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MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts) Thu Nov 15, 2012, 10:08 AM Nov 2012

Malwarebytes Beats Norton 360 [View all]

We installed Norton 360 2012 in three home computers. I had to uninstall from one because it kept crashing and requiring a reboot for protection.

The really interesting thing is that my son's laptop, with Norton 360, has been running very slowly lately. I was about to buy a new hard drive and re-install Windows 7, but as a last-ditch effort I ran Malwarebytes just in case it caught malware that Norton missed. Malwarebytes found and removed a bunch of stuff, including several Trojans. I'm really surprised that Norton 360 had not gotten these.

The computer's running like a champ now.

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Malwarebytes Beats Norton 360 [View all] MannyGoldstein Nov 2012 OP

Rerun malwarebytes in safe mode and you may find more Coyotl Nov 2012 #1

Norton works as well as a screen door on a submarine. hobbit709 Nov 2012 #2

I recommend Malwarebytes aristocles Nov 2012 #3

Thanks for the recommendation. :) discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2012 #4

No single AV system catches everything. ManiacJoe Nov 2012 #5

Norton does has a deep-cleaning download krispos42 Nov 2012 #6