Norton Antivirus on IBM T4x Preload - trial or full version?

[csv96]

Is the Norton Antivirus 2004 on the IBM T4x Preload a trial version or full version? Is there an easy way to extract the NAV install files from the hidden partition without having to restore to factory contents?

[jdhurst]

If it is like NAV 2003, it is a full version, but with a 90-day subscription. Then Symantec wants nearly the full price to get a 1-year subscription. I use Symantec Client Security Corporate (much better, but it is hard to get outside of a corporation). So I just uninstalled NAV. If you don't wish to use Norton, then just uninstall it.

The NAV files should be in C:\IBMTOOLS. They are on my T41. I think you can use them anywhere but you still face the 90-day limitation. Anti-Virus is useless without updates so if you want to use NAV on the ThinkPad or elsewhere, you have to pay. ... JDHurst.

[ian]

Or why not try a free program? Like AVG for example (no, I don't work for them...) I've been testing this on a few machines recently and it's caught everything that's going around at the moment...

[doylnea]

Or why not try a free program? Like AVG for example (no, I don't work for them...) I've been testing this on a few machines recently and it's caught everything that's going around at the moment...

After reloading several desktops belonging to friends (because they didn't have anti-virus software and became majorly infected), I've always installed AVG and I too have found it to be very, very effective. You can set it to update every day, and can always manually update it, if you hear of a new virus coming around.

I would install it on my DKU, but I'm in an academic environment, where I buy Norton 2004 and OfficeXP Pro for $50 and have to install Norton...

[carbon_unit]

I will third AVG. I have been using it and recommending it for over a year now.
Just to be thorough you might want to go to the trend micro site and do a housecall scan.
It seems to catch the few things norton and AVG might miss.

[fireracer7]

I also strongly recommend AVG. It is free and I find it to be much faster and more effective than NAV. My friend had a bunch of virus's on his laptop which NAV wasn't detecting but whic AVG found instantly!