Help! Norton screwed up my MBA today

[glen e]

I loaded norton AV a few hours aho...Loads slow and gives me beach ball on start up


I want it gone....

I am Running Time Machine backup on an outboard hard drive if I select restore from the Time Machine it then asks me for my password about the desktop and then says can't copy some files and shuts down

what am I doing wrong?

I just want restore from yesterday as if this never happened

 

[blueroom]

Why on earth would you load Norton AV on OSX. I'd rather have a virus.

Best bet: Reinstall OSX and restore from TM.

 

[glen e]

because it said it was for mountain lion...so sorry and thanks for the help....

 

[oldhifi]

delete it, use ClamXav it free works like a charm..

 

[SanJacinto]

delete it, use ClamXav it free works like a charm..

+1.
ClamXav is all you need. It works really well, has a scanner that works in the background (if you want to) and can also find Windows Viruses.

OS X World is the simple world. No need for Windows behaviour. Use it out of the box and have fun!

 

[glen e]

Never mind....found the answer....

 

[fisherking]

norton still exists? i know more people who've spent time uninstalling norton than installing it LOL.

clamXav, as stated above. norton...shudder...

 

[oldhifi]

norton still exists? i know more people who've spent time uninstalling norton than installing it LOL.

clamXav, as stated above. norton...shudder...

yep Norton will slow your computer down...

 

[Mike MA]

If you also used the Norton firewall, check out Little Snitch instead as ClamXav is AV only. I personally rely on the one provided by OS X though.