Norton Internet Security Upgrade

[Guest FallenAngel]

What a great site.....Escorts-Strip Clubs-PC help...what's left?Online grocery ordering? lol

 

Here's my questions.

 

1-I am in the process of upgrading my Norton Internet Security 2004 to 2006. During the download process it was indicated I need ActiveX controls to continue. So I downloaded it. I always thought I read somewhere that ActiveX controls can be harmful to your pc. Is this correct or am I just wrong?

 

2-While in the process of the download, I rec'd a pop up box indicating that Norton Internet Security 2006 is incompatible with Spybot-Search and destroy. I have always found this a helpful tool but had to remove the program to continue. Is this because the Norton 2006 product contains a similiar feature?

 

Thanks in advance for any answers.

[+ deej]

>1-I am in the process of upgrading my Norton Internet Security

>2004 to 2006. During the download process it was indicated I

>need ActiveX controls to continue. So I downloaded it. I

>always thought I read somewhere that ActiveX controls can be

>harmful to your pc. Is this correct or am I just wrong?

 

ActiveX controls can indeed be harmful to your system. You should accept them only from sites you trust. (Presumably, Norton would be one of those.)

 

However, ActiveX controls are not in, and of, themselves harmful. They can and do perform many useful tasks. If you've ever used the standard Windows "save" dialog where you give a document a name, you've used an ActiveX control for something useful. Harming your system is just one of the tasks they may (or may not) perform.

 

>2-While in the process of the download, I rec'd a pop up box

>indicating that Norton Internet Security 2006 is incompatible

>with Spybot-Search and destroy. I have always found this a

>helpful tool but had to remove the program to continue. Is

>this because the Norton 2006 product contains a similiar

>feature?

 

This answer should come from Symantec.

 

If they are truly incompatible with SS&D, it cements my resolve to never have a Symantec product on any of my computers. I consider any of the Norton products to be viruses in their own right. :-( YMMV

[Guest FallenAngel]

Hey Deej-Thank you for your reply. I did call Symantec and it seems as though their consumer support is as incompatible with the english language as Norton 2006 is with Spybot. After two calls I finally got someone who I could at least understand and indeed the two products are in conflict with one another. Norton 2006 offers a similar program and apparently, some of the components can not be installed at the same time on the same pc. I'll see how this works and let you know, although I'm stuck with Norton for at least the next year.

 

Thanks also for the ActiveX control scoop. Yes, it was a Symantec download so I figured it should have been safe, but ya never know I suppose.

 

Thank Deej, I owe ya a beer.:-)

[DelawareGuy]

I read an article somewhere that we might find more and more anti-virus and spyware products becoming incompatible. I do not know the technical terms, but I came away with the understanding that it has to do with the programs "opening" new files to look for malware. The anti-virus program and the spyware program will simultaneously try and open the file and will clash.

[+ deej]

Yep. Software conflicts in the malware arena aren't surprising.

 

When you think about it, anti-virus or spyware (etc.) software is designed to interfere with I/O on your computer and "look at stuff" before letting you "look at stuff". Get too many cooks in that kitchen and collisions are inevitable.

 

In the days when Norton and McAfee were just anti-virus products, other companies stepped in to fill in the spyware/adware/malware niche. Now the big guys are trying to approach it as a "suite" much like Office applications (with varied levels of success).