Hello, everyone.
I am evaluating The Bat! 3.0 under Windows XP Professional (SP 1), with Norton SystemWorks Professional 2003, which includes Norton AntiVirus (NAV) 2003.
Following the instructions in the on-line help, I went to the 'Options|Preferences' menu and, in the 'Preferences' tree, and clicked on the 'Anti-Virus' leaf, but Norton AntiVirus has no antiviral plug-ins (.BAV files).
I checked the following FTP site, but saw no plug-in that appears to pertain to NAV:
ftp://ftp.gin.cz/pub/mswindows/the_bat/plugins/antivirus/
On a Polish Web site about The Bat!, I found a reference to a RITLabs FTP site containing .BAV files (ftp://ftp.ritlabs.com/pub/the_bat/bav/), but the site does not exist anymore.
How can I use Norton AntiVirus 2003 with The Bat! 3.0? Other e-mail programs that I have been testing automatically find NAV and a progress bar appears, for example, when I send an e-mail message and Norton is checking it. (I always check outgoing, as well as incoming, e-mail messages for viruses.)
I have read the RITLabs Knowledge Base article, "Using Norton Antivirus" (http://www.ritlabs.com/kb/idx/8/003/article/), which concludes by stating that the "last version of NAV works transparently and doesn't require any changes from user's side." The article, unfortunately, does not refer to versions of NAV by number, just in the relative terms of "old" and the "last". (The KB article is dated 25 October 2003.)
The "last" version may refer to NAV 2004 -- or to 2003, which I have. (I did not upgrade to NSW Pro 2004, because of bad reviews by users. I simply keep my virus definitions current, my subscription renewed, and I run the program frequently, usually, daily.)
I have also searched Symantec's support KnowledgeBase, but the only relevant article was for NAV 2001 under Windows 98/Me, with an old version of The Bat!, so I am not sure that the information in the article is at all relevant (and The Bat! did not use an anti-virus plug-in in that version).
I have the options in The Bat! 3.0 selected to check both incoming and outgoing messages for viruses, but The Bat! apparently does not try to find antiviral software automatically and it will accept only a .BAV plug-in file -- but perhaps NAV 2003 is "working transparently." :-|
Obviously, I do not want to receive or spread computer viruses, so I would be grateful for any suggestions.
Thank you very much, in advance!
Cordially,
David -- David M. Dickerson <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> URL: http://ddickerson.igc.org/ * * * "In a world of absurdity, we must invent reason; we must create beauty out of nothingness." - ELIE WIESEL
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