Re: Uninstall Norton forSP2 Virus Protection?

From: Chek (chek_16_at_hootmail.com)
Date: 09/14/04 

Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 23:05:01 +0100

Erm... SP2 has no inbuilt anti-virus.
It does have a Windows Security Centre that will display your anti-virus
program's status (if it is compatible with SP2 that is).

Keep Norton running, and update it with any new SP2 patches from their
website.

Chek 

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> I have uninstalled my Norton Firewall to use SP2
> protection. Can't have two firewalls. Should I uninstall
> Norton anti-virus to use SP2 anti-virus, or can both be
> used?

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