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
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/

In message , 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. 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.

--
Alan
news2006 {at} amac {dot} f2s {dot} com

"Alan" wrote in message
...
In message , 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. 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


--
Alan
news2006 {at} amac {dot} f2s {dot} com

On 15/12/06 18:38, in article , "Alan"
wrote:

In message , 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. 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.

On something bought direct from the maker?

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/

In message , Sacha
writes
On 15/12/06 18:38, in article , "Alan"
wrote:

In message , 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. 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.

On something bought direct from the maker?

Their helpline is extremely useful. See their site.
--
June Hughes

On 15/12/06 20:44, in article , "June
Hughes" wrote:

In message , Sacha
writes
On 15/12/06 18:38, in article , "Alan"
wrote:

In message , 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. 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.

On something bought direct from the maker?

Their helpline is extremely useful. See their site.

Thanks to everyone. I'll look but I am NOT a happy bunny!

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/

On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 20:44:56 +0000, June Hughes
wrote:



Their helpline is extremely useful. See their site.

I agree. I don't have a Mac, but some while ago I downloaded and paid
for an upgrade, but then I found it wouldn't run under my version of
windows, which wasn't clear from the info they provided at the time. I
contacted them via their helpline (e-mail, IIRC) and they canceled the
payment. Presumably something hiccuped during your download. They'll
probably let you do it again, either for free or they'll cancel the
payment and you start from the beginning.


--
Chris

E-mail: christopher[dot]hogg[at]virgin[dot]net

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/

"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?

MikeCT

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.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/

In message , 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.


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.


--
Alan
news2006 {at} amac {dot} f2s {dot} com

"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.
---
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

"MikeCT" wrote in message
...

"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.
---
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

Agree. Spybot (free!) found a trojan ("Ruins") on my other older PC that had
just walked past Symantec's vast and expensive internet security product.
What didn't help was that the invader could not be reliably removed by
Spybot, but was listed under a different name in Symantec's database -
despite which it couldn't actually see the trojan's files and registry
entries (this nasty POS nobbles Registry Editor and File browsing to conceal
itself, except in windows Safe Mode, which of course this year's Symantec
product won't run in). Had to resort to scary manual removal tactics in Safe
Mode in the end - this was possible mainly because I knew the exact date and
time when the infected files got in, otherwise I'd have had no chance.

Left wondering WTF I paid the subscription to Symantec for, particularly as
the memory upgrade I needed to run their latest offering and still be able
to open a word processor in less time than a kettle takes to boil cost me as
much again.

Please excuse bad language in form of TLAs (3-letter abbrevs).!

Ex-Symantec Customer

P.S. Back to gardening - I think in hindsight I lost an apple tree and a
chaenomeles to fireblight this summer. Will removing the infected plants get
rid of it, or does this lurk in the soil or unseen on other plants?

Duncan

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!

--
Sally in Shropshire, UK
bed and breakfast near Ludlow: http://www.stonybrook-ludlow.co.uk
Burne-Jones/William Morris window in Shropshire church:
http://www.whitton-stmarys.org.uk

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?

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/