ANTIVIRUS --- Importance of Live Updates & Scanning all downloads

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Importance of Live Updates

By default, LiveUpdate is configured to look for updates every time you connect to the Internet, irrespective of whether or not updates have been released. This can be very annoying. You can change the default setting to download updates only when a newer version is available. To do this, browse to the LiveUpdate menu, in the Norton AntiVirus Options dialog box. By default, the 'Apply updates without interrupting me' option is checked. Change the default option by ticking the 'Notify me when updates are available' check box, and press OK. You can also go to the Symantec website, and download the updates manually for the version of Norton Antivirus that you have.

Scanning all downloads in FlashGet

You can set up your download manager to scan files before they are downloaded. To configure FlashGet, start FlashGet and open the Options window from the Tools Menu. Once there, click on the File Manager tab and tick the check box against the 'Use virus scanner to scan the downloaded files' and browse to the folder where your antivirus program is stored. Once you have configured the antivirus .exe file, click on Ok. Now, any download that you do through FlashGet will be scanned for viruses in the background.

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