Guest DorisDay Posted June 14, 2008 Posted June 14, 2008 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 Posted June 14, 2008 Posted June 14, 2008 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 Posted June 14, 2008 Posted June 14, 2008 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 Posted June 14, 2008 Posted June 14, 2008 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] Posted June 14, 2008 Posted June 14, 2008 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.
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