Norton AntiVirus 2005 Beta Version

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Norton AntiVirus 2005 Beta Version for Windows 98/2000/Millennium/XP Now Available. We are very pleased to make the beta version of Norton AntiVirus 2005 for Windows 98/2000/Millennium/XP available for download. Symantec's Norton AntiVirus 2005 is the world's most trusted antivirus solution. It removes viruses automatically, blocks certain Internet worm attacks, and protects email and instant messages.We've added new improvements and new features to Norton AntiVirus 2005. Download the product now! Surf the Net. Play your favorite games. We are very interested in your feedback on this product. We will give away 50 FREE copies of Norton AntiVirus 2005 to the first 50 beta users that submit undocumented bugs. Winners will be notified via e-mail.

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(1 reply) #1 hypoxiaicon on 29 Jun 2004 - 09:54

Downloading now

#1.1 bush on 29 Jun 2004 - 19:04

are you still so happy?

(4 replies) #2 offroadaaron on 29 Jun 2004 - 09:54

just wondering y they arent doing norton a-v for server OS's or 2003 in general ;S

#2.1 edgrale on 29 Jun 2004 - 11:33

Norton Antivirus Corporate Edition?

#2.2 rogerroger on 29 Jun 2004 - 14:21

Yep, Corporate edition 9.0 coming.....

#2.3 slimy on 29 Jun 2004 - 15:55

wat u talking about
i own 9
and am using it
i think u mean that 10 is coming

#2.4 panacea on 30 Jun 2004 - 15:43

you mean symantec corp client / server.
'norton' name is only used for home products.
yeah hopefully 10 is coming soon.. though i dont know why i would care. 9 is perfect

#3 tom5 on 29 Jun 2004 - 10:14

Cannot upgrade any previous version :/

#4 crashdummy on 29 Jun 2004 - 10:25

man i hate Norton..it totally fokked up my system.. once you install it.. you cant uninstall it without reinstalling friggin windows again..

#5 chuayw2000 on 29 Jun 2004 - 10:44

Downloaded the beta for 2004 last year and it caused loads of problem. best bet is to wait for gold to come out.

#6 DjmUK on 29 Jun 2004 - 10:47

I concur, beta 2004 buggered up my system and there was no ability to permantly remove it from one's system. Even upgrading to the full version didn't work, so I won't be trying 2005 beta (no doubt even more services will need to be running with 2005).

#7 process_this on 29 Jun 2004 - 11:12

I like

(3 replies) #8 Spitfire_x86 on 29 Jun 2004 - 11:13

I'm using NAV2002. Didn't try 2003 and 2004. I've heard countless times that NAV2004 is bloatware.

How much bloated NAV2004 is compared to 2002?

#8.1 anakinsolois on 29 Jun 2004 - 12:18

2004 is bloat ultima it occupies huge amounts of RAM. When downloading files, it scans every 15-30 seconds, which occupies large amounts of CPU power. 2003 is slightly more than 2002, and i suggest you upgrade to it. Or better yet, get SYmantec Corporate 9.0, its got the same gr8 protection as Norton (same company, whaddya exppect?) but occupies much less system resources.

#8.2 djtaylor on 29 Jun 2004 - 20:19

If you notice, it only does that with archives (zip, rar, etc). So turn archive scanning off and it won't do it! It still scans the files in the archive as they're extracted anyway, so turning it off won't cause any harm.

#8.3 panacea on 30 Jun 2004 - 15:46

QUOTE

get SYmantec Corporate 9.0, its got the same gr8 protection as Norton (same company, whaddya exppect?) but occupies much less system resources.

TRUE THAT. corp client is awesome

(9 replies) #9 Frank84 on 29 Jun 2004 - 12:11

downloading now..
i'll see what is new in this version.
and if its worth to buy it end of this year.

#9.1 SouL2kEEp on 29 Jun 2004 - 12:23

HERE is what's new:

XP SP2 WORKING TOGETHER WITH NORTON 2005 !!!!

#9.2 briangw on 29 Jun 2004 - 12:25

That's any antiviral program with SP2. Avast is shown in the same place for me!

#9.3 speedy_kevin on 29 Jun 2004 - 12:58

Probably most well-known av will be detected

#9.4 elliotng on 29 Jun 2004 - 12:59

winxp sp2 rc2 doesn't detect the symantec antivirus corp edition 9 on my computer

#9.5 Sticktron on 29 Jun 2004 - 13:43

This is the first version of Norton to support SP2.

