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- Norton AntiVirus 2002 Professional Edition
- for Windows 98/ME/NT4.0/2000/XP
- Copyright (c) 2000-2002 Symantec Corporation.
- All rights reserved.
- README.TXT January 2002
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- TO READ THE README FILE
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- This README.TXT file covers compatibility information,
- late-breaking news, and usage tips for Norton AntiVirus.
- It is installed on your hard disk in the same location as
- the Norton AntiVirus product files.
-
- To read the Readme file:
-
- 1. Using Windows Explorer, navigate to the location
- where your Norton AntiVirus files are installed.
-
- If you installed Norton AntiVirus to the default
- location, the files are in:
- C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus.
-
- 2. Double-click Readme.txt to open the file in Notepad
- or WordPad. The Readme file includes instructions for
- printing it if you want to do so.
-
- 3. Close the word processing program when you are done
- reading the file.
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- NORTON ANTIVIRUS
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- Generating an MSI log file to troubleshoot Install
- issues
- --------------------------------------------------
- If Norton AntiVirus fails to install we suggest creating
- an MSI log file before contacting Symantec's Support
- services. This will help our Support team resolve your
- issues faster.
- To create the log file:
- X:\Setup.exe /L* c:\install.log
-
- Sending outgoing email can be slower within Outlook
- Express or Outlook under Windows 2000
- ---------------------------------------------------
- Due to a Microsoft issue with Windows 2000, Outlook
- Express and Outlook will send (SMTP) email much slower
- with Norton AntiVirus email protection enabled. Microsoft
- has resolved this issue and a hot fix that can be
- downloaded from:
- http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q294/7/69.ASP
-
-
- Incompatibility with Office 2000 and the Norton
- AntiVirus Plug-in on German Windows 98
- -----------------------------------------------
- Office 2000 can hang when inserting infected documents
- on German Windows 98. This is resolved by upgrading the
- DCOM version to version 1.3 or later. This upgrade can
- be downloaded from: http://www.microsoft.com/com/
-
-
- Norton AntiVirus Toolbar Menu is named incorrectly
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- Norton AntiVirus can be added into the Explorer
- toolbar menu by right clicking the Explorer tool bar
- and selecting Norton AntiVirus. However, due to a
- Microsoft bug it can show up as a duplicate menu item.
- This is documented in the following Microsoft
- knowledge base article:
- http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q231/6/21.ASP
-
- Norton AntiVirus integration with Windows Explorer
- --------------------------------------------------
- Norton AntiVirus automatically adds the Toolbar button
- to the first Microsoft browser to be launched after
- install. Other Microsoft browsers will need to be
- manually added by right clicking the explorer tool bar
- and selecting Norton AntiVirus.
-
-
- Completion of a "Full System Scan" is never reported in
- System Status panel
- -------------------------------------------------------
- Windows 2000 and XP users with NTFS partitions logged in
- with a USER account will not be able to update the
- system status with a completed system scan. This can
- only be updated successfully by logging in and
- completing a scan with Administrator rights.
-
-
- Unable to browse for exclusion files under Windows
- NT 4.0
- --------------------------------------------------
- The file exclusion dialog does not function on Windows
- NT 4.0. Currently there is no resolution.
-
-
- Zone Alarm incompatibility issue
- --------------------------------
- You may encounter problems using Norton AntiVirus with
- Zone Alarm installed on your system. We recommend
- updating your version of Zone Alarm or uninstalling it
- when using Norton AntiVirus.
-
-
- Network Associates PGP compatibility issue
- ------------------------------------------
- Network Associate's PGP encrypts the boot record,
- preventing Norton AntiVirus from scanning them for
- viruses.
-
-
- Digitally signing emails in Outlook Express 6.x and
- Office XP
- ---------------------------------------------------
- Outlook Express 6.x offers the ability to digitally sign
- emails to ensure that they are not modified during
- transfer. Norton AntiVirus email protection will modify
- the emails during virus repair. This will create an
- Outlook alert stating the message has been modified.
-
-
- Incompatibility with Outlook XP and the Norton AntiVirus
- Plug-in on Windows 98
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- Outlook XP can hang when creating a new email on Windows
- 98. This is resolved by upgrading the DCOM version to
- version 1.3 or later. This upgrade can be downloaded
- from: http://www.microsoft.com/com/
-
- This can also be resolved by disabling the office
- plug-in using the following steps:
-
- 1. Start Norton AntiVirus 2002.
