20 Most Recent Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2008: Windows - Page 3 Questions & Answers

Get rid of norton and go get Microsoft security essentials, it is free and excellent

simply go here http://free.avg.com/us-en/homepage
download it.
install it.

First you need to check with your internet provider because certain ones include a full antivirus with your service. If not you can go to www.norton.com and download the trial version to get started.

The reason it is asking you to be online is because the way Norton AntiVirus registers there products is being online it is also the same way you will need to update the program.

Run the Norton Removal Tool to remove your Norton Anti Virus:

Norton Removal Tool

And then install Norton Anti Virus 2011 and activate it with your 2008 Product Key:

Norton Anti Virus 2011

When you say you have problems with a lot of Virus then install in safe mode and do there a full scan.

IF YOU ARE NO LONGER GETTING DAILY UPDATES (BEING 2008 I WILL ASSUME THIS IS THE CASE. YOU ARE PROBABLY INFECTED. DOWNLOAD CCLEANER HERE FOR FREE:

http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner

RUN CLEANER AND REGISTRY ANALYSIS AND AND CLEAN BOTH. THEN GO HERE:

RUN CLEANER AND REGISTRY ANALYSIS AND AND CLEAN BOTH. THEN GO HERE:WWW.MALWAREBYTES.ORG AND DOWNLOAD THE FREE VERSION. SAVE TO DESKTOP. IT WILL SHOW UP AS MBAM.exe. BEFORE DOING INSTALLATION, RENAME mbam.exe TO winlogon.exeINSTALL, UPDATE AND RUN FULL SCAN. DELETE EVERYTHING IT CATCHES AND REBOOT.THEN DOWNLOAD NEW ANTIVIRUS. IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY YOU CAN USE AVAST FREE VERSION AND ZONE ALARM FIREWALL FREE. OR YOU CAN SURVIVE FOR MONTHS ON FREE TRIALS OF KASPERSKY, WEBROOT, BITDEFENDER, AVG, AVAST, ETC, ETC.GOOD LUCK AND IF I'VE HELPED PLEASE CONSIDER GIVING ME A GOOD RATING.THANKS AND GOOD LUCK.

only if it came with a new computer, & then only for a limited trail period.

after installing anti-virus, turn on automatic updates ON..and when you are connected to INTERNET antivirus will be automatically updated with new definitions

how to download antivirus free

The easiest way to fix your problem is to go to www.avgfree.com. Download the latest version of AVG antivirus software. It's free to a home user. After downloading that, uninstall Norton (or the two will 'think' the other is a virus. After downloading AVG and removing Norton, reboot and AVG will find and take care of your virus.

One good free antivirus is avast! ,
you can download it from here:
http://www.avast.com/index

Then follow this guide http://www.fixya.com/support/r5272277-secure_clean_computers

First close all unneccarsy applications for example: Windows Live Messenger. After you have done that perform a full system scan and wait for it to complete. It will then report back to you with threats. (I WOULD RECOMMEND OBTAINING A NEW UP TO DATE ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE EVEN FREE ONE SUCH AS AVG OR AVAST.)

well if you want a good free virus protection. I can offer you a great one that i use on all of my computers and have a 90% catch rate. An doesnt have as many problems as norton click here to download free antivirus.

Go to scan computer and scan the full system. Always take care of updating your anti virus.

Log in using Administrator rights and then try to install the software.

virus's name ?

It may be due to error in the connection or may be the error in their server.

so you can download it as a update package separately.

What is the browser that you are using to download.. Is it Internet explorer?.. and what operating system you have? . try going to this site
ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/3.6/win32/en-US/
copy and paste it on my computer browser.. (Not on Internet Explorer) and then try to install Mozilla Firefox, after installation, try downloading using firefox to see if the same problem occurs

Hi!
Using another computer with an internet connection, go here and download the appropriate file for your system.
Copy it into a pen-drive or burn it on a CD, then install (run) it on your computer.

Best regards,
Pelu.