******************************************************************************** Norton Internet Security™ 2006 README.TXT ******************************************************************************** ******************************************************************************** Copyright © 2005 Symantec Corporation. All rights reserved. Symantec and the Symantec Logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Symantec Corporation or its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. The Licensed Software and Documentation are deemed to be “commercial computer software” and “commercial computer software documentation” as defined in FAR Sections 12.212 and DFARS Section 227.7202. ******************************************************************************** --------------------------------------------------------- Contents: --------------------------------------------------------- - What's New in Norton Internet Security 2006 - Supported Operating Systems and Hardware - If ISP connection software is blocked, the computer cannot connect to the Internet - Operation with local area networks - Installation with the Microsoft Installer - Installation on removable drives, FireWire drives, etc. - Installation on multi-boot systems - Installation on computers running server services - Order of installation for Symantec products - Uninstalling Norton Internet Security - Upgrading operating systems after installing Norton Internet Security - Microsoft Outlook Express and private information blocking - AOL Instant Messenger and private information blocking - Browser Compatibility - Internet Messenger Client support for private information blocking - Email Client Support - Installation Requires a Restart - ICU License - Other Third Party Acknowledgements -------------------------------------------------------------------- What's New in Norton Internet Security 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------- - Norton Protection Center monitors how well your activities are protected from threats, risks, and damage. The Norton Protection Center main window summarizes your current protection for different activities such as emailing and Web browsing. It estimates a general level of protection based on the security programs installed on your computer. - Firewall Learning: In order to reduce the number of alerts you might receive, the Personal Firewall can learn your unrecognized programs for a limited period of time. The Personal Firewall starts learning automatically once Norton Internet Security is installed and its System Status is OK. - Security Inspector: Use the Security Inspector to scan for vulnerable settings on your computer. Scan categories include browser security settings, Windows account password strength, instant messenger virus protection, and localhost IP Address settings, among others. - Performance Improvements: Network throughput performance, Boot time performance, memory usage, and user interface performance have all been improved. - Norton Internet Security has improved protection against malicious programs that are designed to attack and disable components within the product such as the Personal Firewall and Norton AntiVirus. - Installation tasks have been streamlined. - The term “Intrusion Detection" has been changed to “Intrusion Prevention” in the user interface. - Configurable ports for email scanning: By default, Norton Internet Security scans email for viruses, private information, and spam on ports 25, 110, and 449. Using Norton Internet Security email options, you can specify additional ports for scanning. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Supported Operating Systems and Hardware -------------------------------------------------------------------- - Windows XP Home/Professional Edition 256 MB of RAM Minimum 300 MHz or higher processor - Windows 2000 Pro with SP3 or greater 128 MB of RAM Minimum 300 MHz or higher processor ** Note: Norton Internet Security 2006 cannot be installed on Windows 98, Windows 98SE, or Windows ME. If you attempt to install from the CD on any of these operating systems, the installation will default to Norton Internet Security 2005. - Compatibility with all service packs available as of August 2005 has been verified. Compatibility with service packs released after August 2005 will be verified near the release date of the service pack. Product updates may be required for compatibility with versions of the operating system or service packs not available as of August 2005. Check the Symantec website for compatibility information with service packs and operating systems not available in August 2005. -------------------------------------------------------------------- If ISP connection software is blocked, the computer cannot connect to the Internet -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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 program rules to “permit” in order to allow your computer to connect to the Internet. Please refer to the product Help for instructions on configuring program rules. 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." -------------------------------------------------------------------- Operation with local area networks -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 cancelled without completion during installation, or if the installation was done when there was no access to a given local area network, please refer to the product 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Installation with the Microsoft Installer -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. In some situations, the MSI installer may need to reboot your computer before Norton Internet Security can be installed. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Installation on removable drives, FireWire drives, etc. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Installation on multi-boot computers -------------------------------------------------------------------- Norton Internet Security cannot be used on computers that have more than one operating system (such as Windows 98 and Windows 2000) installed on the same primary partition. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Installation on computers running server services -------------------------------------------------------------------- Symantec does not support running any version of Norton Internet Security on any server edition of Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Order of installation for Symantec products -------------------------------------------------------------------- The following products integrate with one another and use shared components: Norton AntiVirus Norton Internet Security Norton Personal Firewall Norton SystemWorks If you need to install two or more of these products from different product release years, install them in chronological order. For example, first install Norton SystemWorks 2005, and then install Norton Internet Security 2006. If Norton Internet Security 2006 is already installed on your computer, you should uninstall it, install Norton SystemWorks 2005, and then re-install Norton Internet Security 2006. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Uninstalling Norton Internet Security -------------------------------------------------------------------- If you need to uninstall, do not use installation-monitoring products such as Norton CleanSweep. Norton Internet Security includes an uninstaller that is specifically designed to uninstall Norton Internet Security. To access the uninstaller, use The Add/Remove Programs option from the Windows Control Panel. If you have installed the Accounts and Parental Control features, you must be using a Supervisor account to uninstall Norton Internet Security. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Upgrading operating systems after installing Norton Internet Security -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. To fix the problem, uninstall and then reinstall Norton Internet Security. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Microsoft Outlook Express and private information blocking -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------- AOL Instant Messenger and private information blocking -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. To add ports to the filter list: 1. In the Norton Internet Security Main window, click Options. If a menu appears, click Norton Internet Security. 2. Click the Firewall tab. 3. Under HTTP Ports, click Add. 4. Type a port number and click OK. 5. Repeat for all the non-standard ports you are using. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Browser compatibility -------------------------------------------------------------------- -Internet Explorer 5.5 or later is required to display the product's user interface. -Norton Internet Security is typically compatible with any web browser. Certain features were designed to integrate with Internet Explorer, such as Web Assistant, and they are only available when used with Internet Explorer. If a browser can not connect to the internet after Norton Internet Security was installed, perhaps Norton Internet Security was accidentally configured to block when it tried to connect to the internet. Perhaps the application name was not recognized when the alert appeared so the option to block was chosen. If a browser can not connect to the internet please review the knowledge base article found at this url: http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nip.nsf/46f26a2d6dafb0a788256bc7005c3fa3/a8 d1432baff29a628825689c0073386e?OpenDocument&src=bar_sch_nam -------------------------------------------------------------------- Internet Messenger Client support for Private Information Blocking -------------------------------------------------------------------- -AOL® Instant Messenger 4.3 and later -MSN® Messenger 4.6, 4.7, 6.0, and later (MSN 5.0 is not supported) -Windows® Messenger 4.7 and later -------------------------------------------------------------------- Email Client Support -------------------------------------------------------------------- -Email scanning for viruses and private information is supported for most standard POP3 and SMTP compatible email clients -Norton AntiSpam Email scanning is compatible with all POP3 Clients and Integrates with Outlook and Outlook Express, Eudora, and MSN/Hotmail when read through Outlook -------------------------------------------------------------------- Installation Requires a Restart -------------------------------------------------------------------- -Norton Internet Security installs drivers that are required to monitor network traffic. These drivers require the computer to be restarted after installation. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ICU License -------------------------------------------------------------------- ICU License - ICU 1.8.1 and later COPYRIGHT AND PERMISSION NOTICE Copyright (c) 1995-2003 International Business Machines Corporation and others All rights reserved. Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in 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, provided that the above copyright notice(s) and this permission notice appear in all copies of the Software and that both the above copyright notice(s) and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. 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