Norton Antivirus kills another recording !

Posted by Bambi B (A) on May 14, 2008 at 10:43:42

PHOTO: My low budget 5'X 8' recording studio, an alcove in the living room. Not visible is the Kawai KG-5C (6'8") and Oktava MC012 microphones. The monitoring amplifier is a 1971 Marantz 2235 receiver, headphones are Sennheiser HD280, power conditioner is a 6.5A Oneac isolation transformer. NEC 3V monitor is from 1993!

Mates,

I have a Dell Pentium 750 running Windows 98 with an M-Audio 2496 Audiophile sound card and 40 and 80GB HDs I use for recording. Sources are either a Yamaha S90 syntheiser or Oktava MC012 mics > Peavey VMP2 tube mic pre> M-Audio 2496. Software is Cakewalk Home Studio 2 XL.

The results with this setup have been quite good- the M-Audio card is amazing for $100, but try as I might, the residual Norton Antivirus on this computer has killed another recording. It insists on intrusive random messages to renew the subscription and starts virus scans in the middle of work. It once stopped a recording, announcing, "an attempt has been made to access your computer" -except this computer has not been connected to the Internet for three years. I can't seem to remove the Norton and turning it off is limited to 15 days- it insists on resurrecting itself to destroy my recordings.

I don't want to start over with the HD- it would take two days- but what can I do to safely remove Norton?

And, what is the best alternative to Norton?

Also, my Dell 2.4 Ghz uses Norton- and as I'm fed up with what seems to be serious resources hogging, what are you happy with for virus protection? I used Mcafee a long while and never had the fuss of intrusiveness I experience with Norton.

TA!

Cheers,

Bambi B

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Topic - Norton Antivirus kills another recording ! - Bambi B 10:43:42 05/14/08 (27)

RE: Norton Antivirus kills another recording ! - Jagdeep 18:31:36 05/17/08 (0)

Advice buyers of new computers - Feanor 07:26:47 05/15/08 (1)

I second these suggestions (nt) - K-Bob 09:56:23 08/08/08 (0)

Optimizing a dedicated audio workstation - Paul_A 20:41:56 05/14/08 (1)

I dream of the simple life - Bambi B 07:37:49 05/15/08 (0)

Are you sure it's Norton and not one of the others? - Godzilla. 20:02:20 05/14/08 (0)

If Norton kills another recording just kill IT. - Topper 19:43:14 05/14/08 (0)

Avast Antivirus - Jonathan 19:30:39 05/14/08 (1)

Yeah, that's what I use (after getting fed up with Norton and McAfee) [NT] - David Spear 19:59:56 05/14/08 (0)

I Second Kaspersky - WW85 18:17:25 05/14/08 (0)

RE: Norton Antivirus kills another recording ! - Mag 17:49:57 05/14/08 (0)

I don't know if this will exactly fit your needs... - PAR 14:41:46 05/14/08 (0)

RE: Norton Antivirus kills another recording ! - Caucasian Blackplate 13:10:44 05/14/08 (0)

RE: Norton Antivirus kills another recording ! - Bob Brines 12:06:54 05/14/08 (0)

If not 'Net connected, why have an A-V program? - cdb 11:55:18 05/14/08 (3)

My slight complications,.. - Bambi B 07:16:52 05/15/08 (0)

A very good point... - AbeCollins 06:36:24 05/15/08 (0)

I agree - 6eye 18:36:01 05/14/08 (0)

RE: Norton Antivirus kills another recording ! - RGA 11:45:23 05/14/08 (2)

RE: Norton Antivirus kills another recording ! - Bigromano 17:42:09 05/14/08 (0)

RE: Norton Antivirus kills another recording ! - double28 12:03:51 05/14/08 (0)

Norton is a wonderful product - Bruce Kendall 11:27:43 05/14/08 (2)

RE: Norton is a wonderful product - Awe-d-o-file 13:41:49 05/14/08 (0)

Zone Alarm - DustyC 12:32:11 05/14/08 (0)

Run the Norton Removal Tool - AbeCollins 11:15:58 05/14/08 (2)

RE: this - LousyTourist 04:25:05 05/15/08 (1)

Another vote for Avast - Record Squid 23:43:37 03/28/10 (0)

Norton Antivirus kills another recording !

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