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- Important Information for:
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- Norton Personal Firewall 2005 v8.00
- Norton Internet Security 2005 v8.00
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- All features of Norton Personal Firewall are in Norton Internet Security. Norton
- Internet Security has features not found in Norton Personal Firewall.
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- Contents of this File:
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-
- - What's New?
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- - If ISP connection software is blocked, the computer can not connect to the
- Internet
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- - Operation with local area networks
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- - Installation with the Microsoft Installer
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- - Installing on removable drives, FireWire drives, network drives
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- - Installation on multi-boot systems
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- - Installation on computers running server services
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- - Uninstalling Norton Internet Security or Norton Personal Firewall
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- - Upgrading operating systems after installing Norton Internet Security
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- - Microsoft Outlook Express and private information
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- - AOL Instant Messenger confidential information blocking
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- - Browser Compatibility
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- - Supported Operating Systems
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- - Supported Hardware
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- - Memory/Processor Speed for Norton Internet Security
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- - Internet Messenger Client support for Private Info Blocking
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- - Email Client Support
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- - Installation Requires a Restart
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- - Microsoft DCOM 1.3 notes
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- - ICU License
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- - LOGEXPRT.EXE is no longer included with Norton Internet Security
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- What's New?
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- -Outbreak Alert (Norton Internet Security only): Outbreak Alert communicates
- with the Symantec Security Response website to deliver real time information
- about the latest and most destructive Internet threats. Users can rest assured
- that they are protected. Outbreak Alert integrates with the tray icon and
- flashes red if there is a virus or blended threat outbreak. Links are provided
- for users who want to view details about a specific threat appearing in Outbreak
- Alert.
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- -Performance Improvements: Network throughput performance has been improved.
- Elements in the user interface respond faster to user input.
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- -Usability improvements for the main window: The main window changes color to
- better reflect the security status of the computer. The main window will be red,
- yellow or green depending on status. When the main window is opened, the focus
- will be on the item that needs attention the most.
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- -Temporarily Disable Key Functions: Occasionally users may want to disable a
- key function, such as the Firewall, and later forget to enable the feature
- leaving the system exposed to threats. Now when a key feature is disabled a
- dialog will be displayed that allows users to specify an amount of time for the
- feature to be disabled so that the system is not left inadvertently exposed to
- threats.
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- -Reduced Firewall Warnings: The Personal Firewall does a better job of judging
- the threat of Internet-enabled applications so that more applications are
- trusted and users will have to respond to fewer alerts.
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- -One integrated Tray icon (Norton Internet Security only): Windows System Tray
- icons for Norton AntiVirus and Norton Internet Security have been combined into
- one integrated icon. (In Windows XP, the System Tray is called the notification
- area.)
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- -Confidential Information Blocked Per target: Now users can specify that their
- private information is OK to give to certain websites, but not to others.
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- -Streamlined Install/Reduced Post-Install Tasks.
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- -Referrer Blocking Enhancement: By default, referrer blocking information within
- the same domain is now allowed.
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- -Minor Usability Improvements.
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- If ISP connection software is blocked, the computer cannot connect to the
- Internet
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- The Personal Firewall is an application-based firewall that is designed to stop
- unwanted applications (such as spyware or trojan horses) from accessing the
- Internet. Pre-configured application rules allow the Personal Firewall to
- automatically allow the most popular applications to connect to the Internet, or
- to display alerts recommending that they be allowed. If the application is less
- well-known, or if it is a newer version of a known product that the Norton
- Personal Firewall does not recognize, an application rule may not exist and a
- recommendation to block may be displayed. If ISP connection software is blocked,
- the computer can not connect to the internet.
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- Security alerts that appear when you try to connect to the Internet soon after
- installation often relate to your Internet Service Provider (ISP) software.
- Choosing the "block" option on these alerts will result in blocking your overall
- access to the Internet. If you cannot connect to the Internet, review the
- Program rules in the Personal Firewall and search for the application that was
- blocked (some ISPs have multiple applications for Internet access). Configure
- these application rules to ôpermitö in order to allow your computer to connect
- to the internet. Please refer to the Online Help for instructions on configuring
- Program rules.
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- It may be difficult to determine which programs are part of your ISP's software
- package, because application names are not always sufficiently descriptive. If
- necessary, write down the names of any blocked applications, and then contact
- your ISP to confirm that these applications are part of the ISP's software
- package before setting that application's Program rule to "permit."
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- Operation with local area networks
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- Norton Internet Security can block file sharing and print sharing. The Home
- Network Wizard runs automatically after installation to allow access to
- computers on the local area network for file sharing and other services. If the
- Home Network Wizard was dismissed without completing during installation, or
- if the installation was done when there was no access to a given local area
- network please refer to the Online Help for instructions on running the Home
- Network Wizard or for instructions on how to manually configure Norton Internet
- Security to give access to other computers.
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- Installation with the Microsoft Installer
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- The Microsoft Installer (MSI) is required to install Norton Internet Security.
- If MSI is not already installed on your computer, the Norton Internet Security
- installer automatically installs it. On Windows Millennium Edition and in some
- other situations, the MSI installer may need to reboot your computer before
- Norton Internet Security can be installed.
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- Installation on removable drives, FireWire drives, etc.
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- This product should not be installed on any type of storage media that may be
- inaccessible at times. This includes network drives, removable drives, hot-
- swappable drives, and USB and FireWire (IEEE 1394) drives that may be
- disconnected.
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- Installation on multi-boot computers
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- Norton Internet Security can be used on computers that have more than one
- operating system (such as Windows 98 and Windows 2000) installed on the same
- primary partition. If you have more than one operating system installed, you
- must install Norton Internet Security into separate directories for each
- operating system. Attempting to use a single installation of Norton Internet
- Security may cause conflicts.
