<div dir="ltr">While my instantaneous response is like Aarons (Nuke it and repave with ANYTHING but mickey$oft!!) you actually can use the add/remove applications and remove all the addon crap. I have ZERO respect for Norton's virus crap and instead highly recommend the outragous sum of $50 and get a copy of f-prot (<a href="http://www.f-prot.com">www.f-prot.com</a>). There are rumors that the trial versions are crippleware and a drive failure later will require that you start by erloading the trialware version then the upgrades...<br>
<br>Also be sure to block that machine from access the Internet at your firewall for anything except antivirus updates and you will have a reasonably safe machine :-) (once you block the use of IE in all perversions, as well as OutBreak in all mutations and every form of multimedia player pustulently oozed from Redmond).<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 8:53 AM, John Mills <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:johnmills@speakeasy.net">johnmills@speakeasy.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
ALErs -<br>
<br>
A H-P Vista desktop has joined the family and (so far) does what is<br>
expected of it. Naturally I had to toss out a bunch of apps that screamed<br>
"Buy Me!" from time to time, but I've been grinding my teeth about one of<br>
those I have kept, and would appreciate some pointers.<br>
<br>
The Symantec/Norton anti-virus installation claims to have two parts: one<br>
permanently licensed, even updatable, and the other "anti-phishing"<br>
protection which had a 30-day update subscription. This subscription has<br>
now expired.<br>
<br>
Every day or so I get a "nag" screen recommending I renew the<br>
subscription, with only two options in the pull-down: 'Renew Now' and<br>
"Remind Me Later'. *(__)$$##(*&^!!<br>
<br>
I would like to dump the anti-phishing and its nag, and keep the long-term<br>
AV part installed. I haven't turned up any clear answers on net searches,<br>
nor (naturally) from Symantec.<br>
<br>
Does anyone know how to accomplish this?<br>
<br>
TIA.<br>
<br>
- Mills<br>
<br>
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