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I ahve a Sony Vaio which has a propramme called Vaio launcher which starts the TV, email and any other programmes you wish to add to it. However whenever I try to start any of the applications from it, namely the tv i get a Runtime error message.
C:/program files\sony\vaio entertainment\vaio ent.exe
R6025
Pure virtual function call
Can anyone explain what this is and how I can go about fixing it.
Many thanks.
PS it only seems to have happened since I installed Norton Internet security
C:/program files\sony\vaio entertainment\vaio ent.exe
R6025
Pure virtual function call
Can anyone explain what this is and how I can go about fixing it.
Many thanks.
PS it only seems to have happened since I installed Norton Internet security
ballon said:
PS it only seems to have happened since I installed Norton Internet security
*Points finger* I think we have found the problem.
Go to the Sony support site, see if they have an updated version of the program.
Alternatively.
Uninstall the fetid piece of cruft before it gets you in serious trouble (as a Firewall... it blows, as an anti-virus/spyware solution is has my suck than an Olympus engine). Return it for a refund. Use AVG-Free (or nod32, PH is a 50/50 recommend for either of those) and either the Windows XP-SP2 Firewall or Zone Alarm (both free and again 50/50). For spyware use SpyBot Search & Destroy and AdAware.
Yes, that's replacing 1 'suite' with a 3 - 4 seperate programs, however, they more stable, more reliable and are less to prone to causing oddities like you've just encountered.
ThePassenger said:
either the Windows XP-SP2 Firewall or Zone Alarm (both free and again 50/50).
Not sure how that ended up at 50:50. The XP-SP2 firewall is about as much use as a chocolate fireguard (no outbound protection AT ALL), and Zone Alarm is about as good as they get. If you have broadband and a router then you're probably already behind two layers of firewall protecting you from inbound attacks, and the outbound protection is the main reason to have the local firewall. Using a local firewall with no outbound protection isn't *completely* pointless (the inbound protection is better than nothing) but really is missing the main benefit.
GreenV8S said:
ThePassenger said:
either the Windows XP-SP2 Firewall or Zone Alarm (both free and again 50/50).
Not sure how that ended up at 50:50. The XP-SP2 firewall is about as much use as a chocolate fireguard (no outbound protection AT ALL), and Zone Alarm is about as good as they get. If you have broadband and a router then you're probably already behind two layers of firewall protecting you from inbound attacks, and the outbound protection is the main reason to have the local firewall. Using a local firewall with no outbound protection isn't *completely* pointless (the inbound protection is better than nothing) but really is missing the main benefit.
To be honest, I've seen the argument about SP2's Firewall being useless due to ActiveX control of it and no outbound filtering. I've seen ZoneAlarm's TruVector engine go berserk and lock up solid leaving enough of itself behind to stop all out going traffic. To be honest when it comes to home users Router (and thus NAT) + AVG/nod32 + Spybot + XP-SP2 are 'good enough' so long as the user doesn't surf dodgy sites and doesn't open e-mail attachments from people they've never heard of; although the dodgy surfing issue can be alleviated by Firefox and the e-mail vector largely neutered by Thunderbird instead of Outbreak Express.
I say 50:50 on the firewall because in any thread that appears here you will get people saying ZoneAlarm, you will also get a roughly equal number of people saying XP-SP2 (or either depending on how/where it's being deployed) and you will get some great twonk talking about BlackICE just because they think they're funny
Now, in the corporate world, I would agree that outbound filtering is a no brainer, I would also suggest that XP-SP2's offering should be used AS WELL AS something a little more potent because well... it can't hurt really can it, it's easy on the licensing budget and gives the individual workstations some protection from an infected compatriot.
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