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815974 2009-10-01 09:34:00 My wife bought a new laptop. It came with Norton installed. She uninstalled the Norton cause she wanted to use Avast or AVG.
On down loading both programmes, when she wants to install them a message comes up that says that " you are not connected to internet " and the setup aborts. Needless to say she is connected already.

lap top is TOSHIBA with Windows Vista home edition. Any help appreciated.
hp4200 (4026)
815975 2009-10-01 09:38:00 Download and run the Norton Removal tool (service1.symantec.com) - its possible norton didn't uninstall ( it always leaves bits behind ) That tool will get rid of most thats left.

Then see if the new AV downloads, make sure you use Avast - its better than AVG, make sure its actually downloaded and not "run" from their site.

You can only have One AV, other wise they will fight one another.
wainuitech (129)
815976 2009-10-01 09:39:00 Try running the Norton Removal Tool to get rid of any remnants of Norton:

majorgeeks.com
beeswax34 (63)
815977 2009-10-01 09:45:00 Thank you. I will do that and see how goes. hp4200 (4026)
815978 2009-10-01 10:45:00 The installer connects to the internet to grab the *real* installer...so there may be a firewall of something blocking it, probably norton...

You can always use the standalone offline installer if that fails:
files.avast.com

Blam
Blam (54)
815979 2009-10-01 11:20:00 It worked. Much obliged hp4200 (4026)
815980 2009-10-01 11:21:00 thank you. suggestion worked out. Avast installed. hp4200 (4026)
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