Worm protection switched off?

[Guest DorisDay]

Hi all, not sure if I'm posting this in the right place, but....

 

Every time I switch on my laptop a balloon message pops up from a warning

icon in the bottom right corner of desk top saying something like 'Worm

protection is turned off, your computer may be at risk, click here to switch

on'. On clicking the balloon to rectify a windows security box comes up.

there are only 3 options given as follows:-

1. Firewall

2. Automatic Updates

3. Virus Protection

 

All are already switched on. I can't figure out a way to turn 'worm

potection' on from here as everything possible is already switched on.

 

I have Windows XP and use Avast! residential security programme.

 

Can anyone help, I'm getting quite worried.

 

 

 

Regards,

 

DorisDay.

[Guest Ron Badour]

Re: Worm protection switched off?

 

The majority of the references to "worm protection" that I found pertain to

a Norton program. Do you or did you have Norton AV?

 

--

Regards

 

Ron Badour

MS MVP 1997 - 2008

 

 

"DorisDay" <DorisDay@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:580D6289-BA54-4E26-899A-DFF14383D01F@microsoft.com...

> Hi all, not sure if I'm posting this in the right place, but....

>

> Every time I switch on my laptop a balloon message pops up from a warning

> icon in the bottom right corner of desk top saying something like 'Worm

> protection is turned off, your computer may be at risk, click here to

> switch

> on'. On clicking the balloon to rectify a windows security box comes up.

> there are only 3 options given as follows:-

> 1. Firewall

> 2. Automatic Updates

> 3. Virus Protection

>

> All are already switched on. I can't figure out a way to turn 'worm

> potection' on from here as everything possible is already switched on.

>

> I have Windows XP and use Avast! residential security programme.

>

> Can anyone help, I'm getting quite worried.

>

>

>

> Regards,

>

> DorisDay.

>

>

[Guest DorisDay]

Re: Worm protection switched off?

 

 

I did have it, but I'm sure I uninstalled it long before I started using

Avast.

 

I was using AVG in-between but it was only free temporarily so switched to

Avast. The 'worm protection' warning has only just started coming up in the

last week or so though, not since I first installed Avast. (?)

 

 

 

"Ron Badour" wrote:

> The majority of the references to "worm protection" that I found pertain to

> a Norton program. Do you or did you have Norton AV?

>

> --

> Regards

>

> Ron Badour

> MS MVP 1997 - 2008

>

>

> "DorisDay" <DorisDay@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:580D6289-BA54-4E26-899A-DFF14383D01F@microsoft.com...

> > Hi all, not sure if I'm posting this in the right place, but....

> >

> > Every time I switch on my laptop a balloon message pops up from a warning

> > icon in the bottom right corner of desk top saying something like 'Worm

> > protection is turned off, your computer may be at risk, click here to

> > switch

> > on'. On clicking the balloon to rectify a windows security box comes up.

> > there are only 3 options given as follows:-

> > 1. Firewall

> > 2. Automatic Updates

> > 3. Virus Protection

> >

> > All are already switched on. I can't figure out a way to turn 'worm

> > potection' on from here as everything possible is already switched on.

> >

> > I have Windows XP and use Avast! residential security programme.

> >

> > Can anyone help, I'm getting quite worried.

> >

> >

> >

> > Regards,

> >

> > DorisDay.

> >

> >

>

>

>

[Guest Ron Badour]

Re: Worm protection switched off?

 

Norton is infamous for being a hard to remove software. Go to the start

menu, run and type: msconfig and hit OK. On the resulting screen, look

at the startup tab to see what programs are being started at boot. If you

don't understand an entry, Google it. Look for anything related to Norton

and disable it by removing the check mark in front of its name.

 

--

Regards

 

Ron Badour

MS MVP 1997 - 2008

 

 

"DorisDay" <DorisDay@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:4C730372-D1BD-4D32-A1CF-314ED5F06AFC@microsoft.com...

>

> I did have it, but I'm sure I uninstalled it long before I started using

> Avast.

>

> I was using AVG in-between but it was only free temporarily so switched to

> Avast. The 'worm protection' warning has only just started coming up in

> the

> last week or so though, not since I first installed Avast. (?)

>

>

>

> "Ron Badour" wrote:

>

>> The majority of the references to "worm protection" that I found pertain

>> to

>> a Norton program. Do you or did you have Norton AV?

>>

>> --

>> Regards

>>

>> Ron Badour

>> MS MVP 1997 - 2008

>>

>>

>> "DorisDay" <DorisDay@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:580D6289-BA54-4E26-899A-DFF14383D01F@microsoft.com...

>> > Hi all, not sure if I'm posting this in the right place, but....

>> >

>> > Every time I switch on my laptop a balloon message pops up from a

>> > warning

>> > icon in the bottom right corner of desk top saying something like 'Worm

>> > protection is turned off, your computer may be at risk, click here to

>> > switch

>> > on'. On clicking the balloon to rectify a windows security box comes

>> > up.

>> > there are only 3 options given as follows:-

>> > 1. Firewall

>> > 2. Automatic Updates

>> > 3. Virus Protection

>> >

>> > All are already switched on. I can't figure out a way to turn 'worm

>> > potection' on from here as everything possible is already switched on.

>> >

>> > I have Windows XP and use Avast! residential security programme.

>> >

>> > Can anyone help, I'm getting quite worried.

>> >

>> >

>> >

>> > Regards,

>> >

>> > DorisDay.

>> >

>> >

>>

>>

>>

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Re: Worm protection switched off?

 

Download/run this removal tool:

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039

--

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002

AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net

DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

 

DorisDay wrote:

> I did have it, but I'm sure I uninstalled it long before I started using

> Avast.

>

> I was using AVG in-between but it was only free temporarily so switched to

> Avast. The 'worm protection' warning has only just started coming up in

> the

> last week or so though, not since I first installed Avast. (?)

>

>

>

> "Ron Badour" wrote:

>

>> The majority of the references to "worm protection" that I found pertain

>> to

>> a Norton program. Do you or did you have Norton AV?

>>

>> --

>> Regards

>>

>> Ron Badour

>> MS MVP 1997 - 2008

>>

>>

>> "DorisDay" <DorisDay@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:580D6289-BA54-4E26-899A-DFF14383D01F@microsoft.com...

>>> Hi all, not sure if I'm posting this in the right place, but....

>>>

>>> Every time I switch on my laptop a balloon message pops up from a

>>> warning

>>> icon in the bottom right corner of desk top saying something like 'Worm

>>> protection is turned off, your computer may be at risk, click here to

>>> switch

>>> on'. On clicking the balloon to rectify a windows security box comes up.

>>> there are only 3 options given as follows:-

>>> 1. Firewall

>>> 2. Automatic Updates

>>> 3. Virus Protection

>>>

>>> All are already switched on. I can't figure out a way to turn 'worm

>>> potection' on from here as everything possible is already switched on.

>>>

>>> I have Windows XP and use Avast! residential security programme.

>>>

>>> Can anyone help, I'm getting quite worried.

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> Regards,

>>>

>>> DorisDay.