NAV conflict

[cylon]

The background scanning feature of Microsoft Antispyware
beta conflicts with Norton AntiVirus 2005. If you have
them both running concurrently NAV will load slowly after
you click on its icon, and status will stay "refreshing".
The Symantec site has you doing all sorts of things,
uninstalling IE6 and replacing it and other time wasters.
All I did was reboot, then shut down Antispyware by right
clicking its tray icon and then shutting it down. Then I
checked NAS and it refreshed status fully and seemed to
be working. So I will keep Antispyware turned off most of
the time and just use it manually periodically, shutting
it down when not in use. Maybe there should be a way to
prevent Antispyware from loading during startup? Or does
someone have a workaround to prevent the conflict and
keep both programs working together? I would do that if I
could because Antispyware found 6 items that NAV scan
for "threats" didn't find, also Ad Aware 6 didn't find.
My computer is faster now, and that's what I was seeking,
along with protection.

 

[Guest]

I have MSAS runnign on 30+ machines, all runnign NAV...no
conflicts. NAV doesn't load slowly, nor does any other
version of Symantec software (Client Security 2.0,
Systemworks 2005, etc.)

 

[Steve Wechsler [MVP]]

I have MSAS runnign on 30+ machines, all runnign NAV...no
conflicts. NAV doesn't load slowly, nor does any other
version of Symantec software (Client Security 2.0,
Systemworks 2005, etc.)

The Corporate versions of NAV are not the same as the Home versions. The
home versions are ... not good, to put it politely. Any AV that needs
an 185KB reg file to remove all of it's entries during an uninstall
**IS the virus**.

Steve Wechsler (akaMowGreen)
MS-MVP 2004-2005
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Never Forgotten
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[Bill Sanderson]

I've got it running on half-a-dozen machines with the home version of
NAV--2004 and 2005 flavors. No conflicts noted, but I haven't timed
scanning, for example.