NIS NAV norton anti-virus - how to disable ?

Hi,
I have norton internet security professional 2003 (NIS 2003)running
under XP.

I have to install some software which demands that all anti virus
software is disabled. in particular the install will involved some
reboots and so NAV must NOT start up again on reboot.

I have tried disabling it (right click on icon in system tray and
select disable and also for NIS main menu, options/nav and deselected
'enable auto protect' but when i reboot it just kicks back in as
normal.

Any help would be appreciated. Nortons built in help doesn't.

I know from a colleagues experience that AV software WILL screw up the
install - he had to rebuild his machine to get it to work properly
when he installed it with mcafee running so I don't want to risk it


thanks, John

john wrote:

> Hi,
> I have norton internet security professional 2003 (NIS 2003)running
> under XP.
>
> I have to install some software which demands that all anti virus
> software is disabled. in particular the install will involved some
> reboots and so NAV must NOT start up again on reboot.
>
> I have tried disabling it (right click on icon in system tray and
> select disable and also for NIS main menu, options/nav and deselected
> 'enable auto protect' but when i reboot it just kicks back in as
> normal.
>
> Any help would be appreciated. Nortons built in help doesn't.
>
> I know from a colleagues experience that AV software WILL screw up the
> install - he had to rebuild his machine to get it to work properly
> when he installed it with mcafee running so I don't want to risk it
>

my reaction to this is:

are you sure you *really* want this software?

the no-av requirement sounds suspicious - it's either doing something
it's not supposed to or (from the sounds of your friends experience)
they're doing things that are very low level but aren't of a high
enough calibre to figure out how to play nicely with existing
monitoring software... imagine if the mail man required you to leave
your front door open for extended periods of time...

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hungry people don't stay hungry for long
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