Norton Plug-in (+Norton)

[Guest]

Hi all

I'm going to encourage a client to buy MS Office (prob 2003 from a box) so
that he san see the edits I'm doing in Word from his manuscript (converted
from Works). This will also let him read my schedules in Excel.

1 He already has Norton loaded on his Dell. I have read much on here
about disabling the Norton Word Plug-in. Assuming that the rest of Norton is
good, exactly how to I do this disabling?

2 Also, on my own laptop was some Norton stuff pre-loaded. The laptop
keeps nagging me that I am vulnerable so click on the Norton, presumably to
activate it. Is any payment involved? If not, how long does it last? Have
posters found Nortons to be OK generally (apart from the plug-in)? And
again, how exactly do I disable the Word plug-in?

Thanks all.

 

[Graham Mayor]

Checking of Word/Office documents can usually be deselected in Norton AV by
turning off its Office Plug-in from the application's options.

With some versions of the Norton product it may be necessary to unregister
the calling DLL by running the following command line from Windows > Start >
Run

regsvr32 /u "c:\program files\norton antivirus\officeav.dll"
or
regsvr32 /u "c:\program files\norton systemworks\norton
antivirus\officeav.dll"

Other AV apps eg the popular free ediition of Grisoft's AVG antivirus
software, require similar treatment.
In this instance:

regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\Grisoft\AVG Free\avgoff2k.dll"

Norton AV is an application that you have to pay for. Though limited trials
are often included with PCs. Once that trial has ended you have to pay for
the updates. If you don't want to do that, download Grisoft's free version
of its AVG software, uninstall Norton AV and install AVF Free. The updates
for that are available daily. Make sure that whatever AV software you have
you update it frequently - preferably automatically.

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[Guest]

Sorry Graham, but I found this a bit difficult. Could you help me by
answering the exact questions that I posed in my original post? Thanks.

I've got two problems. If I encourage my edit client (author) to buy Office,
as he has Norton's already installed on his Dell, exactly what steps should
he take to disable the Norton plug-in (he is even less of a computer expert
than I am -- 'the application' doesn't tell either of us *which*
application... New question: exactly what are the likely problems if he does
not?

Second problem: Do I activate the Norton software on my laptop when it keeps
nagging me. How long does it last before I have to activate? How much is it
to do that?

Apart from the Office plug-in, are posters generally happy with Norton's?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I am quite happy with NAV. It updates automatically without bothering me
(when I was on dial-up, I had it prompt me, but now that I have DSL, I just
let it do its thing), and I've never had a virus. If NAV is installed
normally, disable the Plug-in as follows:

1. Open Norton AntiVirus (right-click on the Systray icon and choose this
option).

2. Click on the Options button at the top of the dialog.

3. In the Options dialog, click on Miscellaneous (menu on the left)

4. Clear the check box for "Enable Office Plug-in."

5. OK out and close NAV.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Guest]

Thank you so much, Suzanne. This was exactly what I wanted. You done it
again. Time and time again you have saved readers of this ng umpteen hours
of frustration. There'll be a jar of vegemite awaiting you if you ever come
to Australia.

Just one final question: How long is the preloaded version valid for and how
much is the (presumably) annual update or activation arrangements. Oh, and I
suppose one more question: Has it ever found anything? I suppose the
cynical would say 'If it's found nothing then that might suggest it doesn't
catch anything.'

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

When I bother to look at what NAV and also ZoneAlarmPro have caught, I can
see that they are doing their job (ZAP has more of a tendency, catlike, to
present its prey for my approval and admiration), but the only time I have
ever had any kind of infection was with the Blaster worm (August 2003),
which I managed to get before news of it began to spread and the AV
providers responded. Luckily, it was a relatively easy one to clean and
didn't do any permanent damage. Still, I'm prudent about Web sites and
careful about opening files.

Hmm, looking at my logs, I see I also got a Backdoor.Coreflood infection in
July 2004 and had to clean that through DOS, which I describe as a
"nightmare." Again, though, there was no loss of data. Both infections
actually did me a favor, as the Blaster one resulted in my getting around to
updating Windows 2000 to SP4, and the other resulted in my upgrading from IE
5.0 to 6.0.

The preloaded version is probably just good for 90 days. I thought this was
a bit misleading when I bought a Dell with NAV thrown in as an "extra" and
then found that after 90 days I had to pay for it (I thought I'd gotten a
full year's subscription).

I tend to be ambivalent about whether to just resubscribe each year (you do
get downloads of the new engines along with the virus definitions, it seems)
or to buy a boxed version so I have the CD. The last time I did the latter,
I vowed never to do it again, as you have to uninstall NAV to install the
new version (thus leaving the computer unprotected for the length of time it
takes to install, and it's not practical to disconnect from the Internet
because it wants to go online immediately to register and update), and I had
some other installation woes that I won't go into, not to mention the
nuisance of trying to get a rebate, etc. I thought maybe buying the retail
version would provide more new bells and whistles than just renewing my
subscription, but now I'm not convinced of that, and renewal is certainly a
lot easier provided you don't mind giving credit card details online (though
I seem to have had some sort of hassle the last time I tried to do that,
too).


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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Graham Mayor]

If your pre-loaded version of Norton is not allowing you to update it then
you need to consider your AV measures NOW!!! Venturing onto the internet
without using up to date AV measures is as sensible as having unprotected
sex with a load of strangers. Symantec's web site will give you all you need
to know about charges, and the supplier of your PC will provide the
information about how long the included trial is for.

AVG Free is still free and works fine if you are baulking at those charges.

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