"Far Canal" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:MPG.1fc8bc81e839492b989e7f@news.readfreenews. net...
> Dannie wrote
>
>> New PC and d/ld Spybot and ran it. Got couple of cookies which I
>> let delete
>> BUT also got 4 messages ie "Microsoft Windows Security Center. Anti
>> Virus
>> Disable Notify", "Microsoft Windows Security Center. Firewall
>> Disable
>> Notify", "Microsoft Windows Security Center_disabled", and Wild
>> Tangent.
>>
>> I didn't do anything about them since I wasn't sure about the Wild
>> Tangent
>> and the Microsoft ones I attributed to my Norton Internet Security
>> which
>> came with PC.
>>
>> Does anyone have any ideas as to these mesages etc?

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> Norton has turned off the M$ security centre & firewall. As you
> know
> Norton did it, you can ignore the warnings. Otherwise it's a wakeup
> call to let users know they have been turned off, possibly by
> malware.
>
> Not that it's easy to tell the difference between Norton and
> malware.


I agree with you about Norton. To me it's pretty much a pain in the
butt and a resource hog at that. Why does that sound familiar?

cmsix

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