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Any commercial antivirus and anti spyware software, programs that need
continual updating, on a sometimes daily basis, is subscription software.
Get used to it!
--
Regards,
Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
Quote from: George Ankner
"If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"
<ggrothendieck@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1125370147.040833.276350@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>
> Lil' Dave wrote:
>> Restraints applied....
>>
>> Ccapp is part of NAV. If you don't want NAV, uninstall it. You don't
>> have
>> to remove the remaining software suite.
>
> And what if IE no longer works then? Even disabling ccapp.exe
> causes it to stop working and removing it will surely disable
> ccapp.exe. I need to be able to disable their software prior
> to removing it and still be able to access the internet so I can
> be sure that removing it will not cause me to lose internet access.
>
>> Symantec has a cleaning tool at their site to assure that all is removed.
>> It will leave the coded date stamp for your last virus definition
>> subscription.
>> Downloaded paid for software is not normally provided in CD format as
>> well.
>> Some will provide it as extra cost.
>> Most people save paid for software to either a hard drive, or burn it to
>> CD
>> for safe keeping, or both. I'll assume you did neither as the extended
>> download period you mentioned wouldn't be material, therefore, you
>> wouldn't
>> have mentioned it.
>
> I don't know where it is. I am not even sure that I downloaded
> it directly. I may have downloaded a small program that in
> turn downloaded and installed it. Its about a year ago.
>
>
>> Its not uncommon for downloaded software available at an extended period
>> of
>> time for EXTRA money. This is not Symantec in particular.
>
> I don't know of any others but assuming that they exist, so what?
> Its still an unfair hidden cost.
>
>>
>> You can remove the entire suite and reinstall it, you just can't get
>> updated
>
> I have no idea how to do that. See the discussion previously.
>
>> virus defintions until you renew that which is a paid subscription. That
>> is, if the install software was available.
>>
>> Another alternative is to remove NAV, and install the latest NAV that
>> comes
>> with a year's subscription. The cost difference isn't that great. Or
>> another AV of your choice.
>
> Yecch.
>
>>
>> <ggrothendieck@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1125286282.330612.296390@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>> >
>> > Richard Urban [MVP] wrote:
>> > > Either remove Norton or allow it to do it's job. I suggest you not
>> second
>> > > guess the developers as to what is needed for the program to function
>> > > properly.
>> >
>> > I no longer need their software since I am already protected by
>> > other hardware and software. However, since IE does not work
>> > when I simply disable ccapp.exe I am afraid it will also not
>> > work if I remove Norton altogether -- and if that happens
>> > then I have no internet access.
>> >
>> > You see, if the removal fails then I can't just put Norton back
>> > on since my subscription to their updates just expired a few days
>> > ago and I don't want to have to buy another copy just to get my
>> > computer working. I originally bought my copy from their web site
>> > so I never did receive a disk. In fact even if it had not expired
>> > they have this hidden charge where they charge you extra to be
>> > able to download their software again after the first month and
>> > I never did pay for that extra.
>> >
>
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