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- Installation on computers running server services
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- Symantec does not support running any version of Norton Internet Security or the
- Personal Firewall on any server edition of Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows
- Server 2003. If you choose to install Norton Internet Security on a server, no
- technical support beyond the Symantec Knowledge Base will be provided.
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- Windows servers need to perform certain Internet services during startup that
- Norton Internet Security normally blocks. This can affect computers running IIS
- or other servers on Windows 2000/XP Professional.
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- Symantec provides technical notes that explain how to configure Norton Internet
- Security to allow server processes that need access to the Internet during
- startup. The technical notes are available from the Symantec Knowledge Base at:
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- http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nip.nsf/docid/2000053008391436
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- Uninstalling Norton Internet Security or Norton Personal Firewall
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- If you need to uninstall, do not use products like Norton CleanSweep. Norton
- Internet Security includes an uninstaller that is specifically designed to
- uninstall Norton Internet Security.
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- To access the uninstaller, use The Add/Remove Programs option from the Windows
- Control Panel.
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- If you have installed the Accounts and Parental Control features, you must be
- using a Supervisor account to uninstall Norton Internet Security.
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- Upgrading operating systems after installing Norton Internet Security
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- If you upgrade your operating system after Norton Internet Security is
- installed, you may encounter problems. Some indications of problems include
- startup errors and problems with Norton Internet Security user accounts.
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- To fix the problem, uninstall and then reinstall Norton Internet Security.
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- Microsoft Outlook Express and private information
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- If you use Microsoft Outlook Express for email, you may receive two alerts when
- you attempt to send an email that contains private information in the body of
- the message. This is because Outlook Express is set by default to send both a
- plain text and an HTML version of each email. If you choose to block either
- version, the email will not be sent.
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- AOL Instant Messenger and private information
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- If AOL Instant Messenger is configured to use ports other than the factory
- defaults, Privacy Control will not be able to block private information in
- instant messages. To protect instant messages when using non-standard ports, add
- the non-standard ports to the Personal Firewall's filter list.
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- To add ports to the filter list:
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- 1. In the Main window, click Options. If a menu appears, click Norton Internet
- Security.
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- 2. Click the Firewall tab.
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- 3. Under HTTP Ports, click Add.
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- 4. Type a port number and click OK.
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- 5. Repeat for all the non-standard ports you are using.
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- Browser compatibility
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- -Internet Explorer 5.5 or later is required. The product is compatible with
- most web browsers. IE 5.5 or later is required to display the user interface.
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- Supported Operating Systems
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- -Windows XP Professional, Home, Tablet PC, Media Center, including all service
- packs through SP2
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- -Windows Me
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- -Windows 98/98SE
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- -Windows 2000 Professional, SP1 or later required
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- -Compatibility with all service packs available as of August 2004 has been
- verified. Compatibility with service packs released after August 2004 will be
- verified near the release date of the service pack. Product updates may be
- required for compatibility with versions of the OS or service packs not
- available as of August 2004. Check the Symantec website for compatibility
- information with service packs and operating systems not available in August
- 2004.
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- Supported Hardware
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- -Intel Pentium or higher x86
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- -Centrino
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- -Crusoe
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- -AMD
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- -Tablet PC
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- -Media Center PC
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- Memory/Processor Speed for Norton Internet Security
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- -Windows XP Home Edition/Professional: 300MHz processor or higher and 128 MB of
- RAM
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- -Windows 2000 Professional: 133MHz processor or higher and 128 MB of RAM
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- -Windows Me: 150MHz processor or higher and 128 MB of RAM
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- -Windows 98: 133MHz processor or higher and 96 MB of RAM
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- Memory/Processor Speed for Norton Personal Firewall
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- -Windows XP Home Edition/Professional: 300MHz processor or higher and 128 MB of
- RAM
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- -Windows 2000 Professional: 133MHz processor or higher and 96 MB of RAM
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- -Windows Me: 150MHz processor or higher and 96 MB of RAM
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- -Windows 98: 133MHz processor or higher and 64 MB of RAM
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- Internet Messenger Client support for Private Info Blocking
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- -AOL« Instant Messenger (minimum version 4.3 required)
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- -MSN« Messenger 4.7
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- -Windows« Messenger (minimum version 4.6 required)
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- Email Client Support
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- -Email scanning for viruses and private info supported for Standard POP3 and
- SMTP compatible email clients
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- -Norton AntiSpam Email scanning is compatible with all POP3 Clients and
- Integrates with Yahoo!, Outlook, Outlook Express,
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- -Eudora, and MSN/Hotmail when read through Outlook
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- Installation Requires a Restart
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- -Norton Internet Security installs drivers that are required to monitor network
- traffic. These drivers require the computer to be restarted.
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- LOGEXPRT.EXE is no longer included with Norton Internet Security
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- The command line tool LOGEXPRT.EXE is no longer included with Norton Internet
- Security. Command-line support for exporting log content has been added to the
- CCLGVIEW.EXE log viewer, see the Log Viewer Help for syntax.
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- Microsoft DCOM 1.3 notes
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- Updated Windows 98 system components: The installation of this product will
- verify that Windows 98 has upgraded components from the package that Microsoft
- makes available as DCOM 98, version 1.3. If Windows 98 has not been updated
- with DCOM 98 1.3, it will be installed by the installer for this Symantec
- product. See http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/ for further information.
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- Symantec agrees to reasonably cooperate with Microsoft in making support
- information requested by Microsoft available to users at the support location in
- Symantec's site.
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- ICU License
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- COPYRIGHT AND PERMISSION NOTICE
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- Copyright (c) 1995-2003 International Business Machines Corporation and others.
- All rights reserved.
-
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- the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
- use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, and/or sell copies of the
- Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
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- WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
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-
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-
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