124036 Posted January 4, 2017 Report Share Posted January 4, 2017 cant even download new client, gives norton anti-virus a heart attack. windows 10 client just stopped working yesterday 01/03/2017 "DHT: Waiting to log on" was going to re-install after a complete un-install, PUA.OpenCandy virus detected, naturally norton deletes everything. what now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted January 5, 2017 Report Share Posted January 5, 2017 Norton is more of a virus than opencandy surprisingly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
preston22 Posted January 6, 2017 Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 Any luck figuring this out. Having the same problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted January 6, 2017 Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.ca/2016/06/how-to-compromise-enterprise-endpoint.html Given that norton fell 7 years behind on updates to components of their own software, can you really trust it to protect you anymore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
124036 Posted January 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 what the heck is wrong with you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted January 6, 2017 Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 There's nothing wrong in not trusting an application such as norton who has proof that it's insecure and known for false positives as well as false negatives in regards to is primary function (reference: sony audio cd rootkit, it wasn't until public backlash AND exploits of the rootkit included on sony audio cds that they actually started detecting and blocking it) The opencandy option in the installer is just that. An option. The fact that norton doesn't give you the choice to even get that far makes me strongly question its motives and implementation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opula Posted January 25, 2017 Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 Hi there, I'm trying to install it too and Norton is killing it everytime. My question is, if I paid for a an ad-free download, why am I getting this OpenCandy option in the install, in the first place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted January 27, 2017 Report Share Posted January 27, 2017 Because it's included in all installers. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/01/antivirus-is-bad/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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