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Re: NAV 2006 no longer supports WinMe & 98 users
You could see this coming, especially in the context of how unfriendly NAV2004 and 5 have been with too many Win98 users. And... that is why I migrated to NOD32 in July when my NAV2002 was killed off by Symantec's planned-obsolescence strategy. My only regret? Not having done it MUCH sooner! I would have been spared a LOT of confusion and grief caused by several of Symantec's peculiar Live Update fiascos during this past year. 
And another curious benefit of abandoning NAV: a longstanding and nagging computer-clock slowdown of about 5 to 8 seconds a day (and on rare occasions, several minutes a day) that began right after a NAV LiveUpdate back in early January 2004 suddenly disappeared the very hour NAV was uninstalled from this computer in early July... total drift since then has been less than 6 seconds. I had replaced the CMOS battery, checked the clock-circuit components on the MoBo, and generally fretted and experimented with blocking all sorts of other programs as possible culprits - with utterly no success. Then, out of the blue, NAV's removal completely cleared the problem!
From very positive experiences during the "early" years of computers, I came to consider Norton the 'gold standard' of utilities and virus protection. I still think highly of a number of old Norton utilities suitable for this old machine. But say what you will, Symantec is certainly no longer your mother's Peter Norton. 
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