laptop problems

[nobblebonce]

im not too clued up on stuff like this so please excuse me if im slow.

when trying to access certain sites my laptop wont load them, or it redirects to a third party site. Is my laptop / internet fucked, starting to poss me off now

any help would be appreciated

 

[Adam.]

spyware

 

[nobblebonce]

anyway of getting rid of it, i have norton security on my laptop

 

[Lal B3N]

Download Malware bytes and Microsofts own security essentials. They should take care of it.
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Also ditch Norton.

 

[jam.]

Shout at it, shaking your fists.


or install and run Spybot - Search & Destroy (I think - haven't needed to for years, somebody else may suggest something better) and your problem "should" be sorted...

 

[Gray]

Download Malware bytes and Microsofts own security essentials. They should take care of it.
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Also ditch Norton.

This.

 

[Thrill]

Norton has been consistently good the past couple of years. Plus, it's quite light nowadays

 

[Carlv8415]

Norton is s**t, end of no questions asked! Why pay £40 a year when you can get something better for £15. I have used Kaspersky for years and never had a problem. When fixing people's computers i always install Microsoft security essentials as it is a good product, covers the basics whilst not being to intrusive.

Have you tried using a different web browser i.e Chrome, Firefox, Safari? (I am assuming your using IE as that is always a big contributor to web problems) If it works fine in other browsers then i would suggest changing from your current. If not then i would say you have more malicious problems at work. In dealing with it i would be running a virus scan or failing that try installing Microsoft security essentials.

 

[Thrill]

Norton is not s**t, anymore.

 

[Carlv8415]

Norton is not s**t, anymore.

You cant clean a turd but you can polish it

 

[497adam]

You can roll it in glitter

 

[Carlv8415]

You can roll it in glitter

My point exactly. Once s**t, always s**t.

 

[Sargara]

Norton is not s**t, anymore.

If Norton is so amazing how come its allowed the OP to get into the state he's in? There are free products out there that perform better therefore its s**t sorry

 

[Lal B3N]

Norton is not s**t, anymore.

It maybe isn't completely shite anymore but theres still far better ones out there.

 

[Carlv8415]

If Norton is so amazing how come its allowed the OP to get into the state he's in? There are free products out there that perform better therefore its s**t sorry

But from what we know we can definitively see that norton is at fault here. But yes it is s**t

 

[nobblebonce]

I downloaded mse, seems to have done the trick

​Cheers for the advice.

 

[Carlv8415]

I downloaded mse, seems to have done the trick

​Cheers for the advice.

No problem, any time.

 

[ThomasBrentnall]

Avast is good as well. Free and the #1 rated anti-virus program on cnet.