Resolved ccapp.exe: Necessary?

Lugwalker · 2009/08/08

I've noticed on my list of startup items that 'ccapp.exe' is amongst them. This item is a necessary part of Norton antivirus which scans emails, etc. I did have Norton antivirus originally on my system but have since then changed to Avast! Norton antivirus has, of course, been removed, but 'ccapp.exe' is still there. Can I remove this .exe or is it required by my OS or some other program? The only other Norton program I use is Norton Ghost. Thank you.

Steve R Jones · 2009/08/08

Symantec’s Common Client Application for Norton AntiVirus 2003/4/5, Norton Personal Firewall 2003/4/5, and Norton Internet Security 2003/4/5. This task is, effectively, the "master" task in these products as its role is to call the different program features of the above products. For example, if Auto-Protect and E-mail Scanning are enabled, then CCAPP makes sure that those programs are running. If CCAPP is disabled, then Auto-Protect and Email Scanning will not run.

Recommendation :
Leave well alone "“ this task is crucial to the proper working of your Norton 2003/4/5 security product. We recommend, however, that you do a manual LiveUpdate every so often in order to pick up software updates (and not just virus definitions updates) as this task has had a few irritating bugs in the past.
http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist_c.htm
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Lugwalker · 2009/08/08

Thank you, Steve.

Admin. · 2009/08/08

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