Unfortunately, the Add / Remove in Control Panel does not allow me
uninstal just NAV - not even the Change button, it's all or nothing. instal
Orf
Sven wrote:
>Hello Orf,
>
>Apparently your efforts to disable (turn off) Norton Anti-Virus didn't
>completely 'turn it off'. WinXP knows it's running but it's avast! that is
>telling you there's a conflict between the two because it's running. I
>suggest you go to Control Panel \ Add or Remove Programs, select Norton
>System Works 2002 and click the "Change/Remove" button. There you should
>have an option to modify the installation and you can have it uninstall NAV.
>If you decide you want it back later you can use the same procedure to
>reinstall it. Hopefully that will stop NAV to the point avast! can run
>normally without any conflicts.
>
>Sven Swanson, Sr.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Orf Bartrop" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 7:08 PM
>Subject: [PCSOFT] Antivirus change-over
>
>
>I have been running Norton SystemWorks 2002 and using the antivirus
>section to protect my computer (WinXP SP2). Renewal of my subscription
>falls due this month so I decided to no renew Nortons but to change to
>Avast.
>
>I have turned off NAV in the SystemWorks Window and msconfig file. I
>installed Avast and it appears to run correctly.
>
>However, when I boot the computer I get a the following message:
>
>"avast!: Incompatible AV Software Running
>avast! detected that the following program is running:
>Norton Antivirus / Symantec Antivirus
>The on-access scanner module of this program and the on-access scanner
>of avast! CANNOT be active at the same time.
>As a result, the avast! main on-access scanners - Standard Shield, p2p
>Shield and Instant Messaging Shield - were disabled."
>
>I then have to turn on avast! to get protection.
>
>To me it appears that WinXP still thinks I am using Norton although it
>is not loaded.
>
>Ant suggestions?
>
>Orf Bartrop
>
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