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I'm downloading a paid for update to my Mac, running OS X and for at least 5
hours it's been telling me it has one minute to run on Installing Symantec
Shared Frameworks. Does anyone know what on earth is going on here and what
I should do to solve the problem? I don't even know what it is!
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I'm downloading a paid for update to my Mac, running OS X and for at least 5
hours it's been telling me it has one minute to run on Installing Symantec
Shared Frameworks. Does anyone know what on earth is going on here and what
I should do to solve the problem? I don't even know what it is!


You need to check for a virus.

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I'm downloading a paid for update to my Mac, running OS X and for at least
5
hours it's been telling me it has one minute to run on Installing Symantec
Shared Frameworks. Does anyone know what on earth is going on here and
what
I should do to solve the problem? I don't even know what it is!


You need to check for a virus.


But I thought that was what Symantec did?

Alan


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Sacha wrote:
I'm downloading a paid for update to my Mac, running OS X and for at least 5
hours it's been telling me it has one minute to run on Installing Symantec
Shared Frameworks......




I'm sorry to hear about your installation troubles. You are more
patient than I would be under the circumstances! Could you force
'Quit', then do an 'Uninstall' and try again? You've probably checked
this already, but all I could find was this troubleshooting page on the
Symantec site:

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...00011711183348

Perhaps, if you enter the exact OS X version you are using and the
particular upgrade you are trying to install, you would find there is a
compatibility problem and suggested solution. Have you tried either of
these sites?

www.macintouch.com/
www.macfixit.com/

Good luck,

Kristina (waiting for our son-in-law to arrive next week and update all
our Macs)
www.spanglefish.com/Old Orchard/

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"Sacha" wrote in a message:
I'm downloading a paid for update to my Mac, running OS X and for at least
5 hours it's been telling me it has one minute to run on Installing
Symantec Shared Frameworks. Does anyone know what on earth is going on
here and what I should do to solve the problem? I don't even know what it
is!
--

Symantec is "designed to proactively protect you from today's omline threats
and tomorrow's. It helps stop phising, spyware and other unauthorised
invasions of your computer." Anyway, that's what it says on the tin!
Have you a Firewall stopping the installation of Symantec?

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On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:59:05 +0000, Sacha wrote
(in article ):

I'm downloading a paid for update to my Mac, running OS X and for at least 5
hours it's been telling me it has one minute to run on Installing Symantec
Shared Frameworks. Does anyone know what on earth is going on here and what
I should do to solve the problem? I don't even know what it is!


Sacha, there are known huge problems running Symantec on a Mac, and so far no
known viruses on a Mac. If you Google Groups on the comp.sys.mac.apps
newsgroup you will find lots of threads about this. I suggest you remove the
application!

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On 16/12/06 13:41, in article ,
"MikeCT" wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in a message:
I'm downloading a paid for update to my Mac, running OS X and for at least
5 hours it's been telling me it has one minute to run on Installing
Symantec Shared Frameworks. Does anyone know what on earth is going on
here and what I should do to solve the problem? I don't even know what it
is!
--

Symantec is "designed to proactively protect you from today's omline threats
and tomorrow's. It helps stop phising, spyware and other unauthorised
invasions of your computer." Anyway, that's what it says on the tin!
Have you a Firewall stopping the installation of Symantec?

Don't think so. How do I find that out and wouldn't it tell me so? If I
have, it would be its own, I would think. sighhhhh.
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"Sacha" wrote in a message:
I'm downloading a paid for update to my Mac, running OS X and for at least
5 hours it's been telling me it has one minute to run on Installing
Symantec Shared Frameworks. Does anyone know what on earth is going on
here and what I should do to solve the problem? I don't even know what it
is!
--

Symantec is "designed to proactively protect you from today's omline threats
and tomorrow's.


Norton products do the exact opposite. Install one of their products and
it will always be trying to contact home and they are almost impossible
to eradicate from your system without a complete system re-build.


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On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 14:15:41 +0000, Sacha wrote
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On 16/12/06 14:09, in article
, "Sally Thompson"
wrote:

On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:59:05 +0000, Sacha wrote
(in article ):

I'm downloading a paid for update to my Mac, running OS X and for at least
5
hours it's been telling me it has one minute to run on Installing Symantec
Shared Frameworks. Does anyone know what on earth is going on here and
what
I should do to solve the problem? I don't even know what it is!


Sacha, there are known huge problems running Symantec on a Mac, and so far
no
known viruses on a Mac. If you Google Groups on the comp.sys.mac.apps
newsgroup you will find lots of threads about this. I suggest you remove
the
application!


I've used it before without problems. It's just this download that I've
paid for (!!) which is driving me mad. Thanks to everyone for the advice
and help. Are you saying one doesn't need anti virus software on a Mac
though, Sally?



Yes, I am saying just that. It isn't just my uneducated advice, though, you
will find loads about this on the comp.sys.mac* newsgroups. If you run
Windows within your Mac using Virtual PC or Parallels, you might want to put
some anti virus software on the Windows part of your Mac, but otherwise you
just don't need it.



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On 16/12/06 14:40, in article
, "Sally Thompson"
wrote:

On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 14:15:41 +0000, Sacha wrote
(in article ):

On 16/12/06 14:09, in article
, "Sally Thompson"
wrote:

On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:59:05 +0000, Sacha wrote
(in article ):

I'm downloading a paid for update to my Mac, running OS X and for at least
5
hours it's been telling me it has one minute to run on Installing Symantec
Shared Frameworks. Does anyone know what on earth is going on here and
what
I should do to solve the problem? I don't even know what it is!


Sacha, there are known huge problems running Symantec on a Mac, and so far
no
known viruses on a Mac. If you Google Groups on the comp.sys.mac.apps
newsgroup you will find lots of threads about this. I suggest you remove
the
application!


I've used it before without problems. It's just this download that I've
paid for (!!) which is driving me mad. Thanks to everyone for the advice
and help. Are you saying one doesn't need anti virus software on a Mac
though, Sally?



Yes, I am saying just that. It isn't just my uneducated advice, though, you
will find loads about this on the comp.sys.mac* newsgroups. If you run
Windows within your Mac using Virtual PC or Parallels, you might want to put
some anti virus software on the Windows part of your Mac, but otherwise you
just don't need it.


Thanks, Sally.
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"Alan" replied:

Norton products do the exact opposite. Install one of their products and
it will always be trying to contact home and they are almost impossible to
eradicate from your system without a complete system re-build.
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I agree! I have ZoneAlarm Pro, avast! Antivirus, Spybot Search & Destroy
and a-squared keeping my PC safe. All but ZoneAlarm Pro are FREE,
*and* have kept my computer trouble free for at least two and a half years.

MikeCT


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