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Oh, man. I use Linux for my day job but keep a Windows 7 install should the need arise. An old friend sent me a link to try out a video game he and a buddy made
by naner 15y ago
Oh, man. I use Linux for my day job but keep a Windows 7 install should the need arise. An old friend sent me a link to try out a video game he and a buddy made in college. I downloaded the program, Norton deletes it immediately. It didn't recognize the application signature. (Actually, it recognized it but it wasn't popular enough -- about 100 people had apparently downloaded this game that also used Norton.) After dicking around with Norton for about 30 minutes (nearly drowning in a sea of check boxes and vaguely titled program options), and reaching the boundaries of my Google-fu I just gave up and removed Norton.
Problem solved.
I'm glad I'm not a startup or small company trying to ship Windows executables.
- danudey 15y agoMy first call when doing tech support at a local ISP was someone who couldn't get online. It said he was connected, his network device was working fine, he was on the WiFi and it said he had great signal, but nothing worked. I walked him through getting to Add/Remove Programs and asked him if he saw Norton Internet Security. Told him to uninstall it. Everything works. He asked if that made his computer less secure. I said 'Technically yes, but only because you can actually use the internet now.' I worked at that ISP for a week, had the same problem come up three times. My mother had the same issue, and I've had two other friends who had it. Thankfully, I knew how to deal with it because it had happened to me when I bought a Dell laptop years ago.