Norton Internet Security 2005 problems?

2005 hurts my computer's feelings

If ever there was an ineffective feature in Norton 2005, it's the exclusion lists. I tried using them after Norton wouldn't let me browse for game servers, to no avail. Every time I try to find a CS:S server it would ask me to either 'permit' or 'block' the program. I'd choose permit, but it would keep asking. So I got used to turning it off for 15 min, or until restart, so I could get in a server and shut norton up.

Just when I thought I'd solved my problem Battlefield 2 comes out...and I thought Steam put up a fight. Norton won't listen. Even when I'm in a server. My comp was built for gaming (more specifically HL2), and now norton's crushing my machine's born purpose. You guys have mentioned some other AVs I'd like to try. It just makes me sad I paid 50 bucks for the worst norton yet....

In summation: Norton Ativirus 2005 = puke:

OK - no more NIS, but then what??

I'm no techhy, but I relate to much of the above!
Especially about worms and trojans. My "wonderful"
NIS itself got a worm that wouldn't allow it to connect
to the Norton site to update! NOT very impressive!

Now, I'm building a new unit and will have XP, about
which I know very little. (98SE before)

SO - what would be a good plan?
Without a router.

(Help me sort thru all the good suggestions above,
and links would be much appreciated for downloads!)

Or, would it be good to get a (cheap) single port router?
Just for the firewall?

So - for XP Home
(1) What anti-virus?
(2) What firewall?
(3) What's good against worms & trojans

Not being that strong on software to start with,
I sure don't need NIS causing me any more probs!

Oh - on Search & Destroy, how do I know what to
delete - it seems to admit that deleting all the stuff
it finds may cause problems that then have to be
fixed. Don't need that prob either!
Or does the "immunize" button take care of all
of that?

Thanks for any good advice for a "layman"
who's trying to get up to speed!

i had a problem where norton would not connect to live update. if you are getting an warning error warning code past it into google or norton live update won't connect as i did, i found information someone had posted stating that a dll file should be renamed or deleted.

after saying that, you will most likely be advised to get another anti-virus and security programme by the techsperts on here. my advice is 'DO IT'.

I've been having problems with NIS 2005 with AIM v5.9.3861. Previously I was able to work everything smoothly but MS Office 2003 Pro had a minor conflict with NIS 2005 and I had to uninstall norton. Doing this solved that problem, then I wasn't able to Direct IM but I'm able to send files and such. I have things set on Outgoing, Incoming and AOL proxy server. Not much seems to work and I didn't do anything in the past to make it work, it just wored lol. Is there a way to by pass this, I thought it was the router at first but once I turned off the personal firewall everything worked... Microsoft Firewall is off btw.

Well well... if only I had read this thread or many others like it before I installed NIS 2005 last May. I too find I am one of the frustrated users of one of the most irritrating pieces of software I have ever come across. To make matters worse, I have attempted to get support from them. It is very difficult to even understand the support people in India and as for their interaction... there is none. All they do is work from scripts. Its incredible! I have completely removed NIS 2005 but still have some residual problems. What a freaking pain! Now I am doing some research to see what seems to be a decent anti-virus product. Don't need the other bells and whistles anyway.

If you want to see my problem in detail, see my post "Possible conflict between Outlook Express 6.0 and Norton Internet Security 2005 "

Thanks for a great forum... Jim

Just to repeat what the experts on this site have said,
and what they use: (and what I have switched to
after I also ditched NIS!)

The below all have free home versions
if I recall, I purchased some of the more
complete "full" versions which are not
that expensive considering the expense
and problems they can prevent:

AVG Free anti virus
Sygate Personal Firewall (free)
Ewido security suite (spyware etc)
Ad-Aware from Lavasoft
Spybot Search & Destroy
(careful, there's a fake site out there,
the real URL www.merijn.org)
Hijack This (look on this post, in the
stickies at the top, for lots of into on this)
Spyware Blaster (you want at least 2 diff
spyware things)
Spyware Guard (actually blocks spyware)
A physical router with a firewall is also
highly recommended

Kaspersky has a very good anti virus,
as well as a very good security suite
(paid)


do NOT hook into Spyware Search & Destroy!
their ads are bogus and they are on a
"Rogue's List" of suspect spyware sites even!

My old computer got blasted - the Registry -
and luckily I was starting to build a new one.
At work, I downloaded all the above onto
a flash drive and loaded them all into the
new one before I once hooked it to the
internet. No mas! No mas!

If I end up having problems now, I'm
going to sell my new one and buy a Mac!
My PC has gotten wiped out 3 times now,
and my wife's Mac and our 2 daughters
(ea with a Mac) have not had problem
one in nearly 20 cumulative years of
online!

Norton

i have norton internet security 2005. i installed it and it was fine ages ago but lately it started playin up like not loading the instant messenger scanner. i uninstalled then ive come to reinstalling and when i do, half way through the setup a message box appears saying:

IDSERR_REGISTERWITHLIVEUPDATE
OK

then i click ok and this error message comes up:

NORTON INTERNET SECURITY 2005 HAS FAILED DO YOU WANT TO TRY AND INSTAL AGAIN?
RETRY CANCEL

i clicked retry and the progress bar went further but it keeps going over the same file and i keep retrying it.

it wont install properly, does anyone know what i can do?

never had a problem with spybot search & destroy.... works great

don't know about spyware search & destroy.... sounds like an imposter..

