[Elecraft] P3 and Norton 360

[Doug Person]

  I certainly agree with Dave.  I don't much care for Norton 
anti-virus.  However, that said, its is possible to simply add an 
exception so that Norton 360 stops complaining about the program.  There 
are actually quite a few free anti-virus programs including a very nice 
package from Microsoft.  Many of these free programs have very good 
reputations.  My favorite is AVG. I also use Microsoft Security 
Essentials which is about the simplest to use of any of them.  Norton 
was once the top dog.  In fact, from a pure security standpoint, it 
still is.  But it has become extremely bloated after 2+ decades of 
"enhancements".

Doug KØDXV

On 8/25/2010 6:31 AM, David Robertson wrote:
> Dick,  John and everyone,
> I have a very small business maintaining computer systems for local small businesses and several private customers. In almost every situation involving Norton 360 resulted in either the inability to share printers over a network or false alarms with virus detection in known good applications. The solution was to uninstall the Norton 360 and install a different antiviral software. I have nothing against using Norton products, just stay away from 360. It was also my experience that Norton 360 was very difficult to uninstall. I actually had to go to the Norton web site in order to get the application to properly eliminate 360 from the system.
>
> Dave KD1NA
>
> I'm the programmer of the Windows P3 Utility. It was virus scanned before it was offered on the Elecraft web site. Yours is the first report of any virus report.  Assuming you got the P3 Utility from the Elecraft FTP site or Elecraft web site then you are trying to install what I wrote.
>
> I don't have Norton Antivirus (earlier experiences led me away from it) but there are web sites that will scan a suspicious executable with a good number of virus detection tools. Perhaps one of those would help you decide who to trust here. I could find one, but from a trust standpoint it would be better for you to find it yourself or from someone else.
>
> I don't know what I could change to satisfy your Norton software.
>
> I can tell you that the P3 Utility includes an FTP client, and in order to do its intended function, it must be allowed to contact the Elecraft FTP site in order to copy P3 firmware from Elecraft's FTP server to your computer. All the Elecraft Utilities (K3, W2, K144XV and P3) include thus function.
>
> Dick, K6KR
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Aug 23, 2010, at 5:51 AM, "John E. Reiser"<reiserj at optonline.net>  wrote:
>
>> Hello Elecrafters,
>>
>> I have been trying unsuccessfully to install the P3 Utility (Windows Version 1.3.7.22).   My virus protection program, Norton 360, will not allow it.  Norton pops up a message that a serious security breach has occurred.  Then I'm asked to restart my computer.
>>
>> I tried the install a couple of times on each of two different computers, one running Windows XP, and the other running Vista.  The results were exactly the same.
>>
>> I know, I know, turn off the Norton 360.  But hold on a minute,  Norton 360 is just doing its job  Something is wrong with the way the latest P3 Utility is coded.  Norton 360 has never before objected to any program installations on these computers, including several versions of the K3 Utility.
>>
>> I am hoping that the programmer of the P3 Utility reads this and fixes the problem with the code.
>>
>> I have received notification that my P3 is about to be shipped, so I need the Utility to be working on my computer soon.
>>
>> Many thanks and 73,
>>
>> John, W2GW
>>
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