"Antivirus" software gone bad! (Symantec)

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Re: "Antivirus" software gone bad! (Symantec)

Gwen Morse wrote:

> I bought a new asus motherboard that was bundled with a number of
> applications. One was listed as "Anti-virus" software. When I went to
> install it, it said it was going to install Norton Internet Security
> and I would have a 90-day trial period.
>
> It seemed resasonable enough at the time. I accepted it, and it
> installed. However, it keeps blocking apps I want to allow onto the
> internet. I can't find any way to allow individual apps accessl. Even
> more pernicious, it refuses to allow me to remove it.
>
> It insists that I provide the password to the "Supervisor" login. I
> don't _have_ a Supervisor login. My normal login with full
> administrative access is rejected as "not having correct permissions".
>
> I'm not really a Windows user, I mostly use linux. Windows is just to
> run games that don't run under cedega. So, I don't know all the
> intricacies of XP. Where is my "Supervisor" login hidden and how do I
> set/reset the password, so that I can get this effing software off my
> computer?
>
> Gwen
> --
> Gwen Morse mailto:goldmooneachna@yahoo.com
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> "Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then
> suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night,
> the ice weasels come." -- Matt Groening
>
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default password is symantec.. if that doesnt work you might need to
call an exorcist.

Flamer
Linux Debian User.

Re: "Antivirus" software gone bad! (Symantec)

On Mon, 04 Sep 2006 20:14:28 -0400, Gwen Morse
wrote:

>I bought a new asus motherboard that was bundled with a number of
>applications. One was listed as "Anti-virus" software. When I went to
>install it, it said it was going to install Norton Internet Security
>and I would have a 90-day trial period.
>
>It seemed resasonable enough at the time. I accepted it, and it
>installed. However, it keeps blocking apps I want to allow onto the
>internet. I can't find any way to allow individual apps accessl. Even
>more pernicious, it refuses to allow me to remove it.
>
>It insists that I provide the password to the "Supervisor" login. I
>don't _have_ a Supervisor login. My normal login with full
>administrative access is rejected as "not having correct permissions".
>
>I'm not really a Windows user, I mostly use linux. Windows is just to
>run games that don't run under cedega. So, I don't know all the
>intricacies of XP. Where is my "Supervisor" login hidden and how do I
>set/reset the password, so that I can get this effing software off my
>computer?
>
>Gwen
>--
>Gwen Morse mailto:goldmooneachna@yahoo.com
>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> "Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then
>suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night,
>the ice weasels come." -- Matt Groening

try this:



73,
rich, n9dko