Disable Norton AV during Email fetch?

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William W. Plummer

Well, that what my ISP said to do when I get error 800ccc0f. Looking at the
Norton Web page, they try to blame the problem on a firewall such as Zone
Alarm, but I don't use that. The problem only happens on one of four email
accounts and appears to be triggered by an infected message arriving. The
cure according to Norton and the ISP is to disable Norton Email incoming
mail scanning!!!! YIKES. What's the product good for?

What's a better AV that doesn't have this problem? AVG doesn't allow
scanning in the middle of the night, at least on the free version. eTrust
EZ AV is a fine product but they can't keep their accounts straight.
PC-cillin, maybe?
 
William W. Plummer said:
Well, that what my ISP said to do when I get error 800ccc0f. Looking at the
Norton Web page, they try to blame the problem on a firewall such as Zone
Alarm, but I don't use that. The problem only happens on one of four email
accounts and appears to be triggered by an infected message arriving. The
cure according to Norton and the ISP is to disable Norton Email incoming
mail scanning!!!! YIKES. What's the product good for?
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The cure is: dump Norton. It's a shambles nowadays. :=((


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Well, that what my ISP said to do when I get error 800ccc0f. Looking at the
Norton Web page, they try to blame the problem on a firewall such as Zone
Alarm, but I don't use that. The problem only happens on one of four email
accounts and appears to be triggered by an infected message arriving. The
cure according to Norton and the ISP is to disable Norton Email incoming
mail scanning!!!! YIKES. What's the product good for?

What's a better AV that doesn't have this problem? AVG doesn't allow
scanning in the middle of the night, at least on the free version. eTrust
EZ AV is a fine product but they can't keep their accounts straight.
PC-cillin, maybe?
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Try Avast antivirus
http://www.avast.com/
 
Quoth the raven named William W. Plummer:
Avast is $39.95 for the program. I couldn't find out what the yearly
subscription price is.
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avast! is free for home use. There is no subscription price.

http://www.avast.com/i_kat_6.html

"avast! 4 Home Edition is now free of charge for home users on
NON-COMMERCIAL computers. You can find more info about the program and
registration here."
 
Beauregard T. Shagnasty said:
Quoth the raven named William W. Plummer:


avast! is free for home use. There is no subscription price.

http://www.avast.com/i_kat_6.html

"avast! 4 Home Edition is now free of charge for home users on
NON-COMMERCIAL computers. You can find more info about the program and
registration here."
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Avast is only free for 60 days. Not good enough.
 
Read what he said again and check it out. Even MIT people should be able to
understand.
The home version is FREE for non-commercial users. (That's period!) The
professional version has a free 60 day trial.
 
Avast is only free for 60 days. Not good enough.
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Avast for home use is free for as long as you use the program. The 60 days
is how long you have to do the FREE registration. You don't have to pay for
the home version, you just have to REGISTER it. I have customers that have
been using it for over a year. No money required.

JT
 
William W. Plummer said:
Avast is only free for 60 days. Not good enough.
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the "free" online registration creates a key that is valid for 14 months.
don't know what avast you are using but avast Home Edition *IS* free for
personal home use
 
the "free" online registration creates a key that is valid for 14 months.
don't know what avast you are using but avast Home Edition *IS* free for
personal home use
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On Avast's about screen under registration it says expiration: never
Updates expiration: Saturday, May 01, 2004, 9:13:50

Do you know how/when the Updates expiration is extended? I assume
it is an automatic one year extension when that date rolls around.

BoB
 
That's a good question. I believe that I read that the registration had to
be done every 14 months but it was always free, but I don't remember a
description of this. I'm sure it probably changes itself.

FYI, I just reinstalled Avast (was playing with something else) and before I
put in the registration #, the updates said <not. After I put the number in
it said May 1.

David
 
BoB said:
On Avast's about screen under registration it says expiration: never
Updates expiration: Saturday, May 01, 2004, 9:13:50

Do you know how/when the Updates expiration is extended? I assume
it is an automatic one year extension when that date rolls around.

BoB
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When I registered it, it mentioned that the home version is free, but that
the key generated will only be valid for 14 months... I plan on updating my
key every 6 months or so.... course, I am really impressed with avast, so I
may just register the pro version to help support the avast endevour :)
 
That's a good question. I believe that I read that the registration had to
be done every 14 months but it was always free, but I don't remember a
description of this. I'm sure it probably changes itself.

FYI, I just reinstalled Avast (was playing with something else) and before I
put in the registration #, the updates said <not. After I put the number in
it said May 1.

David
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OK, thanks.
BoB
 
William W. Plummer skrev:
Avast is only free for 60 days. Not good enough.
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Where did you get that info ?

If you are a private person using it at home for non-commercial use
you can register for free and get updater for over a year. After that
year you can just re-register and get updates for another year.

Name one other AntiVirus that gives free updates to home users (ok, I
know McAfee has them for download, but you don't get auto updates)
 
David 01 skrev:
That's a good question. I believe that I read that the registration had to
be done every 14 months but it was always free, but I don't remember a
description of this. I'm sure it probably changes itself.
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In the "About avast" box, click "License key..."

In the "Registration" box, click "Program registration..."

Do the registration, and copy the key from the received mail,
and paste it in to the "Registration" box.

14 more months !
 
Dale Simmons skrev:
When I registered it, it mentioned that the home version is free, but that
the key generated will only be valid for 14 months... I plan on updating my
key every 6 months or so.... course, I am really impressed with avast, so I
may just register the pro version to help support the avast endevour :)
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I'll add that I'm very impressed with the support on their web-forum.
Even for the free version. Complain about something, and if you get
support from other forum guest they probably change it right away!
 
William W. Plummer skrev:


Where did you get that info ?

If you are a private person using it at home for non-commercial use
you can register for free and get updater for over a year. After that
year you can just re-register and get updates for another year.

Name one other AntiVirus that gives free updates to home users (ok, I
know McAfee has them for download, but you don't get auto updates)
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AVG.

Want some more? AntiVir and F-Prot for DOS.

BoB
 
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