Thanks Dave,
That answers all my questions :)
Thx Dave, all is clear to me now. 
you’re very welcome guys, apologies again for the ambiguity and for not clearing this up sooner!
So Dave, is the conflict bettwen NIS 2009 and NAB fixed?
If I install NIS 2009 first and then NAB after, will I still have the risk of gettting the conflict problem?
If so, is it easy to recognize that there is a conflict? Because I have installed NIS 2009 and NAB just after and I didn't notice any problem so far.
Regards.
Ow, by the way, I running it on Windows XP SP3
registro wrote:
So Dave, is the conflict bettwen NIS 2009 and NAB fixed?
If I install NIS 2009 first and then NAB after, will I still have the risk of gettting the conflict problem?
If so, is it easy to recognize that there is a conflict? Because I have installed NIS 2009 and NAB just after and I didn't notice any problem so far.
Regards.
Hi registro,
A fix for this issue has not been released yet. Installing the products on the same system still may cause errors, which is why the block is in place. You may be able to run them together on your system without any problems, but we certainly don't recommend this, for the reasons stated in Dave's previous post. Thanks!
Hello Tony,
Thank you very much for your help.
This discussion forum is awsome.
Keep up the good work....
Hi,
Do you have any idea on when Norton Antibot will be available for users that have NIS2009? I had purchased 2 copies and still have over a 1/2 year left on both. I'm extremely hesitant on installing it right now using NIS2009.
When it is available and compatible, how will I know?
NIS2009 and Norton AntiBot work fine with each other. I've been running both since day 1.
Just install NIS2009 first, then install Norton AntiBot. If you want to uninstall NIS2009, then uninstall Norton AntiBot first and then NIS2009.
When taking these rules into advisement, you should have no problems at all.
I just tried Anti-Bot along side NIS 2009 and it works fine but AB uses way too much memory and adds 4 additional processes. Threafire only adds 2 process and uses a fraction of the memory.
Thanks Denniz, it’s working fine. Appreciate your help.
This may be an old discussion, but I want to clarify: if I have a clean 32-bit system it makes no sense any discussion about using AB as NIS 2009 will prevent any malware to enter my system in the first place making AB irrelevant (even if it has some different approaches to detect the threats). Is this asumption correct?
I ask this question on the basis of the assertion by davecole: "note that this was with intrusion prevention turned off, which would have blocked all of the threats from penetrating the system (and thus would not have exercised SONAR vs. NAB, making the test pretty irrelevant)"
Since I am asking questions, I will made another one, especially to: considering my question above is correct and using NIS 2009 and running evry week or so MBAM ( Dieselman743 seems to like it) and/or Ad-aware gives me the same protection as having NIS 2009 running alongside Spyware Doctor (which seems to be a more throrough spyware detector - but which is sometimes a resource hog, the reason I did not renew my subscription to it)? I ask this because I had the experience of SW and AB catching/warning about incoming threats and NIS 2008 not doing so. But with SONAR in NIS 2009 I want to be sure I can rely on less real time services running.
Thanks for the help.
Dec. 05/08 -Used Removal Tool Twice to remove NIS2008 (with AntiBot installed)
Dec. 05/08 -Installed NIS09EN Version: 16.1.0.33
Note: Removal Tool never affected my AntiBot Program
Why didn`t Removal Tool remove AntiBot ?
I have `NOT` had any problems or conflict`s what so ever.
MB17 wrote:This may be an old discussion, but I want to clarify: if I have a clean 32-bit system it makes no sense any discussion about using AB as NIS 2009 will prevent any malware to enter my system in the first place making AB irrelevant (even if it has some different approaches to detect the threats). Is this asumption correct?
NIS/NAV09 and AB share some feature; if you have both there will be some redundencies. Having AB with NIS/NAV09 on a 32 bit system is OK; however many people recommend ThreatFire as a free alternative.
MB17 wrote:Since I am asking questions, I will made another one, especially to: considering my question above is correct and using NIS 2009 and running evry week or so MBAM ( Dieselman743 seems to like it) and/or Ad-aware gives me the same protection as having NIS 2009 running alongside Spyware Doctor (which seems to be a more throrough spyware detector - but which is sometimes a resource hog, the reason I did not renew my subscription to it)? I ask this because I had the experience of SW and AB catching/warning about incoming threats and NIS 2008 not doing so. But with SONAR in NIS 2009 I want to be sure I can rely on less real time services running.
Thanks for the help.
You can be confident that NIS09 will protect you. A possible reason AB and SW caught the threats before NIS is because they might have reacted before NIS; a matter of milliseconds.
Bowwie wrote:Dec. 05/08 -Used Removal Tool Twice to remove NIS2008 (with AntiBot installed)
Dec. 05/08 -Installed NIS09EN Version: 16.1.0.33
Note: Removal Tool never affected my AntiBot Program
Why didn`t Removal Tool remove AntiBot ?
I have `NOT` had any problems or conflict`s what so ever.
AntiBot is not affected by the Norton Removal Tool.
Bowwie wrote:
Dec. 05/08 -Used Removal Tool Twice to remove NIS2008 (with AntiBot installed)
Dec. 05/08 -Installed NIS09EN Version: 16.1.0.33
Note: Removal Tool never affected my AntiBot Program
Why didn`t Removal Tool remove AntiBot ?
I have `NOT` had any problems or conflict`s what so ever.
The technology of Norton Antibot is licensed from Sana Security by Symantec. The Norton Antibot software looks and feels much like Sana’s Primary Response SafeConnect (PRSC) utility. I think, this difference makes it non-accessible for Norton Removal tool as the tool was designed to remove only certain Norton programs developed by Symantec. Similarly, you cannot use Norton removal tool for uninstalling PCAnywhere eventhough it's a Symantec Product.
"The Norton Removal Tool uninstalls all Norton 2009/2008/2007/2006/2005/2004/2003 products, Norton 360 and Norton SystemWorks 12.0 from your computer." - Warning Text from Norton removal tool download Web page.
The following programs(recommended by Symantec) can be installed with Norton Internet Security 2009:
Norton SystemWorks
Norton Ghost
Norton Save & Restore
pcAnywhere
Norton GoBack 4.0
Since Norton Antibot doesn't come under this list, it may create conflicts with Norton Internet Security 2009. The reason for conflict is that NIS 2009 already contains AntiBot features to prevent bots from taking control of your PC. It is a known fact that running two similar Security Programs(AntiVirus/Firewall/AntiSpyware) at the same time can affect System performance as well as conflict with the functionalities of the other.
You are lucky enough for not having any such conflicts till now. As far as it works without conflicting each other, no need to worry. 
Because it is a Sana Security Product ? or What
May be…the AntiBot works under an entirely different Technology which Symantec got licensed from Sana Security. It is not Sana Security Product anymore, but the underlying technology tends to be from Sana Security. This makes it different from the other Security Products which Symantec has developed.
It creates a certain amount of redundancy when working in conjunction with NIS/NAV.
That is why I recommend ThreatFire, which is free and does not conflict and has better detection than AntiBot.