Symantec Norton AntiVirus for Mac 10.1 LiveUpdate Feature Now Works--Get the 10.1.1 Update

We noted on May 19, that after applying Mac OS X 10.4.x Security Update 2006-003 the LiveUpdate feature in NAV 10.1 caused a system freeze on our iMac Core Duo. We also noted that Symantec was working on a fix.

We tried LiveUpdate in NAV 10.1 in order to obtain the minor update to 10.1.1 and the LiveUpdate feature worked without freezing our iMac Core Duo. While NAV was updated to 10.1.1, the LiveUpdate version stayed the same at 3.5 so Symantec must have fixed the problem with an update to their server.

NAV 10.1.1 must be obtained by the LiveUpdate feature in 10.1 according to Symantec. The changes in 10.1.1 are:

• On Mac OS X version 10.4 or later, Auto-Protect no longer scans files that are written, copied, or modified on a network volume from your computer. This prevents Auto-Protect from using resources to scan files across a network. As always, owners of network volumes should perform virus scans on their servers locally.
  
• You must have Symantec AntiVirus 10.1 for LiveUpdate to update to 10.1.1.

[Dana Baggett]