Antivirus troubles

xxxballer2352 · Post by **xxxballer2352** » 13 Jul 2007, 10:47

well i use norton antivirus and every thing that i download having to do with hacking is always automatically deleted or quarantined so i have no use for it... What is the problem?...This will sound very noobish but i have no clue what I'm doing

Post by **ayu** » 13 Jul 2007, 10:54

Well if norton sees it as malicious, virus, tool or whatever, it deletes it since it may harm your computer. To make it stop you can turn of the anti virus, although i don't know if you can do that with the newer versions. I sugest that you use Kaspersky, since you can provide a password for it and easily turn it of, and prevent malicious programs from turning it of when infecting =]

xxxballer2352 · Post by **xxxballer2352** » 13 Jul 2007, 10:56

cool thanks man

Post by **bad_brain** » 13 Jul 2007, 13:18

um, the last version I used was 2005....you can exclude some apps from a scan (like nmap), disabling the option to scan for "hacking tools" in the scan settings didn't worked for me....so you will have to exclude every single one by hand. but some files can't even be excluded, they are deleted without giving you a chance.

I really recommend to get rid of Norton and switch to Kaspersky....my box is A LOT faster than before, you can exclude ANY file you want from being deleted and the firewall is really sweet.....usually I am a friend of "free" software, but for Kaspersky I even payed the 30 Euro because it's worth it.

xxxballer2352 · Post by **xxxballer2352** » 13 Jul 2007, 13:51

i know your in germany but do you know any popular retail stores that would have it?

Post by **bad_brain** » 13 Jul 2007, 14:14

I got mine from amazon...but any bigger electronics market should have it too....

Lyecdevf · Post by **Lyecdevf** » 13 Jul 2007, 14:49

Do not use any AV. I know some people who do not have it and say they never have any problems.

Post by **ayu** » 13 Jul 2007, 14:55

Lyecdevf wrote:Do not use any AV. I know some people who do not have it and say they never have any problems.

If you even once got a killer trojan you would regret that ^^ i stoped using AV for a while, but got a trojan that was totaly killer. Started to use kaspersky after b_b told me that it was great ^^

xxxballer2352 · Post by **xxxballer2352** » 13 Jul 2007, 15:28

I am not taking that chance with this computer lol.. Even if I do get a virus I don't have the smarts to overcome it and I would definitely regret that

Lyecdevf · Post by **Lyecdevf** » 13 Jul 2007, 15:35

Well if you leave the virus alone it should not be a problem. I know some really experienced hackers who use only a good firewall and no AV.

Post by **alien100** » 14 Jul 2007, 03:45

get something that doesent use so much resources try avg