Process name: Symantec Security Drivers Install Monitor
Product: Symantec Security Drivers or Symantec Security Drivers Install Monitor or sndmon.exe
Company: Symantec Corporation (www.symantec.com)
File: SNDMon.exe

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Users Opinions

319 users ask for this file. 1 user didn't rate it ("don't know"). 10 users rated it as not dangerous. 3 users rated it as not so dangerous. 3 users rated it as neutral. 2 users rated it as little bit dangerous. 2 users rated it as dangerous.

All comments about SNDMon.exe: nagel part of NAV or NPF 2004  See also: Link JQ Norton Internet Security ? MikeD Its a Symantec Driver that runs in the background Pascal Norton AV 2005 (aucun problème) Symantec mark it is part of norton antivirus. symantec netdriver monitor Georg Part of Symantec Norton Internet Security suite  See also: Link Nico Martimucci - tech@martimucci.com Part of Norton Antivirus - Detects when you are online so updates can be downloaded. Not a VITAL process  See also: Link Kylie this is part of symantec liveupdate needed for auto and manual updates Mooie Certainly is part of NAV2005, but why is it not removed when NAV2005 is uninstalled? Bug or an explicit choice from Symantec? dangerous System hungry, function unknown Maureen 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' kernsdev file is not a threat - but does cause lag  See also: Link AntiVirus Software, but it isn't very effective. No real danger, exept it will block other antiviruses sometimes. Younes disabled it,and my computer is working again John Hall i cannot delete it. Dave 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 If you know more about SNDMon.exe, share your knowledge and help other users. Security Rating:  --- don't know ---  1 (not dangerous)  2  3 (neutral)  4  5 (dangerous) What do you know about this file: Link for more details: Your Name:

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