Norton incompatible with Spybot ?

> Is there really a conflict between spybot & Norton ?

Using Spybot S&D with NIS 2003 for several years w/o problems.


Bud
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"KK" <trebor.TakeThisOut@yeleek.nospam.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>I bought Norton Internet Security 2006 . Whilst installing I was told that
>it had detected Spybot, and was 'incompatible' , and that I must uninstall
>spybot to allow Norton to install properly. !
>
>I obeyed, and have Norton running OK.
>Is there really a conflict between spybot & Norton ?
>Is it safe for me to re-install spybot ?

Here's an article that explains the conflict:

http://antivirus.about.com/od/spywareandadware/a/symandspy.htm?nl=1
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In article <mtedncdqkprTcL7YnZ2dnUVZ_tydnZ2d.RemoveThis@comcast.com>,
bud.RemoveThis@romance.org says...
>
> > Is there really a conflict between spybot & Norton ?
>
> Using Spybot S&D with NIS 2003 for several years w/o problems.
>
>
> Bud
>


Yes, so did I once upon a time. But with the passage of time and
further development Norton has gotten worse. It is now even more
intrusive. Its system hooks are everywhere.

I only wish I could offer the OP a solution. Maybe somebody else has a
workable idea.

--
James E. Morrow
Email to: jamesemorrow.RemoveThis@email.com
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FredW wrote:

> Maybe you can read what the makers of Spybot
> say in their article of 29. September 2006:
> http://www.safer-networking.org/en/news/2006-09-29.html
> http://www.safer-networking.org/en/

Having read the various links, this seems to be getting a bit silly.
Detecting Norton as "technology that is implemented in ways that
impairs user control over material changes that affecs their system
security" seems rather foolish, given that Symantec's claimed reason
fro detecting Spybot could be considered the same, due to the badly
designed TeaTimer dialog preventing users from making the right
decisions while installing Norton. Blaming Borland Delphi for the
problem is not a professional response. I have used Delphi for years
and while it certainly has more than its fair share of bugs, it has
always been possible to work around them, even if it means completely
redesigning the dialog.

I think the Spybot folks are losing a lot of credibility over this. But
then Spybot has really fallen behind the commercial products in the
detection stakes over the last couple of years. If it wasn't free, I
doubt if anyone would even bother with it.
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KK bracht volgend idee uit :
> Hello
>
> I bought Norton Internet Security 2006 . Whilst installing I was told that
> it had detected Spybot, and was 'incompatible' , and that I must uninstall
> spybot to allow Norton to install properly. !
>
> I obeyed, and have Norton running OK.
>
> Is there really a conflict between spybot & Norton ?
>
> Is it safe for me to re-install spybot ?

Yes, ignore Symantec (Norton).

Maybe you can read what the makers of Spybot
say in their article of 29. September 2006:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/news/2006-09-29.html
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/

--
Fred Wening (NL)
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"jm" <spambucket.DeleteThis@tech-pro.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1160051712.585205.167600@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>
>
> I think the Spybot folks are losing a lot of credibility over this. But
> then Spybot has really fallen behind the commercial products in the
> detection stakes over the last couple of years. If it wasn't free, I
> doubt if anyone would even bother with it.
>
If there is a better product than spybot, then I want to know about it.
Jim
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'Jim' wrote:
| If there is a better product than spybot, then I want to know about it.
_____

The only negative comments on 'SpyBot Search&Destroy' I've seen have the
whiff of an axe to grind. I will say, however, I've never liked nor used
'TeaTimer', but neither do feel any need for its functions.

Phil Weldon

"Jim" <j.n DeleteThis @nospam.com> wrote in message
news:GPaVg.1914$NE6.675@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com...
|
| "jm" <spambucket DeleteThis @tech-pro.co.uk> wrote in message
| news:1160051712.585205.167600@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
| >
| >
| > I think the Spybot folks are losing a lot of credibility over this. But
| > then Spybot has really fallen behind the commercial products in the
| > detection stakes over the last couple of years. If it wasn't free, I
| > doubt if anyone would even bother with it.
| >
| If there is a better product than spybot, then I want to know about it.
| Jim
|
|
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