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Go to this link on Fixya where I outline how to correct this problem. You have been hijacked by some malicious software. This link should help you get your computer back to normal..
There are couple of ways to enable Symantec auto protect.
Step 1:
Right Click on the little shield like Icon on system tray (Right next to date and time).
Left click once on enable Auto Protect.
Step 2:
Click on Start and then all Programs.
Look for Symantec Client Security and then Symantec antivirus.
Click on the Configure Tab and click on file system auto protect.
Check the Option Enable Auto Protect and then Click on OK.
You got a virus that designed to disable Norton. Do yourself a favour, uninstall Norton. Here a link to an excellent free piece of software for home users. Download it, install it, update it, schedule a boot-time scan, you wil be amazed by just how much it finds & it wont slow your system by being too labour intensive like symantec. http://www.avast.com/
1. run the liveupdate
2.click on start and inside the start search type msconfig check whether it is in selctive or normal startup (it should be normal startup) change the date to one month before and run the liveupdate again and restart the computer
I recommend cleaning your temporary files. To do this, in internet explorer, click tools, internet options. from there, you want to delete all your temporary internet files.
want to turn on Auto-Protect permanently
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Start Norton AntiVirus.
If Norton AntiVirus is part of Norton SystemWorks or Norton Internet Security, then start that program.
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Click Options.
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In the left pane, click Auto-Protect.
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In the right pane, check Enable Auto-Protect and Start Auto-Protect when Windows starts up (recommended).
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Under "Select the duration," select Permanently from the drop-down menu.
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Click OK.
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Exit Norton AntiVirus.
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Restart the computer.
Close the antivirus program and reopen it. When it isclosed, the icon yellow for norton will not appear on bottom right hand side along with volume icon etc. You may also restart the computer to see id that helps. Right click the Norton icon and see id it says ENABLE AUTOPROTECT or DISABLE AUTOPROTECT. Try enabling.Try the same update after a while. If that does not work, try reinstalling Norton. I get 100s of viruses from 100s of friends and all sorts of things happen to me anti virus etc
but I am told that pretty normal
Get rid of Norton AV. It not only is a resource hog but doesn't rate high as an AV solution. The Eastern European products such as Bit Defender and Kaspersky are rated much higher. There are two good free solutions such as Avast and Avira but they have to be updated manually instead of automatically
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