Norton AV Subscription

Arch · Post by **Arch** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 8:47 am

I know there was a thread about this a while back, but I can't seem to find it. Is there a way to get Norton updates to install even if you are past your subscription? Thanks fellas....

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 11:49 am

IIRC, you can just run your clock back a couple of months and it'll still work. However, I don't know if re-installing with the clock still set like that will restore your update ability. Be sure to nuke any and all Symantec entries from your registry after uninstalling it through. You will have to redownload all the updates afterwards.

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 12:34 pm

Arch - e-mail me. Or JMeat.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 11:12 am

cant you just d/l manually?

i know i did this once with a old NAV on my mom's laptop, it was NAV 2k and subscription was like a year old, so i went to NAV website got the latest def's installed them and it worked.

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 4:35 pm

AceCombat wrote:cant you just d/l manually?

i know i did this once with a old NAV on my mom's laptop, it was NAV 2k and subscription was like a year old, so i went to NAV website got the latest def's installed them and it worked.

yup, they still offer them on the website.

btw, I found out through my father that theres a workaround...but it involves nuking NAV. I'll post instructions later tonight as its thundering a whole lot outside right now, and I don't want what happened to Warlock to happen to me.

edit: Well, looks like the storm passed over before I could get around to shutting down, so here ya go:

1. Uninstall NAV, LiveReg, and delete the "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\LiveReg" directory
2. Nuke any registry entires generated by NAV or Symantec entries related to NAV.
3. Reboot and re-install NAV.
4. Run LiveUpdate and let it download all the updates.

Thats it.

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 4:38 pm

If you just delete NAV (do a file search to make sure everytning is gone) and re-install it, it gives you a whole new year.

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 4:46 pm

Or apply the super secret patch

. I lost it, but Mobi has a copy as well as Stress (I think). Expires in the year 2029. Bwhaha.

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 5:02 pm

woodchip wrote:If you just delete NAV (do a file search to make sure everytning is gone) and re-install it, it gives you a whole new year.

Thats only if you do it before your subscription runs out.

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 6:20 pm

No it works that way too, but there is a reg key you have to kill.

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 1:12 am

NAV = evil

that's why I use AntiVir

www.free-av.com

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 8:53 am

And just why is NAV=evil Mr. Fernman?

fliptw · Post by **fliptw** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 7:12 pm

Ferno wrote:NAV = evil

that's why I use AntiVir

www.free-av.com

one has to be impressed with a AV app that doesn't need a reboot after install.

Defender · Post by **Defender** » Tue Mar 09, 2004 7:01 pm

Ya, i thought it was funny that my update times reset everytime i reinstalled nav. hehe!

Asrale · Post by **Asrale** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 1:18 am

Who still uses NAV when there's AVG? Free stuff rocks!

fliptw · Post by **fliptw** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 1:30 am

the free version of AVG is cruddy.

what Ferno posted is gold.

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 7:18 am

Will this run in conjunction with NAV or is it best to remove NAV?

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 11:46 am

Any Anti Virus software that needs a subscription is not even worth toilet paper.

woody, I'd uninstall NAV. just get rid of it completely.