Mac OS X Security Update 2006-003 (Intel) Conflicts With Norton Antivirus 10 LiveUpdate

After the latest updates, we have a conflict with running LiveUpdate v.3.5, a feature of Norton Antivirus 10. When we try to use the feature, our iMac Core Duo hangs. The Bluetooth mouse remains usable but everything else is frozen. We first discovered this some time after downloading and installing and using the latest updates. We reinstalled the Norton Antivirus app which seemed to work initially. But when we tried to use LiveUpdate a second time, the iMac Core Duo hung again.

Just to be very sure, we employed the Norton Uninstaller (which is actually already on the hard drive). Then, we reinstalled everything from the CD and ran LiveUpdate successfully, again initially. However, after the mandatory reboot, running LiveUpdate again caused a system freeze, except for the Bluetooth mouse.

Our PowerPC-based tangerine iBook does not exhibit this problem, so it appears to be related to the Intel version of the update. [Dana Baggett]


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