Eisboch wrote:

"hk" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
Ok. Did as you suggested. It only took less than a minute, then
called for a "restart", which I allowed. When the computer came back
up there was no Norton to be seen. (Maybe it was uninstalled quickly
because I had never enabled it to begin with).

I got a balloon from Windows telling me I didn't have any anti-virus
programs installed.
The Windows firewall is on, but it said no virus protection software
was detected.

I figured "good", and then proceeded to try and install the AVG
software.
The installation started, extracted all the files, etc., then a
message came up saying that it had detected another installed
anti-virus program and didn't recommend continuing unless I got rid
of whatever it is. So, I aborted the installation.

Windows Defender?

Eisboch


No. I installed AVG on one of my VISTA machine while Defender was
running. Defender is not an anti-vi...

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro.../software.mspx




Agreed. It's an anti-spyware program. It still works even with AVG
now successfully installed.

Eisboch


Do you have a separate hard drive backup device for your various computers?