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locale.exe and tzset.exe trojans in Cygwin

I was updating wget this morning and Symantec notified me of trojans detected in locale.exe and tzset.exe Does this mean my cygwin installation is infected?
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How did Symantec get a certificate on my laptop?

I just bought a Dell Inspiron 5559 and I immediately proceeded to switch the hard drive for a fast SSD and install Windows 10 Pro from an ISO downloaded from Microsoft. Since almost everything is working just fine as Windows Updates seemed to…
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Possible to Load/Unload DiskDrive Filter Driver On-The-Fly Without Restarting?

As the title implies, I want to know if I can load or unload a diskdrive filter driver without restarting the machine and have the change take effect immediately. I'm doing this in a WinPE environment and need to remain in WinPE. Historical I've…
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Can't access HTTPS resources with Ubuntu client and VirtualBox Windows host

I have VirtualBox 4.3.12 on Windows 8.1 running Ubuntu Trusty 32bit client. When I try to access HTTPS resources from the client, I see errors like: Cannot fetch index base URL https://pypi.python.org/simple/ As far as I know, there is no proxy…
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Norton Antivirus Contstant Reboot Requests

Running Norton AntiVirus v16.7.2.11 on MS Windows XP SP3 (all updates). On log in, Norton continually displays the following message: ________________________________________________________________ | Norton Antivirus …
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Symantec Endpoint Protection (smc.exe) Performance Problems

I am having problems on my Laptop with Symantec, its a very strange problem - Interface lags, and mouse is jerky at almost random time intervals. I did a bit of digging and it seems that no matter what program I'm currently working in - Firefox,…
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Backup Exec - 'Please Insert Overwriteable Media'

Now this may sound like a simple problem but I have been wrestling it for the last few weeks now. Other than our main problem here, which is 'still using tape backups in 2015', I've been struggling to get Backup Exec to work correctly and overwrite…
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Removing Symantec Antivirus from a Mac?

I installed Symantec Antivirus on my Mac (mid-2009 MacBook Pro) running Snow Leopard (10.6.2) via a work-provided software gizmo - along with some other software. I've had nothing but trouble since the installers ran into some problem while…
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Can't enable Symantac Anti-Virus Auto-Protect

I am having trouble enabling the Symantec Anti-Virus auto-protect feature. For some reason, after right clicking and choosing Enable Auto-Protect, the option is not turned on. Where should I look to enable the feature?
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Are all of these antivirus programs really needed?

My English classroom has a lot of computers, all of which are very slow due to not being maintained and old, outdated software... or even software that is redundant. One of the computers has three antivirus programs, Adware (freeware), Symantec…
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Removing leftovers from Symantec uninstallation

I have uninstalled Symantec a long time ago, but there are still some leftovers remaining. Every time I start my computer, some dialogs will pop up and it's annoying. There is no uninstallation entry in the Add/Remove program panel, so I cannot…
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Anti-virus for windows 7 home premium

I have a new laptop with Win 7 Home Premium. this machine came with already installed "MS Security Essentials" anti virus. I've installed on the laptop another protection "Symantec Endpoint Protection". I guess i don't need to have them both, so can…
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Symantec Corporate Antivirus 7.5 - 4.5 gigs of files?

I've got Symantec Antivirus 7.5 Corporate Edition forced on me at work. I notice that it has 4.5 gigs of files here: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Symantec\Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition\7.5 The files are…
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Cannot Access My Computer Over LAN

I cannot even ping my computer from another device inside LAN. I've tried the followings: Turned on Network Discovery, File&Printer Sharing, Folder Sharing from Network and Sharing Center Created an allow_all rule in symantec ntp for both…
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MDT 2012 : Install Symantec EP 12.1 with Sylink

I want to deploy Symantec EP 12.1 with MDT 2012, but i have some query as We have two different sylink for Desktop and Laptop users, now whenever I deploy Symantec I can update only 1 sylink which is in installation folder. So is there anything,…
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