Your Norton security products contain tamper protection features that prevent malicious code from determining their status. This tamper protection also prevents the Windows Security Center from determining the status of your Norton security products.

It should not. However, you may see a Windows Security Alert when you first start your product if your product requires outbound connections. This happens with pcAnywhere. In that situation, the security alert gives you the option to "unblock" the application to allow it to work.

Norton Personal Firewall has enhanced security features and functionality beyond those provided by the Windows Firewall, including monitoring and controlling both inbound and outbound Internet activity. The Windows Firewall is designed to only monitor and control inbound network traffic, and does not provide outbound traffic protection, intrusion detection and response, or privacy controls -- all critical to securing your computer from outside attacks. Norton Personal Firewall controls all outgoing network traffic. It detects and alerts you to intrusion attempts and responds by automatically blocking all traffic from the attacker. Norton Personal Firewall protects your privacy by filtering confidential information (like phone numbers, credit card numbers, and bank account numbers) and by blocking cookies on a site-to-site basis.

What is program activation? "Product activation" is a way to make sure that Symantec programs are legally licensed. Programs that are not activated stop working in 15 days.

When you install a Norton program from a CD, you are asked for your product key, which is found on the CD sleeve. This product key is sent to a Symantec server, and your program is activated.

Which Symantec products will be compatible with Windows Vista ? A variety of Norton products will be compatible with the Windows Vista operating system. Symantec will release more information about compatibility and upgrades as the Windows Vista availability date approaches.

Which Symantec products will require an update to be compatible with Windows Vista? All current (Norton 2006) and earlier Norton products will need to be upgraded to support the Windows Vista operating system.

How do I upgrade my Norton products to be compatible with Windows Vista? Please check back here for additional product-specific and other information related to Windows Vista. We will be updating this site on a regular basis

Although the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system has an improved security foundation, Microsoft still recommends additional security. In addition to protection against operating system and application attacks, consider solutions that will help protect you against deception-based online threats such as Trojans and phishing attacks. A comprehensive solution like Norton Internet SecurityTM , with components such as a firewall and antivirus that work together to thwart attacks, provides exceptional levels of protection.

After inserting the Norton AntiVirus CD in the CD-ROM, double-click the My Computer icon. Locate the icon for the CD-ROM drive (it is normally drive D:) then double-click on it. Double-click on the NAV95 2.01 folder. Locate the Setup file and double-click on it, this will start the setup program.