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On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 23:51:49 -0500, you wrote:
>well, the culprit was not a virus
>
>it was not Norton (Norton antivirus, to its credit) has stopped cold an
>average of 35 each day, of the current versions of various viri beginning
>tuesday of this week.
>
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>thanx to everyone for the clues of things to watch for... since it was
>rebooting spontaneously there at the end, it really seemed like the virus,
>but none was found
Did you get a messagebox saying something like: "This computer will reboot in .... seconds"
If you had a virus. Or not it depends on how you define a virus :-)
This one was a trojan that fixes a security hole.....
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "John Blucar" <blucar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: "Preston Morrow" <prestonm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Cc: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 10:37 AM
>Subject: Re: Beware of Norton Updates . . .
>
>
>> Preston:
>>
>> The spontaneous REBOOT you had is EXACTLY what I was suffering on
>> my DSL box ---- did not even have TS on the box that was rebooting.
>>
>> It screwed my communications / ports I think.
>>
>> Now that I have deleted Norton from both boxes ---- on my box with TS2000i
>> my dialer will shut down now and not destroy my data in GS and my charts in
>> charting. I lost a lot of charts I had to rebuild.
>>
>> On my other box (my DSL box) I have lost the ability to have my Linksys
>> router split my DSL connection --- everything else working OK now but that.
>> Norton is a very dangerous product because it places "hooks" in parts of
>> your core OS in Win2000.
>>
>> For instance, now when I click on start > run> type command and hit enter
>> a menu appears that this function no longer works and it points to a missing
>> .dll in a deleted symantec directory. That is DIRECT evidence Symantec has
>> coded features in their software to take over core features of the OS. I'm
>> surprised Microsoft has not banned them from being a certified vendor.
>>
>> I will no longer use ANY of their products.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Preston Morrow" <prestonm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >due to corrupted data, Juan (omega... always helpful & competent) assisted
>> >me in a complete reinstall of 2000i... but the new install would not read my
>> >old data... so,... history bank seems to be working today... so guess i'll
>> >be spending some download time... haven't been able to use HBank for about a
>> >year, as somewhere along the interned route (11th stop), it always
>> >(presviously) stopped cold. today it works thank goodness. no known
>> >viruses. had not heard that live update could be a problem... i use it for
>> >norton virus checker.
>> >
>> >only problem left is now my computer decides to spontaneously reboot when a
>> >2000i command or a windows (2000 PRO) command is called. may have to take
>> >it to the shop for an oper. sys. reinstall also... when does it end?!
>> >
>> >preston morrow
>> >
>> >----- Original Message -----
>> >From: "John Blucar" <blucar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> >Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 11:20 AM
>> >Subject: Beware of Norton Updates . . .
>> >
>> >
>> > I'm using Norton systemworks 2002. Just performed a liveupdate last week
>> >that updated the software on both my boxes (not just the virus def's).
>> >
>> > Now on my DSL box the LinkSys router will no longer function --- had to go
>> >back to direct connection.
>> >
>> > On my TS2000i box whenever I connect to the internet , but then try to
>> >close it down the Windows 2000 connection to internet hangs ---- TS2000i
>> >charting corrupts half of my charts, and today data from GS was corrupted.
>> >
>> > I suspect it's that nasty little bugger called Live Update.
>> >
>> > Beware.
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