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Originally Posted by gr8fl4porsche
Turn off Norton.
Boot into safe mode with networking if you use a router or just safe mode.
Download and install AVG anti-virus - its free.
Make sure it is up to date.
Run a virus scan. Norton may work but Norton may also be the cause of your problems. I have never had much luck with the big bulky anti virus programs.
Update and run the adaware program.
Download, update and run Spybot search and destroy.
Eliminate everything they find.
Reboot and see if there is any improvement. Lots of spyware and virus' cannot be deleted while they are running - hence the safe mode function.
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+1. I fought the "I have a virus" battle for a few months and kept seeing "get rid of Norton" advice. Thinking on it I realized the problems started when Norton updated it's version.
Got rid of Norton for the free AVG and I haven't had any problems since!