Re: McAfee and Norton AV on the same machine?

"What's in a Name?" <maxwachtel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Andy Bowles <andy.bowles@xxxxxxxxxx> after much thought,came up with
this jewel in news:t3q9h3pescgcdgpif4jip81r9c7b5n7cu0@xxxxxxx:

I want to have McAfee Internet Security 2007 and Norton Antivirus
installed on the same machine simultaneously.

Only one of the products will be enabled at any time. So, when
McAfee is running, Norton will be installed but disabled, and vice
versa.

Will that work?

In case you're wondering about my sanity, this is the reason: I
occasionally have to connect to a customer's site by VPN, and the
customer requires that any machine that is connected to their
network have Norton Antivirus. Under all other cirucmstance,
however, I want to use McAfee, because I prefer it, have paid for
it, and don't to be dependent on my customer for product updates.

Thanks.

Andy Bowles


Why don't you try using a virtual PC set up to use for that client
only?

I'll do that if necessary, but I was hoping to be told that it isn't.
.

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