Norton Auto-Protect wont start.

[ddwyer]

Tried all Norton instructions and still wont start.
Licence needs renewing at the end of the month will renewal magically
solve all problems.
Norton has also failed to stop something that causes a steady data leak
on my dialup system. Norton Virus update wont give definitions says its
server wont reply but loads redirect and catalog.
Re-installed Norton System works therefore my virus definitions are not
current. Norton says Says licence renewal due at the end of September so
should be ok.
Apparently no email address to direct these questions to.

What should I buy next time ?

 

[Smoker]

Tried all Norton instructions and still wont start.
Licence needs renewing at the end of the month will renewal magically
solve all problems.
Norton has also failed to stop something that causes a steady data leak
on my dialup system. Norton Virus update wont give definitions says its
server wont reply but loads redirect and catalog.
Re-installed Norton System works therefore my virus definitions are not
current. Norton says Says licence renewal due at the end of September so
should be ok.
Apparently no email address to direct these questions to.

What should I buy next time ?

Norton is known to be problematic on many systems. Highly recommend System
Suite at www.v-com.com When it was first developed by Ontrack Systems it was
rated #1 above Norton and McAfee and still is, just keeps on getting better.
I've used it since version 3 and it isn't buggy at all. It all uses Trend
Micro as it's anti virus engine.

 

[Buffalo]

Licence needs renewing at the end of the month will renewal magically
solve all problems.
Norton has also failed to stop something that causes a steady data leak
on my dialup system. Norton Virus update wont give definitions says its
server wont reply but loads redirect and catalog.
Re-installed Norton System works therefore my virus definitions are not
current. Norton says Says licence renewal due at the end of September so
should be ok.
Apparently no email address to direct these questions to.

What should I buy next time ?

Try one of these free online virus scans:
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp
http://www.kaspersky.com/remoteviruschk.html
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/activescan.asp
http://commandondemand.com/eval/index.cfm
http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/ [See **]
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/licence.php
http://www.pcpitstop.com/antivirus/default.asp
http://scan.sygatetech.com/prestealthscan.html

Have you tried the Norton troubleshooting page that checks your
system?
On the Symantec Home Page, click on Support, the continue on Product
Support, and then on "automated support assistant".

You can use the Intelligent Updater on Norton to update your
definitions.
Go to the Norton site and click on Downloads, Virus Definitions
Updates and follow the directions.
I just click on the Open button after I select the proper download and
it installs the latest defs. I don't bother to 'Save' .