wonderin

I know that a boot time virus scan is possible with the bootable cd that came with NSW 2005. You can remake the cd with new definitions if you want. You can also use the UpdateLocator function, that downloads the latest definitions to where you choose and then you browse to them via the bootable cd and tell it to use those definitions, or use the definitions that are on the cd. Might not be a 2004 NSW cd that does this though. Maybe go 2005 wise?

I don't think the question was about Windows Updates, rather it was about Apps in general. The answer is have a Firewall notify you when anything want to go on the web.

Just used the latest version of Norton removal tool and saw it did a "very good job" of removing everything, which is a first for me. However I noticed imediately that ZoneAlarm had become altered, settings had completely changed. Lord knows what else has happened. Think I'll join a section of the Norton Basher squad.

@ joshg678, true I'm only running the NAV. I thought I was posting in a NAV thread, whoops! It's hard for me not to take the bait in Norton bashing threads. I'm going to try the latest Norton Removal Tool and see if it has improved with this version. Of course I have Ghost image to go back to.

My NAV 2005 is up, running and not a resource hog I only have 256MB memory on Win XP, and a 1 GHZ Intel processor. Must be something getting mixed up for a lot of the moaners. It's not as bad as the mob make it out to be.