disable the norton? when installing programs

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Leonard F Kiesling - 20 Apr 2004 22:38 GMT

just a general question about anti virus programs: using windows xp home
edition 2004 norton anti virus program, & win 98SE with norton 2002 AV
should the norton be disabled when
1) downloading & installing programs off net?
2) installing programs from a disk?

i posted this in xp's gen discuss. looking for additional feed back from you
folks in this group. thanks, len kiesling

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Nigel Stapley - 20 Apr 2004 22:55 GMT

> just a general question about anti virus programs: using windows xp home
> edition 2004 norton anti virus program, & win 98SE with norton 2002 AV
> should the norton be disabled when
> 1) downloading & installing programs off net?

Downloading - definitely not.
Installing - yes, but make sure you scan the .exe or .zip file first, and
that you disconnect/shut down your modem.

(of course, some programs insist on installing at download, so there's not a
lot you can do to get around that).

> 2) installing programs from a disk?

Yes, with the same proviso as above.

HTH

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