norton anti virus pro 2004 hlp req
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That one was one of the new, advanced features of the early Norton AV 2004 releases! 
Another innovative feature was breaking the activation of perfectly legal purchased editions- although warezed ones were working almost well.
I have heard it has been fixed now, although I was not curious to install this "thing" and verify the claim...
Another innovative feature was breaking the activation of perfectly legal purchased editions- although warezed ones were working almost well.I have heard it has been fixed now, although I was not curious to install this "thing" and verify the claim...
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from personal experience i would avoid nortan products for antivirus as they are just plain usless with most virii that can be encountered out there
sorry but thats mine and many others opinions of nortan for an anti virii software solution.
a lot of us here use AVAST its freeware google for it others like AVG again freeware
there are many others out there but these are two that are freeware and are pretty good with free and regular updates
If you must buy an anti virii software then from reading around the forum a lot like NOD32 google for this too but its not freeware .. although its a high scorer in the anti virii field
sorry but thats mine and many others opinions of nortan for an anti virii software solution.
a lot of us here use AVAST its freeware google for it others like AVG again freeware
there are many others out there but these are two that are freeware and are pretty good with free and regular updates
If you must buy an anti virii software then from reading around the forum a lot like NOD32 google for this too but its not freeware .. although its a high scorer in the anti virii field
for the free version of avast you do not get the pro functionality but the HOME edition registered by filling your email address out at avasts home page should suffice for most needs
you can pick and choose what sort of protection levels you wish to set in the options depending on preference
as for nortan i would take that up with them as you are a paid up user for it
you can pick and choose what sort of protection levels you wish to set in the options depending on preference
as for nortan i would take that up with them as you are a paid up user for it
PC-GUY
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As Viper said Nortan is not a good choice!!!VIPER_1069 said:from personal experience i would avoid nortan products for antivirus as they are just plain usless with most virii that can be encountered out there
sorry but thats mine and many others opinions of nortan for an anti virii software solution.
After using it for years I recently switch to F-Secure based on reviews and the fact that Notan missed somethings. I also found a lot of members here recommend it and so far so good. So I would have to say I'm now on that list of members who recommend it. 
jasmin
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RASTABT said:
You can use Symantec's help/support even if you did not buy NAV, they have great support site
http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/
thanks rasta and jasmin for the extra nfo
@fender62 hope ya don't think i was trying to push you to change anti virii software but been here a long time and seen no end of people that are unhappy with nortan products mainly the anti virii
personal experience with it told me it was a poor anti virus and not to rely on it to protect my system
Recently i tried to resolve a system that had a virus infection and with nortan av installed and it failed miserably to protect it the system was in a business place, and unfortunatley it infected thousands of files and had to be FORMATTED loosing thousands of business files
@fender62 hope ya don't think i was trying to push you to change anti virii software but been here a long time and seen no end of people that are unhappy with nortan products mainly the anti virii
personal experience with it told me it was a poor anti virus and not to rely on it to protect my system
Recently i tried to resolve a system that had a virus infection and with nortan av installed and it failed miserably to protect it the system was in a business place, and unfortunatley it infected thousands of files and had to be FORMATTED loosing thousands of business files
jasmin
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Well, month ago I had same situation (my friend's relative) but virus definitions for NAV 2003 were updated in August 2003
And person who installed NAV at his PC has not enabled Automatic LiveUpdate All, but ALL my friends use NAV and all their PCs were never infected by any virus (NAV configured by me) so I think NAV is a right choice
My PC is P4 1.6 with 320 MB RAM, WinXP Pro SP1, I use Photoshop, Corel, some burning apps and don't have problems with memory leakin like before with Windows M(emory)E(ater)
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Just DON'T go from Norton to McAfee - as that one seems to be plagued by bad interactions with other programs.
The Major free ones are (in no particular order):
AVG Antivirus (6.0 Free) - Update server troubles now seem to be resolved
Avast (home) - Requires annual (14 month) re-registration
Antivir Personal - Historically prone to false positives, but strong on the assorted malware that others ignore
1 year Etrust Antivirus+Firewall / Microsoft offer - Extended to 2/1/05
The Major free ones are (in no particular order):
AVG Antivirus (6.0 Free) - Update server troubles now seem to be resolved
Avast (home) - Requires annual (14 month) re-registration
Antivir Personal - Historically prone to false positives, but strong on the assorted malware that others ignore
1 year Etrust Antivirus+Firewall / Microsoft offer - Extended to 2/1/05
I will add to the LTR12101b the Etrust v.7 "Promo Edition" which was issued last August and can still be found on the net. It's pretty basic, not even email integration, but fast and articulate.
My preference is though Avast! 4 Home Edition- not too crippled compared to the pro one (missing the advanced user interface and script blocker), but it is free, it does work great, updates everything silently and very fast, and when accessing dirctories with lots of files or scans within compressed executables, it is very difficult to beat. Might have stability problems with a couple of apllication rules-based firewalls, but other than that I don't know any other shortcoming- plus that their support forum is simply superb.
My preference is though Avast! 4 Home Edition- not too crippled compared to the pro one (missing the advanced user interface and script blocker), but it is free, it does work great, updates everything silently and very fast, and when accessing dirctories with lots of files or scans within compressed executables, it is very difficult to beat. Might have stability problems with a couple of apllication rules-based firewalls, but other than that I don't know any other shortcoming- plus that their support forum is simply superb.