- 2. Click Options.
- 3. Click Miscellaneous.
- 4. Uncheck "Enable Office Plug-in".
- Warning: This will prevent Norton AntiVirus from
- scanning embedded viruses within Microsoft Office
- files.
- 5. Click OK.
-
-
- Auto-Protect (NAVAPW32.EXE, NAVAP.VxD, and SYMEVNT.386)
- -------------------------------------------------------
- Auto-Protect and Inoculation ignore disk label
- (volume label) changes to prevent false virus alerts.
- Viruses cannot use the disk label to infect your system.
- For the same reason, changes to the OEM ID in a boot
- record are not reported.
-
- By design, Auto-Protect does not report writes to a boot
- sector or master boot record if the new sector is
- identical to the one previously on the drive. For
- example, you may use a disk editor to write back the
- same data to a boot sector or master boot record.
-
-
- Disable Auto-Protect temporarily before you save the
- file.
-
-
- Dynamic Volumes on Windows 2000 and XP
- --------------------------------------
- Norton AntiVirus does not fully support Dynamic Volumes.
- Scanning these drives may result in the error message
- "Unable to read boot record on drive." This is because
- these drives are not bootable. However, Norton AntiVirus
- will scan the drive for infected files.
-
-
- Email message headers contains
- "X-NortonAV-TimeoutProtection:X"
- --------------------------------
- Norton AntiVirus Email Protection options include a
- feature called "Timeout Protection". This provides
- timeout protection for your email client software
- during email transfers. If your POP3 email server sends
- a message with an attachment to the Norton AntiVirus
- POP3 email scanner without Timeout Protection enabled,
- there is a possibility you could lose the message.
- Timeout Protection sends
- "X-NortonAV-TimeoutProtection:X" as a continuous header
- to the email client until the incoming message is
- complete.
-
- If you have multiple "X-NortonAV-TimeoutProtection:X"
- entries in the header, it indicates how long it took
- to get the complete message from your POP3 incoming
- mail server.
- To turn off Timeout Protection, follow these steps:
-
- 1. Start Norton AntiVirus 2002.
- 2. Click Options.
- 3. Click Email.
- 4. Uncheck "Protect against timeouts when scanning
- email."
- This will remove the "X-NortonAV-TimeoutProtection:X"
- header information.
- 5. Click OK
- 6. Restart your computer.
-
-
- Inoculation Change Alerts
- -------------------------
- When responding to a Boot Record alert, you must
- determine if the change is legitimate (choose Update the
- saved copy of my Boot Record to let Norton AntiVirus
- create a new copy of you Boot record) or the change
- indicates the activity of a virus (choose
- Repair to let Norton AntiVirus restore the item).
-
- The following examples demonstrate legitimate changes.
- In these cases you should choose Inoculate to let
- Norton AntiVirus generate new inoculation data.
-
- * Installing or Upgrading Windows
-
- If you are running Norton AntiVirus and reinstalling
- or upgrading Windows, you may receive more than one
- Boot Record Alert. Choose "The change to my
- Boot Record is expected. Update the saved copy of
- my Boot record" to respond to the alert.
-
- Windows modifies boot records during the install
- operation and restarts your system more than once.
- Each time your system is restarted, these changes are
- properly detected by Norton AntiVirus. If you choose
- "The Change is unexpected. Restore my boot my Boot
- record", you are undoing some of the changes that
- Windows is making and, therefore, corrupting your
- boot records. You may not be able to start your
- system from its hard disk. If this occurs, start up
- from a floppy disk and reinstall Windows.
-
- * Partitioning Software
-
- If you use partitioning software (such as Partition
- Magic) or drive overlay software (such as Disk
- Manager and EZ drive), you may receive Boot Record
- Alerts for legitimate changes. When you set or modify
- partitions after Norton AntiVirus is installed,
- choose "The change to my Boot Record is expected.
- Update the saved copy of my Boot record", to respond
- to these alerts.
-
- For example, Partition Magic may generate several
- legitimate Boot Record alerts when setting or
- modifying partitions. If you choose "The Change is
- unexpected. Restore my boot my Boot record", your
- drive may be rendered inaccessible with little chance
- of recovery.
-
-
- Mijenix ZipMagic and Norton AntiVirus installation
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- Norton AntiVirus should be installed before ZipMagic is
- installed. If ZipMagic is installed first, you must
- change a ZipMagic option setting for proper operation.
