bitflipper Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 I ran Norton Power Eraser today, just because I'd never used it before and wanted to check it out. This tool may be useful, but in my test the results were laughable. The first two are programs I wrote myself. The next two are Microsoft products. Conduct.exe is the Continuata installer, used by several sample library vendors. The last is iZotope RX8. I can see the logic behind Continuata, as it is an installer. But NPE did not identify any of my other installers (e.g. 8Dio, Arturia, AudioModeling , iZotope, Native Access, Toontrack). I guess this is a good result, since it suggests I don't have any real malware issues. But I can imagine users blindly removing software without closely examining what it is that they're actually quarantining. In the past I've had virus scanners identify audio plugins as potential malware. On at least one occasion, even wave files were so flagged. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigb Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 (edited) Being a (now) single male, I can understand the Adult Novelties, plus we all know that Microsoft is itself a virus, so everything looks accurate until it gets to the bottom two! 🤣 I stopped using Norton a LONG time ago when it became bloatware. I've used ESET for over two decades and it's been awesome! TBF, Defender does a commendable job as a firewall. When I was still doing IT consulting/helpdesk stuff we would recommend it for users. Note: While ESET replaced Norton's AV, I replaced Norton Utilities with Glary Utilities and have been very happy with it (also for decades!). Edited February 10, 2023 by craigb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitflipper Posted February 10, 2023 Author Share Posted February 10, 2023 I totally forgot that my default project template has Ajax Adult Novelties as the vendor name, with the primary author listed as "Buck Futz". 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigb Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 1 hour ago, bitflipper said: I totally forgot that my default project template has Ajax Adult Novelties as the vendor name, with the primary author listed as "Buck Futz". Love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBH Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 Freq-kin hilarious. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcL Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 On 2/10/2023 at 6:22 PM, craigb said: ... that Microsoft is itself a virus, ... Great detection! Now I know why I lost so many hours of my senseless life recovering issues caused by Microsoft! Frankly, the sole data losses that I experienced in all my decades as Win-user (that was/is more a Lost than a Win) were caused by Windows and never by a virus! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notes_Norton Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 That company is ruining my last name and my reputation. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigb Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 1 hour ago, Notes_Norton said: That company is ruining my last name and my reputation. Um, hate to be the one to break it to you Bob, but you do post here... 🤔😮 😜 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notes_Norton Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 (edited) Are you sure I ain't AI? ChatBOB Edited February 16, 2023 by Notes_Norton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigb Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 I'm actually writing apps that interact with AI (we had a demo meeting last night). My motto is "Combating RS with AI!" 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notes_Norton Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 I'm waiting for "Combining BS with AI!" -- oops! That's already here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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