running Norton anti-virus 2006 as non-admin?

[Les Caudle]

Aaron - I had been using an enterprise version of Panda AdminSecure (which will
run as a non-admin) - and am attempting to switch to Norton Anti-virus 2006
(workstation edition for XP Pro)..

I installed it using an Administrator account - but my normally logged-in user
is a non-admin.

I can get it to download the virus defs by using run-as Administrator, but
Norton does not show that it is actually using the defs (it displays the older
version on their status screen).

How can I get this to run properly?

It is very frustrating to have to deal with such sloppy security software - that
wants to force me to run insecurely as an Administrator.

 

[kurttrail]

Aaron -

Who is Aaron?

I had been using an enterprise version of Panda AdminSecure
(which will run as a non-admin) - and am attempting to switch to
Norton Anti-virus 2006 (workstation edition for XP Pro)..

You'd probably have more fun using sandpaper to masterbate with.

I installed it using an Administrator account - but my normally
logged-in user is a non-admin.

I can get it to download the virus defs by using run-as
Administrator, but Norton does not show that it is actually using the
defs (it displays the older version on their status screen).

How can I get this to run properly?

It is very frustrating to have to deal with such sloppy security
software - that wants to force me to run insecurely as an
Administrator.

LOL! I do love the misinformed!

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[Les Caudle]

Kurt - Aaron is a MS employee that runs a non-admin blog:
http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/

I forgot to take out his name when I posted the question here.

Are you saying you have direct experience with attempting this - and Symantec is
so brain dead that you must run in-securely as an Administrator to run their
anti-virus software?

Thanks, Les Caudle

 

[h.loring]

Kurt - Aaron is a MS employee that runs a non-admin blog:
http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/

I forgot to take out his name when I posted the question here.

Are you saying you have direct experience with attempting this - and Symantec is
so brain dead that you must run in-securely as an Administrator to run their
anti-virus software?

Thanks, Les Caudle