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What programs may conflict with Bell Business Internet Security Pack?

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Question: What programs may cause conflicts with Bell Business Internet Security Pack

Answer: Conflicting applications lead to general unpredictability. Most commonly the presence of these applications will have an impact on the installation or activation procedures. It is generally not recommended to run more than one Internet/security programs on the same computer at any given time, as this leads to resource conflicts between the programs. This may critically interfere with Bell Business Internet Security Pack's activity, as you may have experienced.

Use Add/Remove Programs to remove possible source of conflicts.

  1. Click Start, point to Settings and choose Control Panel
  2. Click Add/Remove Programs. 
  3. Look for other Internet Security applications, some entries to look for that should be removed:

Anti-Virus applications

  • Avast Home Edition 4.6.6.623
  • McAfee AV 7
  • McAfee AV 8
  • McAfee AV 9
  • TrendMicro AV 12
  • Norton AV 2003
  • Norton AV 2004
  • Norton AV 2005
  • Authentium AV only
  • Panda
  • McAfee Managed Virus Scan
  • LiveUpdate*

* Live Update and Live Reg must be removed only if Norton Security products such as Anti-Virus or System Works are installed. There is no conflict with other (non-security) Symantec products, such as PCanywhere, Password Manager, Ghost and Clean Sweep.

Full Security Suite

  • McAfee Internet Security Suite 7.0
  • Symantec [Norton] Security Suite 2004
  • Symantec [Norton] Security Suite 2005
  • Symantec Security Suite 2005, AntiSpyware edition
  • TrendMicro 2005 v12
  • ZoneAlarm Security Suite 5.5
  • Fsecure Internet Security 2005
  • BullGuard Security Suite
  • Authentium full security suite

Anti-Spyware applications

  • Yahoo toolbar
  • CA ETrust Security Suite
  • Authentium ESP

- Applications that may contain spyware (e.g.Grokster, Net.Net, Hotbar)
- MyWebsearch
- Win-tools (wtoolsa.exe wsup.exe)
- Internet Optimizer
- CoolWebSearch (and se.dll)
- Web Tools by Hotbar
- Outlook Tools by Hotbar
- Shopper Reports by Hotbar


Date Revised:
05-Aug-08

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