With Norton AntiVirus 2004, scheduled to go on sale next month, Symantec is using a simple but sometimes unpopular installation process called product activation to stop users from sharing or ...

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Norton Antivirus 2004, which Symantec announced Monday for release next month, will use product activation, an increasingly common technique to tie a copy of an application to a particular PC.

The software maker adds controversial antipiracy technology to the new edition of its Norton Antivirus software.

Symantec will add digital-rights-management technology to its entire 2004 consumer product line, requiring customers to activate products such as Norton Antivirus 2004.