holyxian wrote:
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>
> I had been trying to install Norton AntiVirus 2009 15 days trial.
> When i click on the installation file, the installation will start.
> The status of the installation will only remain at "Intializing".
> Approximately 5 seconds later, the installation will stop, no prompt
> message appear.
> Same scenario appears no matter how many times i tried to install.
>
> My supervisor is asking me to solve this problem.
> I need some help here :cry:
> Million thanks :D[/color]

Have you turned off UAC? If not, it is normally not necessary to run an
antivirus program installation as administrator; just to respond to the UAC
prompt. And normally if a program needs to be run as administrator it will
fail with an error stating that you don't have permission to write to [x]
directory. If you have UAC turned off, try turning it on.

Another (and the most common) reason an antivirus will fail is that the
computer is already infected with viruses and/or malware. To that end, make
sure the machine is absolutely clean.

[url]http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware[/url]

As an aside, Norton AV is one of the worst products you could possibly
choose. Perhaps only McAfee is worse but it would be a toss-up. A better
choice would be NOD32 (commercial, since you are in a corporate setting).

If the computer is 100% virus/malware-free and you haven't turned off UAC
and you are determined to install Norton (not recommended), then contact
Symantec tech support.

[url]http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/index.html[/url] - Symantec tech support
[url]http://live-symantec.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/live_symantec.cfg/php/enduser/live.php[/url]
- Symantec Live Chat
symantec.customerservice.general - Symantec newsgroup
[url]http://community.norton.com/norton/[/url] - Norton forum

Malke
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MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
[url]http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ[/url]

"rive0108" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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>>
>>
>>
>> As an aside, Norton AV is one of the worst products you could possibly
>> choose. Perhaps only McAfee is worse but it would be a toss-up. A
>> better
>> choice would be NOD32 (commercial, since you are in a corporate
>> setting).
>>
>>[/color]
>
>
> Actually this is not true.
>
> The worst is reserved for Trend Micro/Vipre/CyberDefender/AVG, etc.
>
> Norton is sleeker and has a smaller footprint with the newer versions.
> I use NOD32 4, but I have to give credit where creditis due-
>
> There are four Certified Lab bodies,
>
> ICSA Labs
> WestCoast Labs
> Virus Bulletin (VB100)
> AV-Comparatives
>
> Of these the VB100 and AV-Comparatives are top, though AV-Comparatives
> is the most exhaustive of these. It is the most demanding, and as such
> the best source.
>
> NOD32 has been certified Advanced++ (3 star Certification) in both
> Hueristic and On-Demand testing [Nov 2008/Feb 2009], Was the best in
> 2006, 2007, and took a close second to Avira in 2008.
>
> Avira, no longer the top, has fallen to 2-star certification in the feb
> 2009 testing.
>
> The 3-star Certified (Advanced ++) Antivirus/Antimalware products as of
> Feb 2009 are:
>
> *Symantec's Norton*
> *Eset NOD32*
> *Kaspersky*
> *Mcafee (with Artemis)*
>
>
>[/color]
I agree. I have NIS 2009, and it is lean and mean. It now only uses
one service and 3 processes, with total memory usage of about 8MB.
There are no more startup and shutdown delays. In fact, in both XP
and Vista, NIS is the first item in the system tray and appears almost
instantly when the desktop loads. Norton got a deserved bad rap
with the 2005-2007 editions. It got better with the 2008 edition, and
with the 2009 edition, they finally got it right.

"rive0108" <guest@unknown-email.com> skrev i meddelelsen
news:cb545e9100a9f777579e6b338c3abc81@nntp-gateway.com...
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> There are four Certified Lab bodies,
>
> ICSA Labs
> WestCoast Labs
> Virus Bulletin (VB100)
> AV-Comparatives
>
> Of these the VB100 and AV-Comparatives are top, though AV-Comparatives
> is the most exhaustive of these. It is the most demanding, and as such
> the best source.
>
> NOD32 has been certified Advanced++ (3 star Certification) in both
> Hueristic and On-Demand testing [Nov 2008/Feb 2009], Was the best in
> 2006, 2007, and took a close second to Avira in 2008.
>
> Avira, no longer the top, has fallen to 2-star certification in the feb
> 2009 testing.
>
> The 3-star Certified (Advanced ++) Antivirus/Antimalware products as of
> Feb 2009 are:
>
> *Symantec's Norton*
> *Eset NOD32*
> *Kaspersky*
> *Mcafee (with Artemis)*[/color]

The question is, do they work outside the test-lab.
Ex, Mcafee is a real virus. Once you installed it you are lost.

Also did you see this link: NOD32 is one of the lowest ranked.
Most Effective Antivirus Tools Against New Malware Binaries.
[url]http://mtc.sri.com/live_data/av_rankings/[/url]

/Jesper