Norton Internet Security / Norton AntiVirus

[Tywin7]

Hopefully before the world ends ;-)

Using nis11, I was able to avoid the fiesco with ie not responding due to a faulty intrusion prevention sig.

[Calls]

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Tywin7 wrote:

Also, why are you still using NIS2010 despite many advise to upgrade to 2011!

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First I appreciate the help from everyone. But why is it si hard to believe that someone may wait a few weeks before upgrading? NIS 2011 has been out on store shelves, what maybe 6 weeks now? And all of a sudden NIS 2010 which was the greatest thing since sliced bread, is now archaic? I understand that the threat s change and the technology needs to keep up. But jeez, its only been in the store less than 6 weeks or so.

Plus I would like to wait until all the bugs get ironed out first. Every other post is a post on problems with NIS 2011. So I won't wait until the end of the world, but may wait a few more weeks. If you look through the posts on here, I am not alone in this viewpoint

[Calls]

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AllenM wrote:

HI Calls,

I'm not sure why this is a concern for you as far as NIS goes and it won't affect your install of NIS.

Best wishes.

Allen

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Allen, reason why I'm concerned is when I serch the computer using "norton" all these items come up from the C:\SWSetup\Inetsec

and When I look at what these items are, they seem to indicate symantec or Norton. I was curious about teh fact that I do not have this SWSetup folder on my desk top PC, though it also is an HP

[Calls]

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TheBluesBrother wrote:

How big is the folder? and did your system come with the Operating system pre-installed etc.

Is so, and the folder was approx 1GB+ in size, the C:\SWSetup folder would be used to re-install your PC if needed.

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Blues- On the HP Laptop with Vista Home Basic 32 bit, the  SWSetup folder shows a size of 2.4 GB

The OS was installed when we bought the laptop brand new

As I said ,  our HP desktop with Vista Home Premium 32 bit  Does not have this SWSetup folder even when I check hidden folders

[delphinium Norton Fighter]

I would suggest, as has been already recommended, to remove all the files that are specifically identified as Symantec/Norton files, such as Lupdate.  Leave the SWsetup file alone, as no one knows what it is or why it is there.  That will be a support question for HP.  Go ahead and install Norton.  Worry about the issue if there is a problem, rather than before.

[Bombastus]

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Calls wrote:

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Tywin7 wrote:

Also, why are you still using NIS2010 despite many advise to upgrade to 2011!

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First I appreciate the help from everyone. But why is it si hard to believe that someone may wait a few weeks before upgrading? NIS 2011 has been out on store shelves, what maybe 6 weeks now? And all of a sudden NIS 2010 which was the greatest thing since sliced bread, is now archaic? I understand that the threat s change and the technology needs to keep up. But jeez, its only been in the store less than 6 weeks or so.

Plus I would like to wait until all the bugs get ironed out first. Every other post is a post on problems with NIS 2011. So I won't wait until the end of the world, but may wait a few more weeks. If you look through the posts on here, I am not alone in this viewpoint

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There are more bugs in 2010 still, after all this time, than there are in 2011 after those few weeks. Including fixes for a number of issues you have posted about having with 2010.

[AllenM Norton Fighter]

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Calls wrote:

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Tywin7 wrote:

Also, why are you still using NIS2010 despite many advise to upgrade to 2011!

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First I appreciate the help from everyone. But why is it si hard to believe that someone may wait a few weeks before upgrading? NIS 2011 has been out on store shelves, what maybe 6 weeks now? And all of a sudden NIS 2010 which was the greatest thing since sliced bread, is now archaic? I understand that the threat s change and the technology needs to keep up. But jeez, its only been in the store less than 6 weeks or so.

Plus I would like to wait until all the bugs get ironed out first. Every other post is a post on problems with NIS 2011. So I won't wait until the end of the world, but may wait a few more weeks. If you look through the posts on here, I am not alone in this viewpoint

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HI Calls,

I won't try to convince you of any upgrade at this point but there is one thing I want to mention regarding this.

Sure you see lots of problems reported on NIS 2011, but that it is because it is the most recent version available and lots of people are upgrading to it and finding issues. Bear in mind that many of these issues were also caused by something other than NIS.

If you look back to when 2010 was released I think you will find a even higher influx of issues following its release

Delphinium responded to your latest question regarding SWSetup.

Best wishes.

Allen

[Calls]

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delphinium wrote:

I would suggest, as has been already recommended, to remove all the files that are specifically identified as Symantec/Norton files, such as Lupdate.  Leave the SWsetup file alone, as no one knows what it is or why it is there.  That will be a support question for HP.  Go ahead and install Norton.  Worry about the issue if there is a problem, rather than before.

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Thanks Del, Allen, and others

I went ahead and did more research on this C:\SWSetup\Inetsec

It seems for this HP Laptop, the SWSetup folder contains the items that were added to the computer before it was put out for sale, things like the free trial of NIS (in this case 2008). Seems that this folder is there so if you delete something, there is some kind of HP function to restore items that were installed prior to purchase

HP people say these items are not INSTALLED, just there if they need to be installed

But here is where I run into confusion. As del said to remove Norton items, it seems like the whole Inetsec contains some Norton/symantec items throughout. The Inetsec folder is 419 MB

C:\SWSetup\Intesec   Has folders for

Manual Folder (which has a pdf file for the NIS 2008)

NCO Folder

Support Folder which has sub folders

Live Update

Remover ( which contains remover.exe signed by Symantec)

among other folders

So I ran the NRT 3x and these files/folders still remain. My concern is that if I go to install the newer NIS, will these remaining files interfere with installation?

But If I delete the folder Inetsec, will that delete something that is needed?

[delphinium Norton Fighter]

Are these files in the recovery partition?  Check the path.  If it is, it will not bother Norton anyway.

[AllenM Norton Fighter]

HI Calls,

The NRT did not remove SWSetup because that directory was not put there by any Norton or Symantec software but rather by HP.

Removing the directory will have NO affect on installing NIS.

Leaving the directory will have NO affect on installing NIS.

I would say leave the directory since there may be other useful things in there - again a qustion for HP.

To reiterate it is not going to hurt anything to leave that directory there, it will not prevent the proper installation of NIS. Those Norton 2008 related files are just files, they are harmless because NIS is not installed and they are not in a path which would be referenced by Windows or any new installation of NIS or other Norton software.

Does this clarify?

Best wishes.

Allen