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Norton Antivirus

Mar 9, 2004 7:44PM PST

Hi,
Had to remove Norton from my computer as it had a fault. Tried to re-install and got as far as setup and then post install tasks, configuring Norton antivirus and then it hangs up. Any idea why??? I have tried it a couple of times with the same results. Help!!

Tantalus

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Re:Norton Antivirus
Mar 9, 2004 8:34PM PST

1. NAV will fail on install if a virus in present or virus damage exists. Remove such first.
2. NAV doesn't uninstall cleanly. I look up the RNAV utility from Symantec to remove more of it.
3. I gave up on NAV. The 2004 version is a misfire. If this is 2004, just get a refund and use Free AVG from http://www.grisoft.com until they fix it.
4. Don't want item 3? Call Symantec.

Bob

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Re:Re:Norton Antivirus
Mar 10, 2004 12:48AM PST

Hi,
You mention removing a virus, if I have a one, but how do I do that without an antivirus program? I have tried AVG and it will not install. It says it is not a win32 application!

Tantalus

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Re:Re:Re:Norton Antivirus
Mar 10, 2004 1:12AM PST

You need to do an onlince scan, which while online scans your system for malaware. Try more than once if it freezes or another online scan source. I use RAV, Panda and Trend. Here are some links and also more info on various protection schemes:
http://us.pandasoftware.com/
http://www.ravantivirus.com/
http://housecall.antivirus.com/housecall/start_corp.asp

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