CA EZAntivirus / Firewall Abandon NT

Fred Marshall · External Since: Mar 13, 2006 Posts: 2

It appears that CA has abandoned NT. That's what they just told us.
It appears they don't even offer antivirus signature updates any longer for
running versions on NT.

They also claim that their software is "rented" rather than licensed without
time limit.
So, we are out of luck at the moment in updating our production NT systems.

Malke · External Since: Mar 13, 2006 Posts: 19

Fred Marshall wrote:

> It appears that CA has abandoned NT. That's what they just told us.
> It appears they don't even offer antivirus signature updates any
> longer for running versions on NT.
>
> They also claim that their software is "rented" rather than licensed
> without time limit.
> So, we are out of luck at the moment in updating our production NT
> systems.

I don't know why this would surprise you. Setting aside whether or not
NT still works well for you, it is an obsolete operating system and
most software writers have moved on. After all, they are in business to
make money and the market isn't with NT users.

You'll have to look around for an av vendor that still supports NT or 1)
take the NT machines off the Internet (not a bad idea anyway); 2) move
up to at least Win2k (XP would be better).

Malke
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void · External Since: Dec 14, 2004 Posts: 172

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Fred Marshall · External Since: Jun 14, 2004 Posts: 35

"Malke" wrote in message

> Fred Marshall wrote:
>
>> It appears that CA has abandoned NT. That's what they just told us.
>> It appears they don't even offer antivirus signature updates any
>> longer for running versions on NT.
>>
>> They also claim that their software is "rented" rather than licensed
>> without time limit.
>> So, we are out of luck at the moment in updating our production NT
>> systems.
>
> I don't know why this would surprise you. Setting aside whether or not
> NT still works well for you, it is an obsolete operating system and
> most software writers have moved on. After all, they are in business to
> make money and the market isn't with NT users.
>
> You'll have to look around for an av vendor that still supports NT or 1)
> take the NT machines off the Internet (not a bad idea anyway); 2) move
> up to at least Win2k (XP would be better).
>
> Malke

Malke,

Ever the level-headed advisor. Thanks.

The system is an old workhorse that is not often used. But keeping it up
and running is useful and beats the alternative of building a new one.

Fred

nt4-ever · External Since: Oct 21, 2005 Posts: 121

try
http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/2006/PL2006SECURITY.php
where most of the freeware stuff still works
on NT 4