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using xp home, sp2, dell 4600 desktop 1.33 years old. 3 users. norton AV
2004.
upon logging onto a user, i see a small red shield in the system tray and a
pop up balloon advisory stating the antivirus isn't enabled, but they
immediately disappear as soon as the norton AV is finished loading.
this has only appeared after performing a routine scan with spybot search &
destroy, & removing an item detected by spybot. it was a windows-microsoft
item. as soon as i completed the removal, the red shield with pop up started
showing up.
sensing i removed an important item, i immediately restored it back with
spybot's recovery. possibly a false positive item. rescans no longer detect
it, even though it's restored. the restoration of the item didn't prevent
red shield & pop up from continuing to view upon logon. also, if i manually
disable the norton, the red shield & pop up view.
the shield & pop up wasn't seen prior to doing the recent scan with spybot,
& the removal of the item.
i went to security center, & viewed settings & saw one for the "warn if
antivirus not enabled". it was checked.
if i uncheck this box, will this disable that red shield & pop up?
i do like the warning, but sometimes when i log off a user, & return back to
another user, the shield & pop up appears, even though norton is up &
running.
looking for some general feed back, & whether this is a normal & desirable
security warning feature. or was something changed to have this red shield.
thank you, len kiesling
using xp home, sp2, dell 4600 desktop 1.33 years old. 3 users. norton AV
2004.
upon logging onto a user, i see a small red shield in the system tray and a
pop up balloon advisory stating the antivirus isn't enabled, but they
immediately disappear as soon as the norton AV is finished loading.
this has only appeared after performing a routine scan with spybot search &
destroy, & removing an item detected by spybot. it was a windows-microsoft
item. as soon as i completed the removal, the red shield with pop up started
showing up.
sensing i removed an important item, i immediately restored it back with
spybot's recovery. possibly a false positive item. rescans no longer detect
it, even though it's restored. the restoration of the item didn't prevent
red shield & pop up from continuing to view upon logon. also, if i manually
disable the norton, the red shield & pop up view.
the shield & pop up wasn't seen prior to doing the recent scan with spybot,
& the removal of the item.
i went to security center, & viewed settings & saw one for the "warn if
antivirus not enabled". it was checked.
if i uncheck this box, will this disable that red shield & pop up?
i do like the warning, but sometimes when i log off a user, & return back to
another user, the shield & pop up appears, even though norton is up &
running.
looking for some general feed back, & whether this is a normal & desirable
security warning feature. or was something changed to have this red shield.
thank you, len kiesling