How to remove an SNDMon error

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SNDMon.exe file information

The process known as Symantec Security Drivers Install Monitor belongs to software Symantec Security Drivers or Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer (version 97) by Symantec (www.symantec.com).

Description: SNDMon.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files" - e.g. C:\Program Files\Symantec\LiveUpdate\. Known file sizes on Windows 7/XP are 100,056 bytes (83% of all occurrences), 95,960 bytes and 10 more variants.
The program has a visible window. File SNDMon.exe is not a Windows system file. Program starts upon Windows startup (see Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run). File SNDMon.exe is a Verisign signed file. It is digitally signed. SNDMon.exe is able to monitor applications. Therefore the technical security rating is 4% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.
If you want to remove the program completely, go to Control Panel ⇒ Software ⇒ Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 97 or Space Synthesizer.

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External information from Paul Collins:

"Symantec NetDriver Monitor" can run at start up. Part of Symantec's LiveUpate (eg, Norton). Not required if you run manual upadtes but probably require if you leave them to run automatically. Also, if one runs a small office network and SNDMon is disabled on one of the computers – then other computers disappear from the network for this computer, including shared devices like printers and scanners. Hence the "U" recommendation

Important: Some malware camouflages itself as SNDMon.exe, particularly when located in the c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Therefore, you should check the SNDMon.exe process on your PC to see if it is a threat. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. This was one of the Top Download Picks of The Washington Post and PC World.

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User Comments

part of NAV or NPF 2004
nagel (further information)

Norton Internet Security ?
JQ

Its a Symantec Driver that runs in the background
MikeD

Norton AV 2005 (aucun problème) Symantec
Pascal

it is part of norton antivirus. symantec netdriver monitor
mark

Part of Symantec Norton Internet Security suite
Georg (further information)

Part of Norton Antivirus - Detects when you are online so updates can be downloaded. Not a VITAL process
Nico Martimucci - tech (further information)

this is part of symantec liveupdate needed for auto and manual updates
Kylie

Certainly is part of NAV2005, but why is it not removed when NAV2005 is uninstalled? Bug or an explicit choice from Symantec?
Mooie

System hungry, function unknown
dangerous

that it has caused my computer to be unusable! Problems have been escalating since the day my subscription to Norton anti-virus ran out and I did not pay to renew / update it, culminating this morning in my computer displaying the 'blue screen of death' immediately after loading Windows 98 and I got the message 'This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way'
Maureen

file is not a threat - but does cause lag
kernsdev (further information)

AntiVirus Software, but it isn't very effective. No real danger, exept it will block other antiviruses sometimes.

disabled it,and my computer is working again
Younes

i cannot delete it.
John Hall

We run Symantec Enterprise Edition and I have found this on only one of our computers. The computer was exhibiting all the signs of a virus infection. We control our virus definition updates centrally but it was causing the computer to update its definitions daily from somewhere other than our central control server, not good. I searched the Symantec site for it but only turned up one reference that mentioned it was a service a particular virus would stop but nothing about it being a part of our suite. Removed its start command from HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Run No ill af
Dave

Summary: Average user rating of SNDMon.exe: based on 20 votes with 16 reviews.

10 users think SNDMon.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application. 3 users think it's probably harmless. 3 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 2 users suspect danger. 2 users think SNDMon.exe is dangerous and recommend removing it. 1 user doesn't grade SNDMon.exe ("not sure about it").

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