My Norton Antivirus says urgent attention how do I fix this ?

Question

I opened up my norton antivirus protection and it says the system status is in urgent attention what are some ways i could fix them
please name several if possible thanks

It says system status Urgent attention
and it says
Auto Protect on
email scanning on
script blocking on
then it says when my full system scan was which was on 2/18/07
virus definitions 1/24/07
then renewal update not installed with a red X next to it
and
Automatic live update off

Answer 1

the below update
are free
are great
and require no subscription fee

get the following, all are free for a safe surfing experience,
install in SAFE mode with networking ( hit F-8 at boot time ), run them all in SAFE mode
with networking as you'll need it for the updates all the programs below will need.
Turn off RESTORE and the RECYLE BIN temporarily as virii can regenerate / reinfect even if you delete
them with both services on. After all the scanning and cleaning after a 2nd reboot and one last
scan do you turn both of them back on.

ANTI VIRAL

AVG (free) http://free.grisoft.com/


FIREWALL

ZoneAlarm http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp

WEB BROWSER - http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox

EMAIL use thunderbird. It has a good built in spam filter and learns when you teach it. http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird

SPYWARE

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html


and if you have a wireless router follow these tips,


1. Use WPA encryption (WPA-PSK) it's less crackable then WEP.

2. Make a passphrase that is upper & lower case and has some numbers thrown in there as well, again harder to crack.
some like mAkE1t5eCurE0rel53 and as long as possible.

3. Use MAC access control so only you or authorized PC's can connect (even if you do have encryption turned on)

4. Turn off DHCP use static addresses.

5. Turn off SSID (and change it) unless your card really needs it (some do)

6. Change username/password of access unit front end

7. Ensure you have the usual firewall enabled on your PC.

8. Paranoia rules, turn WLAN off if your not using it :)


one last tip
control panel---administrator tools--services--messenger

right clik on it
stop the service
then disable it
save changes

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Personally I would recommend uninstalling then deleting anything to do with Norton and install an AV product that works and doesn't hog all your resources!. for example I use AVG http://free.grisoft.com
Part of the install process is to check your system.

Answer 4

it ought to probably be that someone tried to hack into your pc of that it referred to a pandemic. i'd click on the Norton and it is going to type of help your through it. i'd also run an finished test on your pc and make certain each and everything else is effective-- solid success!

Answer 5

First of all, what is the attention directed at? subscription renewal, virus protector, firewall, spyware, spam filter, there are too many componenets to be sure.

Answer 6

The program not only tells you that there is a problem, it will tell you what the problem is and how to fix it. Look again.