I've been recently fighting with the Symantec Shared/Virus Definitions folder. I have tried just about everything short of an uninstall and reboot and cannot for the life of me figure out how to get rid of close to these 400 files.
I have even tried accessing my computer registry's services menu directly, turning off all Norton/Symantec related files and still no luck in getting rid of them.
If anyone has a way to solve this problem, please let me know.
Can you please name us the product you are using? Is Norton Antivirus/Internet Security/360? And what year? If you don't know that, the version number (Help -> About) can help us too.
This an older version, because it uses the old virus def folder system (2008 or earlier).
If you have a valid subscription, download the 2009 version from here:
Sorry - been away on business and couldn't get back sooner. I'm running what looks like an older version of antivirus that came sort of preinstalled on the computer. The uninstall and upgrade makes the most logical sense, as the files that are sitting in the folder seem legit updates (they include Norton text messages and alert updates).
I've been recently fighting with the Symantec Shared/Virus Definitions folder. I have tried just about everything short of an uninstall and reboot and cannot for the life of me figure out how to get rid of close to these 400 files.
I have even tried accessing my computer registry's services menu directly, turning off all Norton/Symantec related files and still no luck in getting rid of them.
If anyone has a way to solve this problem, please let me know.