subscription to update virus's?

[jonnyjack]

when did Norton do this? i hadn't updated my virus list in a couple of months and then i just tried to do it a couple of days ago...it said my free 1 year is over and i need to purchase...

i got the software bundled with a motherboard i bought about a year ago...does anyone know how much the subscription is? TIA

 

[Derango]

The subscription is like $10 for a year or somthing around that. They've been doing this for a while now.

 

[boomerang]

I think they've upped it to $9.95 a year now. I'm not 100% certain of that. You should be able to find NAV 2002 at online vendors for $16.00 with a full year of updates. You can find it cheaper but with only 3 months of updates. Speaking from experience here.

2001 and 2002 can be configured to do updates automatically.

Search the For Sale/Trade forum too.

 

[jjones]

f-secure antivirus. better than norton and free updates.

 

[Nitemare]

2 different prices from what I hear..

OEM is about 10ish and retail is about 7ish

 

[LostHiWay]

You could always format your computer and reinstall and you'll have another year. Some might consider this dishonest though

 

[Wozster]

You could use This for free.

 

[tcsenter]

Go to the Symantec NAV Download Page and download the stand-alone update file (e.g. 0308i32.EXE). Then run it to install the updated virus defs. Works every time.

At the bottom of the page, there is a link to a .txt file that describes how to also manually install the def files.

 

[jonnyjack]

sweet...thanks tcsenter

 

[SendTrash]

<< sweet...thanks tcsenter >>

did it work? I remember before I tried to manually update virus definitions in Norton and it just spit back the subscription info when I ran the exe.

 

[tcsenter]

<< did it work? I remember before I tried to manually update virus definitions in Norton and it just spit back the subscription info when I ran the exe. >>

Running the .exe is not 'manually' updating the virus defs. You can read update.txt to find out how to manually extract and install the def files.

 

[jonnyjack]

SendTrash: yes it did update...you just download the file and run it like any other executable file...when it finished, i then ran Norton and looked at the virus list and it said March 8...thanks again tcsenter!