#9.6 jefexp on 29 Jun 2004 - 13:52

not true, the last build, #59 worked with SP2...

#9.7 soldier1st on 29 Jun 2004 - 15:43

well i bet 2005 will be bloatware btw SouL2kEEp where did you get that visual theme???

#9.8 SouL2kEEp on 30 Jun 2004 - 06:54

Not mine, check picture properties to see where i got the pic from

#9.9 Sticktron on 30 Jun 2004 - 16:35

I said version, not build. Build 59 is a build of version 2005. Get it?

#10 Tantawi on 29 Jun 2004 - 12:56

Still including activation?

#11 Mister Lamar on 29 Jun 2004 - 16:28

yea gimmeee Norton 2005 Gold, the beta for an AV, no way.

#12 Frank84 on 29 Jun 2004 - 16:31

anything for the 30 day's expirens?

#13 BugMeNot on 29 Jun 2004 - 20:02

has anyone had any problems with it yet? if u have, email me jamil.owns@mail.com

(4 replies) #14 Raven on 29 Jun 2004 - 20:04

You people installing NAV beta and not setting a restore point amaze me. Yes, I installed the beta and it did hose up my system. I reverted to the restore point and my system is working as before. I know System Restore has it's limitations but it works for me.

#14.1 BugMeNot on 29 Jun 2004 - 20:06

what bugs did u get raven?

#14.2 jerzdawg on 29 Jun 2004 - 20:17

bugmenot.. you trying to report the bugs of others so u can get free NAV 2005??..lol..

#14.3 BugMeNot on 29 Jun 2004 - 20:21

no, im just confused about whether i should install it cuz i dont want my system to get ****ed up

#14.4 [HUSKY] on 30 Jun 2004 - 02:25

if your worried about that dont use beta software simple =)

(1 reply) #15 wulfshayde on 29 Jun 2004 - 21:24

Norton Anti-virus is a virus, I am a system Admin for a large corporate network, and it took me a little over a month to get Norton off and everything working again. If you are a home user, use AVG, it's faster, better, and just as efficient, and best of all, you'll notice that your computer boots heaps faster cause AVG doesn't piggy-back the kernel like norton does. It runs parellel to the processes. My boss couldn't open word or excel about 6 months ago, everything just stopped working for him, as soon as I un-installed Norton, *bam* everything came back. The proof is in the pudding.

#15.1 rbanksy on 30 Jun 2004 - 09:51

and as a corporate admin your using NAV because???

SAV designed for coporate networks is very light weight product. Fantastic system.

(1 reply) #16 ph33rm3 on 29 Jun 2004 - 21:33

I used NAV once(2003), and hated it, it took me forever to get it all off my computer and have my comp running normally again, I now use Computer Associates Etrust Antivirus, easy to use, does the job, computer boots up faster ( as wulfshayde said, because of nortons "piggy backing" ) and doesn't interfere with anything i do on computer.

#16.1 Night Prowler on 30 Jun 2004 - 00:44

NAV 2004, 30 Seconds from power on to password prompt.

(1 reply) #17 soldier1st on 30 Jun 2004 - 03:28

does any1 know what that visual theme is and where i can dl it???

#17.1 SouL2kEEp on 30 Jun 2004 - 06:57

Nop.. i got it from another forum (the pic that is) check its properties..

#18 MD351 on 30 Jun 2004 - 11:23

Norton 2004 is crap.... I went back to 2003 and no problems.

(1 reply) #19 hypoxiaicon on 30 Jun 2004 - 14:30

This has totally screwed my system. Start up this morning with some errors loading stuff (NAV2005) Now it doesnt load up & My Printer wont work.

#19.1 Sticktron on 30 Jun 2004 - 15:54

Ya i'm getting errors this morning too, says it can't open a bunch of core NAV files. It's causing system problems, so un-install it is.

#20 memodude on 30 Jun 2004 - 15:48

I put NAV2005 on my test machine specifically to be one of the first 50 bug submitters.

#21 fdlazarte on 30 Jun 2004 - 21:19

NAV 2003 still rocks!

#22 rudedogs on 01 Jul 2004 - 01:18

Just for the record, they pulled the public beta today, we or curently testing a few builds more then a new build should be added tonight.

#23 Eduardo on 05 Jul 2004 - 01:40

If your have Symantec shares, I suggest you to sell them now.
In the moment MS start selling their own antivirus, Symantec is going broke.

They have no idea haw to make software and keep their markets share. I hate Norton Antivirus as much as I have pcAnyware (a fine software sometime ago)

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