I use Norton Internet Security and I decided to check the scan reports one day and found that my scheduled scans weren’t running.   It seems the Windows’ scheduling program interferes on occasion with Norton’s scheduling and for a week Norton was running only the built-in Quick Scan.  Yikes!  

I immediately ran a full system scan and then started researching why this would happen.   Norton, of course, blames Microsoft for the problem but whoever is at fault, the fix is to open the Windows Control Panel and then Scheduled Tasks and then delete the scheduled scan.   Then open Norton and reschedule the scan.  

Since I learned of this issue, it’s happened on my husband’s computer twice.  It hasn’t happened to me again so who knows what triggers the situation. 

Computers.  Gotta hate ‘em.  

Stay safe!

I use Norton Internet Security and it has a “Norton Safe Search” feature that I can use and it will put a little green icon by sites that Norton found safe when it visited them.  

But if it’s too late or you’re curious about this “virus/trojan/rogue program”, then visit this blog by a Symantec employee  for more information and instructions on removing the fake program.