Re: Norton Antivirus

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From: Al Stangenberger (forags@nature.berkeley.edu)
Date: Thu Oct 11 2001 - 15:27:26 PDT


>
>
>Whatever you do, NEVER try to install Norton Antivirus over another active
>virus scanner (at least with Windows NT).
>That is a sure ticket to disaster. If you're lucky, it will just be
>repairing a damaged NT installation, although one user
>I know had to do a total re-install of the operating system and software
>after he accidentally tried to install NAV over an
>active McAfee (or NAI, I forget which) virus scanner.
>
>Best to:
>1. Uninstall your previous AV product
>2. Reboot
>3. Make an emergency repair disk to capture the state of the system
>without the Norton AV.
>4. Install the Norton Antivirus package.
>
>-Al Stangenberger
>
>At 03:04 PM 10/11/01 -0700, you wrote:
>>Hello Everyone,
>>
>>Considering the reason problem of uninstalling Norton Antivirus, I was
>>wondering if anyone else have experienced any other problems, such as
>>problems with the manage feature.
>>
>>Rithy Sim-ieng
>>Undergraduate Affairs
>>

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