With the Enable Norton QuickMenu box de-selected, the other two sub-listed checkboxes in the preference pane (meant to enable/disable Norton AntiVirus or LiveUpdate) are greyed-out and cannot be toggled on/off. It claimed little or no CPU usage, but was listed as taking 5MB to 10MB of Real Memory and more than 400MB of Virtual Memory! However, I noticed that a process called Norton QuickMenu persisted in showing up and staying active in Activity Monitor every time I started my Mac.
In the Norton QuickMenu preference pane, there is a similar checkbox which I also de-selected. Disabling Auto-Protect was simple enough: I simply de-selected the checkbox labelled Enable Norton Auto-Protect in the Norton Auto-Protect preference pane. For NAV, my only use is to scan specific files as needed, so I obviously didn't want the Auto-Protect running, and certainly didn't want the QuickMenu cluttering up my menubar or taking up any unnecessary resources. Both are configured and controlled through separate preference panes in my System Preferences.īeing an anal-retentive, obsessive-compulsive user when it comes to my Mac, I try to limit 'background' apps and the like as much as possible.
NORTON HOW TO REMOVE MALWARE FROM MAC MAC
Installing NAV 10 on my Mac also installed Norton Auto-Protect and the Norton QuickMenu. My company's choice is Norton AntiVirus 10 (NAV packaged as part of Symantec Solutions).
NORTON HOW TO REMOVE MALWARE FROM MAC PC
Because I am forced to share files with the Windows world, and because I run Virtual PC (VPC) on my Mac and share files between VPC and my Mac OS, I still need to use antivirus software.
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