-
- To configure an already installed ZipMagic:
-
- * Access ZipMagic options and set up Norton AntiVirus
- as a program that recognizes ZipMagic archives as
- files, not as folders.
-
- For more information, consult your ZipMagic
- documentation.
-
-
- MO drive incompatibility with Norton AntiVirus
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- When Norton AntiVirus scans certain MO drives such as
- the Olympus Turbo MO 640S III, you may experience a
- system crash when scanning your hard drive. To correct
- the problem you are required to Disable Int 13 support
- for the drive.
-
- To disable Int 13 support:
- 1 Click Start, Settings, Control Panel.
- 2 Double-click on the System icon.
- 3 In the System Properties dialog box, click Device
- Manager.
- 4 Ensure "View devices by type" is selected.
- 5 In the device list, expand Disk drives.
- 6 Double-click the disk drive item defining your MO
- drive. (For example, OLYMPUS MOS364)
- 7 Click the Settings tab.
- 8 On the settings panel, uncheck the box next to
- Int 13 unit. (This disables Int 13 support for the
- drive)
- 9 Click OK to close the MO drive's Property Settings
- dialog.
- 10 Click OK to close the System Properties dialog.
- 11 Click Yes when prompted to restart your computer.
-
-
- NAVDX and Long Filenames (LFNs)
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- NAVDX, the command-line scanner used for startup scans
- and emergency recovery, does not properly display long
- filenames in a DOS box.
-
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- Script Blocking not enabled when scripting is not
- present
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- The Script Blocking Options appear to be active even
- when you don't have scripting enabled on your computer.
- These options do not take effect unless scripting is
- enabled. If you have not enabled scripting, your
- computer is not vulnerable to scripting threats.
-
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- Short File Name (SFN) alias generation during install
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- If you are installing Norton AntiVirus to a custom
- location that is a Long File Name (LFN) folder, SFN
- alias generation must not be disabled during the
- install. To re-enable SFN alias generation, run
- REGEDT32 and change the following registry key entry:
-
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem
-
- NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation should be set to 0 to
- enable SFN alias generation.
-
- You must restart your computer in order for changes in
- SFN alias generation to take effect. Set the value back
- to 1 after installation to disable SFN alias generation,
- if desired.
-
-
- Updating Windows 98/Millennium video drivers for
- Auto-Protect
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- Some video drivers for Windows 98/Millennium may
- cause display corruption or an apparent system lock up
- when an Auto-Protect alert is generated. To correct the
- problem, upgrade to the latest version of the video
- driver.
-
-
- Using Norton AntiVirus with directory symbolic
- links/NTFS junctions
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- Using directory symbolic links, also known as NTFS
- junctions, on Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 or Windows XP
- machines may increase hard drive scanning times due to
- repeated scanning.
-
-
- Using the Windows Millennium and Windows XP restore
- feature
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- Restoring your system to a previous setting using
- Windows Millennium/XP System Restore might revert virus
- definition engine changes and cause mismatched virus
- definitions. To resolve this issue, run LiveUpdate to
- install the latest virus definitions.
-
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- Win 98/Millennium System Shutdown and Auto-Protect
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- Auto-Protect is often configured to scan removable media
- devices for boot sector viruses during system shutdown.
- While scanning the boot sector, Auto-Protect can display
- a text mode message that notes it is currently scanning
- a boot record. Some video boards and video drivers have
- problems switching to text mode after the shutdown
- screen is displayed and cause a system lockup. Because
- of this, we have disabled the AP text message from
- displaying by default.
-
- You can control whether or not the text message is
- displayed by merging the following Registry Entry files
- with your Registry:
-
- APMSGOFF.REG Prevents the AP text message from
- displaying
- APMSGON.REG Permits the AP text message to be displayed
-
- To merge a Registry Entry file with your Registry,
- simply double click the file from the Explorer or a My
- Computer window. Both files are located where Norton
- AntiVirus is installed. By default, this is the
- C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus folder.
-
- Note that if a virus is found, Auto-Protect will attempt
- to display a message irrespective of this setting.
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- ADVANCED PROTECTION
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- If you install Norton Utilities over a version of
- Norton AntiVirus Professional Edition, restart your computer
- to be sure the Norton Protected Recycle Bin is performing
- correctly.
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