32/Gaobot.worm.genu - Win32/RBot.3eu!Worm virus" and - "Remove the Trojan.PWS.Legmir.AD / W32.Ahlem.A@mm virus" Strangely the...

I have installed the game and it did that just fine, now I got that done and when I try to go to the game and try and play it it seems that its loading and in the task manager its there saying its running but it does not show, my virus and firewall are all off, any help would be great, thanks again