I use that on one of my computers....you just have to give some points to the AV program thats virus scanner is called "Luke Filewalker"Aries said:AntiVir is my choice for very good, very free, free updates, and it is user friendly and can keep up in performance with the best of the best out there.
http://www.free-av.com/
http://us.mcafee.com/en-us/affiliates/dod/landingpages/?affid=106-01The DISA enterprise license contract #DCA100-02-C-4046 (10/01/05 - 9/30/06) with Network Associates allows active DoD employees to use the anti-virus software distributed by the DoD-CERT for home use.
Whoever spoke to you is a dork for not providing manual uninstall directions, there used to be those, and a program called RNAV that would take everything off (then again it's been years since I've seen their retail product...)Robin said:I used Norton at my office until my HD crashed, one month ago.
I had a downloaded upgrade (from Norton AV 2001 to Norton AV professional 2004).
I asked for help, and all they could answer was : please uninstall your Norton and reinstall it.
I re-told them that my HD had crashed and that I had a new one : no way to 'uninstall' my AV program.
They then answered I was to buy the 2006 version (and they would take in account my current subscription).
Nuke & pave is a good thing for computers! (and the only true way to be sure of recovery from many viruses/etc.Aries said:The "perfect" solution, for my own opinion, is to reinstall the OS after formatting the full hard drive between 6 months to a year, regardless if it "looks" like it "needs" it.