I have taken into account all your responses...and thank you! For those that
don't like Norton...I've used it for years with no real problems (other than
my AutoProtect is sometimes disabled on startup), but I have heard about
Avast and will try it next year. For this year, as I've said, I've already
paid for and installed Norton 2006.

For the two people who were offended that I was annoyed at the new addition
to this year's product...the Norton Protection Center...you may find it
useful, but I did not like it in my system tray. I like to keep my computer
organized...I want to clean my father-in-law's out every time I use his...he
has his WHOLE desktop and system tray cluttered, so you can't even find what
you're looking for!

Actually, I figured out (by accident) how to disable it from my system tray.
I found instructions on how to disable the NVIDIA Driver Helper Service (as
it slows down both boots and shutdowns and is not needed). While doing that,
I found out how to disable the Norton Protection from my system tray. I'll
outline it, in case it helps someone else.

Right click on "My Computer" > Manage > Services and Applications > Services
> scroll down until you find it (it actually says "Norton Protection
Services")...when you find it, right click on it and click "Properties" >
press "Stop" and on the "Startup type" set it to "Disabled."

Thanks again for everyone's help!
Terri


"nurseshark" wrote:

> I just installed Norton Antivirus 2006, and Symantec, in their infinite
> wisdom, decided to add Norton Protection Center to all their products this
> year. It has its own button on the taskbar...it monitors the Windows XP
> firewall (I use ZoneAlarm), checks your Windows Update status, and provides
> antivirus alerts (which the regular Norton Antivirus does anyway). Oh
> yeah...and it constantly pops up.
>
> So, I've tried deleting the button through the program and also turned it
> off for the three things it monitors. It can't be deleted through right
> clicking. I don't know the exact name to terminate the process in TaskManager
> (Norton has about 10 things on there).
>
> I know this is a trivial problem, but it's really bugging me. Does anyone
> know how to remove it? I'm not keen on mucking in the registry since I don't
> really know what I'm doing. I do have Hjack this if someone knows how to
> interpret the log.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
> Terri