Re: After Updates Antivirus Required 2nd reboot

Just because it's not there means nothing, Avast is a decent app. There are some on that list that I would never recommend and cringe every time I have to deal with them.

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"Karen" <Karen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:3E7244D5-20DE-459C-BDE4-B6DF0677AD92@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thank you for this information. I was not aware of Avast. I checked the
independent comparatives and found that Avast has good performance. (See
report from August 2008 http://www.av-comparatives.org.)

However, Avast is not listed as a Microsoft vendor. See list updated April
2008 at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/49500.

I have already purchased a Norton subscription but will keep an open mind to
consider other products when it expires.

"Alias" wrote:

Karen wrote:
> One of today's updates did not install - Windows Malicious Software > Removal
> Tool - November 2008 (KB890830).

It was probably trying to get rid of Norton but couldn't. You do know
that Symantec is only trying to milk every dollar out of Peter Norton's
name, don't you? In short, you would be better off with Avast which is
free and using the Windows Firewall than exposing your computer to the
tentacles of Norton.

Alias
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> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
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>> Are you running WinXP SP2 or SP3?
>>
>> Did all updates install successfully?
>>
>> What version of NAV is installed (e.g., NAV 2006) and is your >> subscription
>> current? Did you recently upgrade NAV (e.g., from NAV 2007 to NAV >> 2009)?
>>
>> Have you contacted Symantec Support about this behavior?
>> http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/index.html
>> -- >> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
>> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
>> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>>
>>
>> Karen wrote:
>>> After receiving automatic security updates on 11/13/2008 my computer
>>> restarted, however Norton Antivirus did not load into the running
>>> configuration. I was unable to start Norton manually; I had to reboot
>>> again
>>> in order to load Norton.
>>>
>>> This is the first time I've experienced a conflict between Automatic
>>> Updates
>>> and Norton Antivirus. I would like to understand what happened so I >>> can
>>> prevent this in the future. Or, is there a setting I should examine >>> to
>>> ensure that the process continues smoothly?
>>>
>>> The updates were:
>>> - Security Update for Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 Service Pack 2
>>> (KB954430)
>>> - Security Update for Windows XP (KB955069)
>>> - Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Junk Email Filter >>> (KB957832)
>>> - Security Update for Windows XP (KB954459)
>>> - Security Update for Microsoft Office 2003 (KB951535)
>>> - Security Update for Windows XP (KB957097)
>>> - Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - November 2008 (KB890830)
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for any insight.
>>> - Karen
>>


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