A Question About 2005 NAV (Norton Anti Virus and Spyware)

[BigELilE05]

My "subscription" expires in July, can I just remove Norton from the
add/remove program page and then reinstall to continue to get the
latest updates instead of paying Norton for a "subscription"? (Windows
2000)

 

[Virus Guy]

My "subscription" expires in July, can I just remove Norton from
the add/remove program page and then reinstall to continue to
get the latest updates instead of paying Norton for a
"subscription"? (Windows 2000)

You can do that with NAV 2001 and 2002. When you un-install them, the
uninstall process does not remove any of the Symantec program
directories or files. I believe that the only file that really needs
to be deleted for a successful reinstall is "catalog.livesubscribe".
I don't think that any registry entries need to be deleted or modified
either.

As for any version of NAV beyond 2002, I suspect that Symantec has
increased with each version the number of any remaining hooks or
remnants (files or registry entries) to insure that you won't be able
to reinstall NAV once it expires.

When it comes to a direct AV performance comparison between, say, NAV
2002 and NAV 2005, I doubt that on a pure real-time file-recognition
basis that there is any difference between the two. Perhaps versions
of NAV newer than 2002 have the ability to monitor the registry for
signs of malware infection, and possibly also for "adware" threats,
but that would be the only advantage of having a more recent version
of NAV vs an older one like 2002.

 

[BigELilE05]

You can do that with NAV 2001 and 2002. When you un-install them, the
uninstall process does not remove any of the Symantec program
directories or files. I believe that the only file that really needs
to be deleted for a successful reinstall is "catalog.livesubscribe".
I don't think that any registry entries need to be deleted or modified
either.

As for any version of NAV beyond 2002, I suspect that Symantec has
increased with each version the number of any remaining hooks or
remnants (files or registry entries) to insure that you won't be able
to reinstall NAV once it expires.

When it comes to a direct AV performance comparison between, say, NAV
2002 and NAV 2005, I doubt that on a pure real-time file-recognition
basis that there is any difference between the two. Perhaps versions
of NAV newer than 2002 have the ability to monitor the registry for
signs of malware infection, and possibly also for "adware" threats,
but that would be the only advantage of having a more recent version
of NAV vs an older one like 2002.

So as long as it's *completely* removed, I should be able to reinstall
and get updates w/o having to pay?

BTW, I did a Google group search and found this as far as getting it
*completely* out of my computer
http://forum.kaspersky.com/index.php?showtopic=5233

 

[Phil Weldon]

| My "subscription" expires in July, can I just remove Norton from the
| add/remove program page and then reinstall to continue to get the
| latest updates instead of paying Norton for a "subscription"? (Windows
_____

No.

Phil Weldon

| My "subscription" expires in July, can I just remove Norton from the
| add/remove program page and then reinstall to continue to get the
| latest updates instead of paying Norton for a "subscription"? (Windows
| 2000)
|

 

[virus guy]

So as long as it's *completely* removed, I should be able to
reinstall and get updates w/o having to pay?

If you use the Add/Remove in control panel to remove

- Norton System Works
- Norton Anti-virus
- LiveUpdate
- LiveSubscribe

(you may or may not see all of those)

And then you search for any files/folders with the name *norton* and
*symantec* and delete them, if you do all that then you should be in a
position to successfully re-install NAV-2002 or NSW-2002 on either a
Windows-98 or a Windows XP-sp2 machine.

I believe that the one file that must be deleted to insure a
successful re-installation is "catalog.livesubscribe". By deleting
all norton/symantec files and directories, you are garanteeing that
that file is deleted.

If we are talking about NSW/NAV 2003 (not 2002) then I don't know if
this will work as described above.

BTW, I did a Google group search and found this as far as
getting it *completely* out of my computer
http://forum.kaspersky.com/index.php?showtopic=5233

I can't see how the file remnants or registry entries of NSW/NAV
2001/2002 by themselves would interfere with anything.

 

[BigELilE05]

If you use the Add/Remove in control panel to remove

- Norton System Works
- Norton Anti-virus
- LiveUpdate
- LiveSubscribe

(you may or may not see all of those)

And then you search for any files/folders with the name *norton* and
*symantec* and delete them, if you do all that then you should be in a
position to successfully re-install NAV-2002 or NSW-2002 on either a
Windows-98 or a Windows XP-sp2 machine.

I believe that the one file that must be deleted to insure a
successful re-installation is "catalog.livesubscribe". By deleting
all norton/symantec files and directories, you are garanteeing that
that file is deleted.

If we are talking about NSW/NAV 2003 (not 2002) then I don't know if
this will work as described above.


I can't see how the file remnants or registry entries of NSW/NAV
2001/2002 by themselves would interfere with anything.

Alright, thanks!

 

[BigELilE05]

| My "subscription" expires in July, can I just remove Norton from the
| add/remove program page and then reinstall to continue to get the
| latest updates instead of paying Norton for a "subscription"? (Windows
_____

No.

Thanks for your in-depth explanation.