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RickWinger
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December 6th, 2004 18:00
Windows 98 & Norton IS 2005 ...?
My brother -- God love'im, is into cheap. For a while now he has been using an old W98 desktop that he purchased at a pawn shop to do technical drawings, and he has recently asked me to help him clean it up and tweak the performance. So over the past few weeks I've done the following.
1. Installed and run Spybot. Not too many critters there.
2. Installed and run Adware SE. Only a few critters found there.
3. Updated the system with all the W98 updates using the MS website.
Aside from an occasional e-mail, or a foray into E-bay, he does not do a lot of Internet browsing. His desktop was remarkably clean. While I question his choice of desktops, he does business above board and owns all of his software.
Everything has worked fine until last Friday, when I installed Norton IS 2005. No viruses were found on the system, but today, his autocad program stopped working. We have all of the data backed up, so there is no danger of losing it even if we have to start over with a reformat and reinstall of the system. But I would prefer to avoid that if possible.
Any suggestions on why or how the Internet Security software might have impacted the autocad programs?
Thanks in advance.
Message Edited by RickWinger on 12-06-2004 05:06 PM
RickWinger
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Posted December 7th, 2004 00:00
Hmm. I appreciate the feedback, and I was unaware of the problems with recent Norton products. I have Norton on everything in my house, and don't have any problems with it.
Anyway, when I left today, we had uninstalled the NIS suite, and the AutoCad software. I'm due to go back in the morning and put the cad software back on the unit.
He has recently gone on cable internet, so I think he at least needs a virus package.
Suggestions?
NAV 2003 may still be available, and that works very well for me under both Win9x and XP. I'm also quite happy with the free version of AVG 7.0, as well as the free AV app on the Microsoft Security CD that was available earlier this year. Never thought I'd use anything other than NAV, which worked fine for me since 1999, but starting with the 2004 version, it got to be harder to install and configure, harder to keep properly updated, and has been a virtual nightmare for some people to renew. I don't know anyone locally who has been satisfied with the performance of NIS, and I've been exceptionally unimpressed with it on the few occasions I've had to work around it on someone else's system.
- DO NOT INSTALL NORTON ANTIVIRUS 2005 WITH WINDOWS 98. Save yourself hours, upon hours of grief.I too have had NORTON PRODUCTS since I got this computer on 4/19/99. As a good soldier, I got my message that it was time to update to Norton Antivirus 2005. I too had no virus problems and was clean.Within 1 day of installing this program.........my computer totally crashed. Nothing worked. I couldnt type on my keyboard, my printer couldnt be found..... programs wouldnt open. I emailed Symantic.They told me to uninsall and reinstall....I followed their instructions and ended up with a BLACK SCREEN and white blinking cursors.Long story short........ It took Gateway Tech support 4 hours to fix my computer......they couldnt get Windows 98 to reboot, so I had to "go back to 0000........ A 6 hour ordeal. It took me a week to get back to normal. Reload printer drives, scanner drives, fax drives, software, ISP service, ...... I cant tell you the trouble this program caused me.I didnt want to be without an anti virus program, so I decided to try eTrust EZ Antivirus by Computer Associates. It installed like a dream, has automatic downloads and is easy to use.So........... take my advise............save your money......get a refund.......stay away from NORTON ANTIVIRUS 2005 AT ALL COSTS.................
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Posted December 6th, 2004 23:00
"Aside from an occasional e-mail, or a foray into E-bay, he does not do a lot of Internet browsing." Then why on earth (especially given the multitude of issues related to recent Symantec products, and particularly NIS) would anyone want to mess up what (regardless of your personal feelings regarding Windows 98 and vintage hardware) was probably a darn nice system by installing NIS?
"Any suggestions on why or how the Internet Security software might have impacted the autocad programs?" See above. Based on the results of a Google search and a cursory scan of a number of PC help boards, Symantec's products just seem to get worse every year. There was a time when some of them were reasonably efficient and safe for general use, but that time appears to be long gone. I haven't felt comfortable purchasing anything from them since NAV 2003, and I'd a darn site take that and (assuming it's even necessary) free Zone Alarm and AdAware over that bug laden pile of junkware they refer to as Norton Internet Security.