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| 315525 | 2005-01-18 12:50:00 | This program keeps installing and running itself although I have deleted it from msconfig, registry and the windows\system32 folder after disabling system restore (winxp). How can it still hide on the computer and how can I get rid of it? |
bpt2 (6653) | ||
| 315526 | 2005-01-18 13:07:00 | is it safe to say navprotect.exe is nortan anti-virus protect? (first impression) well after 1 minute of research I found C:\WINDOWS\System32\navprotect.exe it looks like its spyware or a backdoor path into your computer. I so im thinking its a virus. Im not computer expert, but thats my insight gl? |
weber (6899) | ||
| 315527 | 2005-01-18 15:03:00 | navprotect.exe is part of Nortons AntiVirus package. Vince |
Vince (406) | ||
| 315528 | 2005-01-18 23:25:00 | On my comp Norton AV is nprotect.exe May be a nasty. |
i-gordon (962) | ||
| 315529 | 2005-01-18 23:54:00 | navprotect.exe is a nasty. When did you last do an AdAware/Spybot scan? You might want to do another, then download HijackThis (www.merijn.org), run, and remove the process. | pixeldust (6619) | ||
| 315530 | 2005-01-22 23:02:00 | Sory it has taken me so long to get back to this thread. I have been in the hospital for surgery. My post above was wrong. navprotect.exe is indeed a "nasty". All it took was a quick Google for me to see that. | Vince (406) | ||
| 315531 | 2005-01-22 23:47:00 | weird, i seem to have it aswell, it sounded strange because i dont have NAV installed, even an updated adaware,spybot and avg doesnt pick it up.thanks for the tip, im gonna nail it now | Prescott (11) | ||
| 315532 | 2005-01-23 05:50:00 | Please tell me how you nail it. | bpt2 (6653) | ||
| 315533 | 2005-01-23 08:07:00 | from my experience most things starting with nav are norton anti virus but being in the sys32 file . . . is slightly odd . first off if you dont have norton anti virus remove it asap, it cannot hurt anything (that i am aware of) . if you do have norton and do not want to corrupt it try disabling it in msconfig . (goto run/ type "msconfig"/ goto startup) look for it there and disable, do not delete it . Restart, see if you are having same problems (if you are having any) and check and see if norton anti-virus still works etc . etc . do whatever you think is necessary before you feel like it is ok to be removed . I am yet to have a norton product run an exe from sys32 or even have a 'nav' file in sys32 . This may not be true for you im running/have run norton 02-04 on 98-ME (not respectively) . Corect me if im wrong anyone i do not want to give misinformation . also for others with the experience use 'regedit' or corresponding program and delete keys for spyware/hijacker programs . i do not understand the registry fully and how its possible to do this but ive had viruses/spyware return after complete deletion w/o surfing the web (cable, always online) if i do not delete their remnants in registry . PLEASE AVOID REGEDIT IF YOU ARE A NOVICE USER - unless you would like a bigger mess than a hijacker or virus Im a not-so-advanced computer user but i have dealt with many spyware/virus problems working on computers at school . hope i could be of help . |
Onyks (6908) | ||
| 315534 | 2005-01-23 13:32:00 | weird, i seem to have it aswell, it sounded strange because i dont have NAV installed, even an updated adaware,spybot and avg doesnt pick it up.thanks for the tip, im gonna nail it now For your information, I am running Norton Anti Virus, and I don't have navprotect.exe in system32, or anywhere else on my computer. Vince :) |
Vince (406) | ||
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