HI, I'm new to this Forum, and forums in general so bear with me, ok...This message about NIS caught my eye. Just wanted to add a related comment. I have NIS 2004 on my pc. (Still using Win 98) I got a virus that it didn't detect. I found it by uninstalling NIS totally, downloading Avast 4 and, BAM, got it right away. I reinstalled Norton (not sure why, I guess it was because I felt double duty would be nice), and they seemed to be running fine together for a few months. Now, for some strange reason, I am unable to do a liveupdate of virus definitions for Avast from my toolbar. It says it cannot connect to server, however if I go to the Avast homepage, I can update from there. My Norton settings are ok, regarding the firewall....any suggestions as to how I can fix this? Or is that maybe NIS and Avast 4 cannot work together after all? As a teacher my pc is my lifeline, so I have to get this fixed ASAP.....Any help would be appreciated.