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Norton 360 Review
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<blockquote data-quote="BigWrench" data-source="post: 971256" data-attributes="member: 21062"><p>Good reading......</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/7/22869528/norton-crypto-miner-security-software-reaction[/URL]</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/01/norton-360-now-comes-with-a-cryptominer/[/URL]</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/no-easy-way-to-uninstall-norton-crypto/[/URL]</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.techrepublic.com/article/norton-360-wants-to-pay-you-a-pittance-to-mine-ethereum-cryptocurrency/[/URL]</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.ghacks.net/2022/01/05/norton-360-antivirus-installs-a-crypto-miner-on-pcs/[/URL]</p><p></p><p>from the Norton community....</p><p><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)">1) Windows 10 must be with EN/US settings (Locale and Language - English (United States))</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)">2) Norton 360 need a clean install with EN/US settings</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)">3) Run again the EAP_Targetter_All_English.exe file... (<a href="http://liveupdate.symantecliveupdate.com/upgrade/EAP/EAP_Targetter_All_English.exe" target="_blank">http://liveupdate.symantecliveupdate.com/upgrade/EAP/EAP_Targetter_All_E...(link is external)</a>)</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)">4) Go in the Antivirus settings menu (Settings -> Administrative Settings) to apply for EAP</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)">5) Install all updates with Live Update </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)">6) Restart PC/laptop</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)">7) Check again if there are new updates with Live Update / and Restart PC/laptop for the 2nd time.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)">8) You will see the Mining thingy</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)">9) Click Ok to start mining...</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">I assume that one needs to be opted into the Early Adopter Program</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">It never installed NCrypt.exe on either of my desktops running Norton. (Edit, it did after a search. Easily deleted with instructions found at the end of this post)</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">it can be disabled by temporarily shutting off ‘tamper protection’ (which allows users to modify the Norton installation) and deleting NCrypt.exe from your computer, (Norton folder) under engine. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="✌️" title="Victory hand :v:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/270c.png" data-shortname=":v:" /></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BigWrench, post: 971256, member: 21062"] Good reading...... [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/7/22869528/norton-crypto-miner-security-software-reaction[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/01/norton-360-now-comes-with-a-cryptominer/[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/no-easy-way-to-uninstall-norton-crypto/[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.techrepublic.com/article/norton-360-wants-to-pay-you-a-pittance-to-mine-ethereum-cryptocurrency/[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.ghacks.net/2022/01/05/norton-360-antivirus-installs-a-crypto-miner-on-pcs/[/URL] from the Norton community.... [COLOR=rgb(250, 197, 28)]1) Windows 10 must be with EN/US settings (Locale and Language - English (United States)) 2) Norton 360 need a clean install with EN/US settings 3) Run again the EAP_Targetter_All_English.exe file... ([URL='http://liveupdate.symantecliveupdate.com/upgrade/EAP/EAP_Targetter_All_English.exe']http://liveupdate.symantecliveupdate.com/upgrade/EAP/EAP_Targetter_All_E...(link is external)[/URL]) 4) Go in the Antivirus settings menu (Settings -> Administrative Settings) to apply for EAP 5) Install all updates with Live Update 6) Restart PC/laptop 7) Check again if there are new updates with Live Update / and Restart PC/laptop for the 2nd time. 8) You will see the Mining thingy 9) Click Ok to start mining...[/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]I assume that one needs to be opted into the Early Adopter Program[/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)]It never installed NCrypt.exe on either of my desktops running Norton. (Edit, it did after a search. Easily deleted with instructions found at the end of this post) it can be disabled by temporarily shutting off ‘tamper protection’ (which allows users to modify the Norton installation) and deleting NCrypt.exe from your computer, (Norton folder) under engine. ✌️[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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