Symantec Liveupdate problem

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Kate said:
I have installed Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition v8 on my PC am get the
following message when I try to LiveUpdate:

LiveUpdate could not get the list of updates.
LiveUpdate could not retrieve the catalog file of available Symantec product
updates.Please check that your connection to the Internet is functioning
correctly and retry LiveUpdate.

What settings should I check?
Running Windows XP Pro
Connection through modem at home. Single PC.

Thanks
Kate
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Have had a zillion problems with Symantec software but they
do have a way for you to interface with their Tech Support, via
e-mail. They'll answer you within 2 days. May not solve
the problem easily, but they'll stay with you. Start here:

http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/consumer.html

Bill Lurie
 
Your best bet is to completely remove the Symantec AV software. It is an
obtrusive, confusing piece of "bloatware". Then download a good AV program
such as AVG from Grisoft (www.grisoft.com). It is free, and works very well.
 
Never had a problem with Norton AV software, ever.....

Fortunately I have a PC that doesn't tend to grumble at me if I try anything
with it, on the grounds it's very up to date with memory and processor.

Also, I have to say it's not that confusing. I'm running Norton 2004. Insert
CD, la la la, next, next, next, enter details, next, next, finish.

Liveupdate similarly..... next next next finish.

What's so difficult?

Granted I'd use Panda over it any day but it does the job, and it does the
job well.....

Volvos, for a metaphorical example, are reliable cars with everything you
could want, but they eat petrol and cost you an arm and a leg to service,
maintain, fix, run, tax and insure but you don't see people grumbling over
that do you?

No, because they do what they're supposed to do, go forwards, backwards,
left, right and take you where you want to go, when you want to go there.

Norton - stops viruses getting onto your computer because it's an anti virus
program. I'd rather have a program that used a bit more resources, than have
viruses on my computer making it a complete and utter mess, using my
resouorces without my knowing about it, and infiltrating files I don't want
it to see.....

Anyway. Kate? What connection are you running from? If it's a 56k connection
it may just be having a few issues.

Do you have a firewall up that could possibly be preventing Symantec's
servers seending you information back?
 
Hey, Pop, your advice is probably very sound, but old habits are
hard to break. I've used Norton products since they first came
out, over ten years ago, and they have served me well and
protected me well. Like, it ain't broke, don't fix it. Maybe
somebody else doesn't do as good a job of grabbing every new
virus and worm and automatically protect me against it.

But on the other hand, when they go bad, they ARE a royal pain
in the posterior. It's kind of a case of sticking with the
devil I know, rather than trying some new devil.

Bill L.
 
There ARE others of use that have no problem with Norton AV. I have
version 2002, 2003 and 2005 on my PCs at home. All installed without
any problem, have caught and eradicated virus's and update without any
problem.

To the OP, I assume that you can access the internet without problem.
I have had your problem when my net connection was down.
 
I had that problem and went to the symantec site and updated from there and
it seemed to fix the problem.They have a list of errors and fixes for them.
One was the solution for the error unable to update through Live Update.
Hope this helps you.
 
Hi, Kate.

Your time/date problem - which Happy mentioned - can cause the Live Update
failure. Fix that, then post back if you still have a problem.

Also, I note that the headers for your post includes this line:
X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000

This indicates that you haven't been to Windows Update lately - maybe not
ever! - and you may be much more at risk than necessary. That is the
original version of OE6 with no updates. :>(

You need to get SP2 installed. If you don't know how or why, please read
here:
Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/default.mspx

RC
 
Kate said:
I have installed Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition v8 on my PC am get
the
following message when I try to LiveUpdate:

LiveUpdate could not get the list of updates.
Click to expand...

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Hi Kate,

Go here and d/l and then execute this update for the Live update software.
http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/files/lu/lu.html
The file you want is: Release Date: December 15, 2004
File: lusetup-lt.exe (1,934,880 bytes)
 
Sorry, do not categorize us as "fortunate few". Replace few with many,
many, many, etc,.
Gene K
 
I have installed Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition v8 on my PC am get the
following message when I try to LiveUpdate:

LiveUpdate could not get the list of updates.
LiveUpdate could not retrieve the catalog file of available Symantec product
updates.Please check that your connection to the Internet is functioning
correctly and retry LiveUpdate.

What settings should I check?
Running Windows XP Pro
Connection through modem at home. Single PC.

Thanks
Kate
 
I have installed Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition v8 on my PC am get the
following message when I try to LiveUpdate:

LiveUpdate could not get the list of updates.
Click to expand...

This is discussed on the Symantec web site. I had the same problem and one of
the suggestions seemed to cure the malady. I believe in my case it was the
deletion of a specific file. This is probably too long a URL to successfully
appear:

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/sharedtech.
nsf/d3c44a1678bd8f45852566aa005902cb/04c2ba190354f623852569a70069150b?
OpenDocument&src=bar_sch_nam

but you can go to the Symantec data base, and enter the quoted search string
"Liveupdate could not retrieve" and get the article.

Art
 
Overview: Grisoft(AVG)
Result summary: 6 passes / 20 fails
Performance graph: - Success / Failure / No Entry
Vendor website: http://www.grisoft.com
http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/archives/products.xml?avg.xml


The Virus Bulletin
http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/

ICSA Labs - TrueSecure Corp.
http://www.icsalabs.com/html/communities/antivirus/certifiedproducts.shtml

AV-Test
http://www.av-test.org/


Cf. http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/about/index.xml

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