Re: Norton AntiVirus VS ZoneAlarm With AntiVirus

From: Jerome M. Katz (jerrymkatz_at_NOSPAM@yahoo.com)
Date: 05/22/05 

Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 12:03:51 -0400

There should be no problem having two anti-virus programs installed.
You can do full system scans with both (one at a time), but you should
have only one set to auto-protect as there will be conflicts if you
run two auto-protects simultaneously.

               Jerry

On 22 May 2005 08:26:22 -0700, Conservative.Nate@gmail.com wrote:

>I reformatted my laptop 2 days ago because it was running slow. I
>decided yesterday to purchase ZoneAlarm with AntiVirus. About 30
>minutes ago I finally got around to installing Norton Systemworks
>Premier 2005. After I rebooted ZoneAlarm it tells me there is a
>conflict and it wants me to uninstall Norton AntiVirus.
>
>
>The idea was to have both NAV and ZA with AV so if one did not catch a
>virus/worm the other would catch it.
>
>I have already run Norton Liveupdate and it is doing a full system scan
>(Antivirus) now. When I check for updates with ZoneAlarm with
>Antivirus it tells me I am up to date.
>
>Anyone know if ZoneAlarm with AntiVirus has all the same features as
>NAV 2005?
>
>If I cannot use both (I still don't understand why ZA with AV won't
>start as long as NAV is installed) I am trying to figure out which is
>better for my PC.
>
>
>
>I have:
>
>Windows XP Home with SP2
>2 GHz Celeron laptop with 1 gigabyte RAM
>ZoneAlarm with AntiVirus Version: 5.5.094.000
>(Zonealarm) Antivirus Vet Engine version: 11.7.0.000
>(ZoneAlarm) Antivirus signature DAT file version: 11.7.9145.000
>
>Norton Systemworks 2005
>Version 8.02 Build 6
>Norton Antivirus Version 11.0.9.16
>Norton Utilities Version 18.0.0.62
>
>Any Help is Appreciated!

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