Do not use program above; I had it installed on (win me) compaq laptop w 316mb ram.
#1 It is a resource hog like many antivirus products(puts 6 items in your startup menu)
#2 It caused constant shutdown problems w my notebook; went on symantec's site, tried their advice, nothing worked. When I removed it completely, added NAV and Zone Firewall, all shutdown problems ceased! I strongly advise to use Zone firewall instead of spending 50 or $60 on a product where they charge $40 for phone tech support!
Right now I am using AVG7.0(how long do they give you free virus definition updates??)
By the way when I had NIS 2005 installed, it kept prompting me that bd bladerunner was attacking my ports; I emailed Symantec who said I was infected w backdoor.trojan. At that time,I ran full virusscan in reg and safemode, nothing found. I also used windows explorer but found no viruses. Had adaware personal Se w latest definitions as well as spysubtract; everything came out clean(also tried online Symantec virusscan, nothing found)
I decided I did not want NIS 2005 anymore, so I rem. product from add/rem programs, used windows explorer , deleted all Symantec items, etc.
I went to registry editor, typed in "symantec" in find button- guess what came up?- 3 entries for the backdoor trojan I was infected with!!! I was shocked that all those spyware and antivirus programs did not detect the virus; it was in the registry! So I deleted all items for the trojan and searched for the different names for it(bd bladerunner, etc) I also deleted all Symantec items(I wanted to do clean install)
So in that machine right now I have NAV 2005 and Zone Firewall. I have no more shutdown problems w norton internet security 2005.(Use Zone Firewall!!)
I might add that all antivirus products are resource hogs, norton and mcafee also. With NIS 2005 installed my system resources went from 94% to 70% even lower when online w dialup!
Right now in this laptop I am using AVG7.0; it seems lighter on the resources then norton or mcafee.
I just wonder how long you can use this product and still get virus definition updates for free.
Anyway, don't believe the hype: Norton and Mcafee only want your money, then they turn their head away if you need tech support. They Suck; find a better alternative, there are many products available.
If anyone knows how long you can use AVG7.0 without paying, please post.
Thank you very much(I hope you read this post carefully!)
Frank