How to remove SNDMon error

SNDMon.exe file information

The process Symantec Security Drivers Install Monitor belongs to the software Symantec Security Drivers or Symantec Security Drivers Install Monitor or sndmon.exe by Symantec Corporation (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 XP are 100056 bytes (78% of all occurrence), 95960 bytes, 95456 bytes, 111840 bytes, 83056 bytes, 99984 bytes, 95344 bytes, 25600 bytes, 100048 bytes, 37163 bytes, 69632 bytes, 31650 bytes.
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 3% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

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 camouflage themselves as SNDMon.exe, particularly if they are located in c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Thus check the SNDMon.exe process on your pc whether it is pest. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. It is one of the Top Download Picks of 2005 of The Washington Post and PC World.

Links: SNDMon.exe, SNDMon.exe

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  

i cannot delete it.
  John Hall  

disabled it,and my computer is working again
  Younes  

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

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

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  

System hungry, function unknown
  dangerous  

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

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

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

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

it is part of norton antivirus. symantec netdriver monitor
  mark  

Norton AV 2005 (aucun problème) Symantec
  Pascal  

Its a Symantec Driver that runs in the background
  MikeD  

Norton Internet Security ?
  JQ  

part of NAV or NPF 2004
  nagel   (further information)

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