"And of course they use Intel and always the most expensive type of exotic memory (see that Rambus/RDRAM crap, and now DDR2, hugely expensive, without gaining anything over SDRAM or DDR)"

-interesting.... I don't see too much hoopla over DDR2 ram at all either....

AVG Free is the way to go. Norton 2005 was a system hog and Macafee misses virus. I work on pc and see the problems of both scans. I install AVG free and every seems very happy with it.

The reason you don't see much gain over ddr1 is that ddr2 really has nothing to offer, at present. In the future when ddr2 speeds take off, you will see a benefit. Right now, iirc, ddr2 also has a latency penalty that ddr1 doesn't have. This will all be made irrelevant when ddr2 speeds increase.

As to av, I probably said it earlier, avg if you want free, FixIt Utilities by On Track if you want the best.

if some one wants to uninstall NIS and is having troubles/errors , goto

Referer http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPOR...nsf=nav.nsf&view=docid&dtype=&prod=&ver=&osv=

and download SymNRT ... It completely removes the NIS and all other Threads, Processes..

If it fails, boot in safe mode, manually delete ALL norton folders (including ones with name Symantec ..in Documents and Settings )
reboot and delete all registry entries with regedit, having Symantec or norton.
Dilema solved.

Another NIS 2005 dissatisfied customer. All I wanted was the banner add/ popup blocker portion. At least with the 2005 version you have the option to turn off the antispam portion. I find that outlook 2003 does a good enough job of blocking spam on it's own. Anyway what would happen to me is I'd be browsing the web and all of a sudden I'd get a bunch of red X's where pictures should be. If I'd refresh the page or click another link I'd get a page cannot be found screen. I couldn't even connect to my routers status page. I'd have to reboot to get my internet back. This was happening several times a day so I uninstalled NIS. Gee you know what, no more problems with connectivity. I'm using AVG and am happy with it. I'm behind a router and don't run a software firewall. Speaking or software firewalls I'd just like to mention something worth thinging about. Namely that the windows firewall only blocks incoming attacks. It won't stop anything from going out once you are infected. I believe that just about every other software firewall mentioned in this thread blocks outgoing too. Can you tell I'm not a big fan of the windows firewall.

Norton Internet Security 2005

I hope someone can help me. Norton sure can't.
In Dec 2005, my Norton Internet Security 2005 would go through the motions for liveupdate, even stating that the update was complete, but the virus definitions won't update past Nov 23, 2005. Then Internet Security continues to prompt me to liveupdate and get current. But it won't actually update! My subscription to Internet Security is good until June 2006.
Can anyone help? I have Windows XP professional. Thanks much.

Hi Wannabeageek. Welcome to techspot.

I'm afraid the only advice I personally am willing to give on the subject of norton is to ditch it. I realise you've paid up to june, but to be honest you can install AVG free for absolutely nothing and have better and less buggy protection, with less bloat too, and improve the speed of your system all in one go.

There really is no point in sticking with something useless just because you paid for it - not when there are better and free alternatives out there.

Before I discovered Tech Spot and all the wisdom therein,
I had Norton.

Little did I know!

I, too, had a subscription well beyond my discovery date.

I ditched it and substituted things like AVG Free (FREE),
AdAware (FREE), Spybot Search & Destroy (FREE),
Spyware Blaster (FREE), Spyware Guard (FREE),
CWShredder (FREE), Sygate Personal Firewall (FREE),
Hijack This (don't find it via a search - that one is bogus
and dangerous, look at the posts on the Internet security
section of this forum for the REAL source, and Ewido Security
Suite (low cost). Now I'm safe,secure, and lower overall cost
than Norton, and NO interference from any of them in downloading
or opening anything!

BEST thing I ever did for that secure feeling!

my NIS 2005 block yahoo messenger...even though i choose "permit" to allow YM connect to net but it will jamm ter...and i need abt 10 minutes to restart pc...without restart my Ym will non -respond ter :dead:

any idea how 2 solve this problem ???

Lets be reall here

I have been an it admin for 5yrs
and all of the Antivirus programs listed in this forum are absolute rubbish if you want a real antivirus solution that works download and install this one
its name is avast and its the best in the world !!! register on there site for free and they will give you a valid license for 14 months
thats how much faith they have in their product !!! :slurp:

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Ok so the problem ive been having had to do with World of Warcraft and Norton, basically i installed the game a while agao no problem and after a patch for the game coule of weeks ago, i noticed that when i did start up warcraft it just froze on me. i thought maybe it had to do with the firewall protection on Norton on allowing access from certain programs, so i went in there to remove the old warcraft entries and re add them, but as soon as i removed one norton went "not responding" and even after repeated clicks of End Now it just hangs there and also i cant do a manual scan as well the schedule did work until i tested to see i i could schedule one for an hour later and then now it just doesnt pop up at all. This is the norton internet security 2005 that came with the comp when i bought it. If there is anyone out there that can help it would be greatly appreciated.

thanks, in advance

amusing....

Well I do not know how I had never encountered this site before. But I love it. I have also been using avast for years.

But I am currently trying to research a little bit to suggest programs for AVS and Firewall for my company to recommend to customers because our software is directly being crippled at times by Norton. I was thinking of Avast and Windows XP Firewall as our suggestions. Any others that could be suggested would be greatly appreciated.