norton antivirus 2003 renewal (please dont dismiss this, I am different)

[jameson]

before I tell you how much I want that norton renewal to stop popping
up, let me explain my network situation;
I administer about 300 computers. I have a sonicwall firewall that I
use to block ALL ports other than needed ones, I also pay for content
filtering with sonicwall and it automatically blocks websites that may
have dangerous material on them. I also have a rock solid email
filtering server that only allows proven SAFE files to come through
without my approval, it scans each email from trojan, viruses, etc.

having said that, all my new comptuers have norton 2003 preinstalled
on them. A 90 day trial i assume. Now everyone is getting the renewal
notice. It doesnt bother me, but may of my users alway email me saying
"what shoudl I do" all I can tell them is to have it remind them later
until I can figure out a fix for it.
Some text bok answers are "so renew it, youll be sorry if you dont" TO
this I can only say renewing for 300 computers is not only costly, but
not needed, I feel safe without it quite frankly.
The other answer is "open norton, go to options, go to Mics, and
UNcheck "alert me if my virus protection is out of date" I, of course,
have done this to no avail, the reminders keep coming back.

So i would like to know IS there an way to make it stop? A registry
edit or something?
thanks in advance!
Jazz Mann

 

[R. McCarty]

300 Computers - what is your "Standard" Anti-Virus package ?
Does your Enterprise have a common image, or do you just use
what comes on the vendor's PC's ?
The only way to stop the renewal notices is to uninstall Nav 2003.
I'm assuming that you have Anti-Virus on all your systems. You
may have the Back end of your network covered, but without an
Anti-Virus on each client you are exposed. What happens if a
user brings in a floppy or CD-R that is infected ? At the least you
haven't off-shored your support so you still have a job, But I would
get my client PC's in order fast or learn how to dial Bangalore, India.

 

[Rob Schneider]

before I tell you how much I want that norton renewal to stop popping
up, let me explain my network situation;
I administer about 300 computers. I have a sonicwall firewall that I
use to block ALL ports other than needed ones, I also pay for content
filtering with sonicwall and it automatically blocks websites that may
have dangerous material on them. I also have a rock solid email
filtering server that only allows proven SAFE files to come through
without my approval, it scans each email from trojan, viruses, etc.

having said that, all my new comptuers have norton 2003 preinstalled
on them. A 90 day trial i assume. Now everyone is getting the renewal
notice. It doesnt bother me, but may of my users alway email me saying
"what shoudl I do" all I can tell them is to have it remind them later
until I can figure out a fix for it.
Some text bok answers are "so renew it, youll be sorry if you dont" TO
this I can only say renewing for 300 computers is not only costly, but
not needed, I feel safe without it quite frankly.
The other answer is "open norton, go to options, go to Mics, and
UNcheck "alert me if my virus protection is out of date" I, of course,
have done this to no avail, the reminders keep coming back.

So i would like to know IS there an way to make it stop? A registry
edit or something?
thanks in advance!
Jazz Mann

Best to contact Norton.

 

[jameson]

I was so hoping I could avoid smart butt replies like this... but just
so you know, I work for a school in which student labs PCs have
disabled floppies and CD ROMS, and in my 3 years working here I havent
had one virus (knock on wood)... and many users bring floppies from
home. I train my users to know whats safe and what isnt and they treat
their computer with respect.

I was just wanting an answer, but thanks for giving me a long "I dont
know but I have a good text book answer for you" answer... I can get
those from tech support level one techs who just got their A+

Jazz Mann

 

[R. McCarty]

You got an answer - Uninstall NAV 2003 to get rid of the
renewal notices. It wasn't a text book answer it came from
17+ years of working with computers and Enterprise IT.
So Jazz Mann learn to read and research, instead of looking
for a Registry hack to get the questioners off your back.

 

[Yves Leclerc]

No, this is no "easy" fix for this. You will have to "purchase" the renewal
for each installed version and manully add the renewal key to each or
un-install each. Since this is the "standard" version, you do not have a
centralized management of the anti-virus package.

Had you gone with a centralized anti-virus solution then from a/the
program's management console, you can "push out" the update of the software.
You would not have to "run-around" to each PC and install the updates.
Norton Corporate Edition and Sophos (site license) allows you to do this.

Y.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Well, with a network of 300+ machines, you should be asking this
question of your network administrator. Presumably, if the network
administrator is reasonably competent, there is an enterprise
antivirus solution in place, preferably something like NAVCE, that
automatically pushes the new virus definitions to each client machine.
Naturally, though, this won't work until the proper antivirus client
is installed to each workstation, and the consumer evaluation version
of NAV removed. Frankly, I'm surprised to hear of anyone putting
machines onto a production network with the factory installation in
place; the normal practice would be to format and rebuild each new
machine (possibly by disk imaging or RIS) to the desired
specifications, before it's placed in a production environment.


Bruce Chambers

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