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from: Gerry Chilibeck
date: 2005-10-09 02:55:40
subject: Re: Norton (Symantec) AV for OS/2 is no more

** Reply to note from Steve McCrystal  Sat, 08
Oct 2005 08:52:32 -0600 (CST)
>   
> ** Reply to note from Gerry Chilibeck  Sat, 08
Oct 2005 00:32:52 -0700 (PDT) 
>  
> Gerry, 
>  
> > As a user of Norton AV v5.02 for the past 6 years, I was dismayed
 when the "live-update" site for new 
> > virus definitions d/l went dead in the last month or two. 
>  
> Perhaps you got their attention!  I haven't used Live Update in years,
opting to download the updates   
> manually and install them myself.  This AM I clicked on the URL I've
always used and was presented with   
> this: 
>  
> "Norton AntiVirus for OS/2 
>  
> As of October 5, 2005, Symantec no longer provides definitions for Norton 
> AntiVirus for OS/2." 
>   
> I haven't looked at their main site, but based on your note, I won't
bother Thanks for the tip! 
>  
> Regards, 
>  
I can assure you that the above message was *NOT* on their site at 7:00 AM Oct 6.
Perhaps my conversation with "corporate" at that time triggered
this official statement.

OTOH, maybe I just pi**ed them off enough in my call that they cancelled support.

You choose!

.... Gerry

Gerry Chilibeck.......in West Vancouver, Canada
Runnin' eCS 1.2, eCS 1.14, Lotus SS 1.72, PRMail 3.0, 
        RSJ 5.53, Moz 1.7.8, EmTec FTP, DragText 3.8, 
        Key Ring/2, XWorkplace 1.0.3, PN/2 156, OO 1.1.4      


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