February 13, 20206 yr I use Kaspersky and Malwarebyte (the free one). I never had any problems with either one of them.
February 17, 20206 yr Norton AV is a virus on its own - good luck getting rid of it. I'm surprised anyone puts it on their computer? http://www.ruscool.co.nz P3D 4.5:), X-Plane 11.55:(, MSFS 2020:), MJC Q400, Saab 340A, CRJ550, B1900, X-Crafts ERJ/EMB; Win 10x64, 32GB Ram, Samsung drives, RTX 3070 GPU, 5.3 Ghz Intel 1200. Turboprops and RJ's only.
February 17, 20206 yr Author 1 hour ago, B1900 said: Norton AV is a virus on its own - good luck getting rid of it. I'm surprised anyone puts it on their computer? Old habits die hard. For years it was a very good one. But I agree. 5800X3D, 4090FE, 64GB DDR4 3600C16, Gigabyte X570S MB, EVO 970 M.2's, Alienware 3821DW and 2 22" monitors, Corsair RM1000x PSU, 360MM MSI MEG, MFG Crosswind, T16000M Stick, Boeing TCA Yoke/Throttle, Skalarki MCDU and FCU, Logitech Radio Panel/Switch Panel, Spad.Next
February 18, 20206 yr Exactly - ironic that nowadays, anti-virus programs now exhibit the very behavior they try to "protect" you from. I used Norton Antivirus for many years, and the issues just kept building up. When Apple iOS started getting major market share, Microsoft finally realized they needed to do something serious or they'd be out of the OS market within a matter of years. That is when I saw Windows Defender get a lot better. Thanks, Mark Trainer Mark Trainer
February 18, 20206 yr I'm using ESET Nod32 because I'm used to it. I'm not sure if it's any better than Windows Defender but it did catch a few viruses over the years so it does work. Tomaz Drnovsek My FSX Videos My AVSIM Gallery
February 18, 20206 yr In my experience, Norton Antivirus has always been a PITA. Christopher Low AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU / 64GB DDR5-6000 RAM / 12GB Nvidia RTX 4070 Super GPU / Gigabyte X870E Aorus Elite Wifi 7 / 1+2TB Samsung Evo Plus M2 Nvme UK2000 Beta Tester
February 18, 20206 yr Used Norton's for years now on Norton`s 360 never disable for downloads no problem if it flags something I check and override, just like any software you install you control it otherwise you will get problems. Raymond Fry.
February 18, 20206 yr 46 minutes ago, rjfry said: Used Norton's for years now on Norton`s 360 never disable for downloads no problem if it flags something I check and override, just like any software you install you control it otherwise you will get problems. Exactly. I've used Norton for many years. Now on Norton 360 Premium. I have it installed on 3 PCs and 4 iOS devices. I use exclusions and scheduling. I do disable the auto protect and turn on Silent Mode on my flight sim PC when I fly (very easy to do, I also pause OneDrive and DropBox, the process takes me less than 30 secs). The VPN on Norton is great when I travel. [CPL] : I9-9900K @5.0GHz HT ON, Maximus XI Hero, ASUS TUF RTX4080 OC, 32GB DDR4 3200 14, 1TB NVMe SSD, 500GB SSD, 1TB HDD, 40" Samsung 4K TV, Honeycomb Alpha & Bravo, Logitech Rudder Pedals, WIN11
February 18, 20206 yr 2 hours ago, bbuckley said: Exactly. I've used Norton for many years. Now on Norton 360 Premium. I have it installed on 3 PCs and 4 iOS devices. I use exclusions and scheduling. I do disable the auto protect and turn on Silent Mode on my flight sim PC when I fly (very easy to do, I also pause OneDrive and DropBox, the process takes me less than 30 secs). The VPN on Norton is great when I travel. Yes I have 2 desktop PC one for general family use and my FS PC and laptops my iPhone has 360 and the included VPN. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/02/14/500_chrome_extensions_removed/ Edited February 18, 20206 yr by rjfry Raymond Fry.
February 22, 20206 yr Used it once 15 years ago and regretted the minute I installed it. I run naked - everything off and rarely had an issue. There was only 1 instance that was completely my fault doing stuff at 0100. http://www.ruscool.co.nz P3D 4.5:), X-Plane 11.55:(, MSFS 2020:), MJC Q400, Saab 340A, CRJ550, B1900, X-Crafts ERJ/EMB; Win 10x64, 32GB Ram, Samsung drives, RTX 3070 GPU, 5.3 Ghz Intel 1200. Turboprops and RJ's only.
February 23, 20206 yr I have been using Norton for more than 10 years, Norton is not a program or antivirus that you install and forget, you have to know -in my case by experience, searching and help from Norton- how to use it properly, when you do you're well protected, safe and everything is running smoothly, what I like about it, is the continuous maintenance it does to your PC, a small trick, when you download and install a software turn off sonar and virus detection then exclude the folders you installed your software on from sonar and virus detection as well and you're good to go for years without a single problem......... Alaa A. RiadJust love to fly............... W11 64-bit, MSFS2020, Intel Core i7-8700 CPU @ 3.20 Ghz 6 Cores, 2 TR HD, 16.0 GB DDR4 RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 MB GDDR5
February 23, 20206 yr Author Alaaar. Not always that simple. I’ve had certain programs that were installed just the way you do above and then excluded their directories. Only to have norton decide on its own years later it no longer liked the program and it would then decide to kill it. 5800X3D, 4090FE, 64GB DDR4 3600C16, Gigabyte X570S MB, EVO 970 M.2's, Alienware 3821DW and 2 22" monitors, Corsair RM1000x PSU, 360MM MSI MEG, MFG Crosswind, T16000M Stick, Boeing TCA Yoke/Throttle, Skalarki MCDU and FCU, Logitech Radio Panel/Switch Panel, Spad.Next
February 24, 20206 yr Used Norton for 15+ years and never had a problem after excluding Folders/Programs from both scans and sonar detection. I have tried others on a couple of occasions but switched back to Norton. It won't be for everybody but it's OK for me. Asus Maximus Hero XI , i7-8086, 16 Gb RAM, nVidia GTX 1080 ti
February 24, 20206 yr On 2/17/2020 at 4:21 PM, micstatic said: Old habits die hard. For years it was a very good one. But I agree. Hope you stopped also tweaking HIMEM.SYS 😉 System: i9 [email protected] - 32 GB RAM - Aorus 1080ti --- Sim/Addons: P3D v5 + ProSim737
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