Re: Norton Antivirus 2005 on Windows XP Home


"Sunny" <wombathouse@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uzH%23S7gUFHA.2328@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> "Detlev Dreyer" <detdreyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:427A2216.B2B310C5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> "oldstrings" <oldstrings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Went to install this program, and had this happen:
>>>
>>> I registered it with the supplied key, did the pre-install scan, no
>>> problem. I was prompted for a location, I accepted the default, and
>>> pressed OK. Immediately, got a message "Cannot install, press OK to
>>> quit the installation" And that's it, no reason, nothing.
>>
>> Your "Windows self-protection" works! Do not install any Norton/Symantec
>> software. There is enough free anti-virus software around, being
>> Windows compatible in contrast to Symantec products.
>>
>>> I read the User's Guide, recommended I uninstall Zone Alarm, which I
>>> did. Got the same response.
>>
>> Well, installing Norton *and* Zone Alarm is the fastest way to render
>> your system useless. Use the WinXP firewall rather than ZA.
>
> I have Norton A/V 2005 and Zone Alarm Pro on two PCs without problems.
> btw, the User Guide I have doesn't recommend uninstalling Zone Alarm, but
> it does recommend uninstalling other A/V programs first.
>I run zonealarm and not Windows Firewall. - not problems. Use to run
>Norton Firewall & System Works.
got sick of it crashing ME, so upgraded to XP Pro and got rid of Norton.
Decided to try alternative ZA and VET Antivirus along with Ad-Aware and
Spybot S &D.



.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: AV Choice??
    ... | My installed AVG folder is at present 20Mb and Zone alarm ... |>Alarm firewall. ... |>Keys/Strings that Norton Antivirus ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: AV Choice??
    ... | My installed AVG folder is at present 20Mb and Zone alarm ... |>Alarm firewall. ... |>Keys/Strings that Norton Antivirus ...
    (microsoft.public.security.virus)
  • Re: E521 and Zone Alarm or Nortons
    ... Zone Alarm provides added protection compared to Windows' brain-dead XP ... Not as intrusive as the better known Norton and McAfee bloatware. ... "Norton Internet Security" which has everything (virus, and firewall) or ...
    (alt.sys.pc-clone.dell)
  • Re: Help Needed in Firewall config
    ... Yes I tried that too.In msconfig services tab I unchecked Norton Firewall ... Monitoring service and unchecked "Internet worm protection" in Norton AV ... I use Zone Alarm as the default firewall and recently after installing ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin)
  • Re: Are Viruses Yesterdays News?
    ... Use the free anti-virus software AVG Free located at http://www.grisoft.com ... Norton had not found these. ... David ...
    (alt.computer.security)
Loading