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Norton Systemworks -tried to upgrade- did not work

Discussion in 'Security and Privacy' started by Jeena, 2006/08/09.

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    Jeena

    Jeena Inactive Thread Starter

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    Hi to all,

    I posted last month about my upgrading from NSW 2002 to 2006. My yearly subsciption was up and Norton wanted to upgrade. I agreed, charged my 49.95 to my credit card. I asked for the CD since I had dialup. A tech person told me to uninstall the older version with Add/Remove. The CD came, but, to make a long story short, the upgrade did not happen, and my machine was so messed up I had to re-format my hard drive. Now I use Zone Alarm.

    It was a big hassle getting everything updated and back to where I wanted, but I am glad I have that software off my machine!

    Jeena (formerly Jeane)
     
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    Christer

    Christer Geek Member Staff

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    Hi to Jeena!

    Don't forget that NSW 2006 and Zone Alarm do not perform the same task. You have substituted FireWall software for AntiVirus software and you need both!

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    Jeena

    Jeena Inactive Thread Starter

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    Oops, I meant to say I have AVG for antivirus and ZA for the firewall. One thing I did have was cleansweep -- do you recommend installing just that, or are there other cleaners available?

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    Personally, I do my cleanups manually. I have had NSW installed the last few years but only use One Button Checkup and WinDoctor. I have NIS installed for AV and FW.

    Alternatives to CleanSweep is System Security Suite and CCleaner but I have not used any of them.

    As I understand it, both are more powerful than CleanSweep, CCleaner has a Registry Cleaner which you shouldn't use unless you know what you're doing.

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