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Did you try uninstalling and re-installing the SAV?
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Did you try uninstalling and re-installing the SAV?

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Thanks. I don't have a way to install the anti-virus program if I uninstall it, but I'll take a look at some of the free anti-virus program. Any you guys suggest?
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Thanks. I don't have a way to install the anti-virus program if I uninstall it, but I'll take a look at some of the free anti-virus program. Any you guys suggest?

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I am the administrator of my computer. &nbsp;I have Symantec Antivirus install and now all I see is a yellow exclamation mark over the icon in the systray. &nbsp;I can't get it to open and when I try to run it, I get the error message: &quot;cannot open symantec antivirus, windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. &nbsp;You may not have the appropriate permissios to access the item.&quot; &nbsp;I've ran Super Anti Spyware as well as housecall, but it comes up with nothing.
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I am the administrator of my computer.  I have Symantec Antivirus install and now all I see is a yellow exclamation mark over the icon in the systray.  I can't get it to open and when I try to run it, I get the error message: "cannot open symantec antivirus, windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file.  You may not have the appropriate permissios to access the item."  I've ran Super Anti Spyware as well as housecall, but it comes up with nothing.

Cannot open Antivirus.  Window indicates does not have access.

Anti-virus software was originally developed to detect and remove computer viruses. However, with the proliferation of other kinds of malware, antivirus software started to provide protection from other computer threats. In particular, modern antivirus software can protect from malicious browser helper objects (BHOs), browser hijackers, ransomware, keyloggers, backdoors, rootkits, trojan horses, worms, malicious layered service providers (LSPs), dialers, fraud tools, adware and spyware. Some products also include protection from other computer threats, such as infected and malicious URLs, spam, scam and phishing attacks, online identity theft (privacy), online banking attacks, social engineering techniques, Advanced Persistent Threat (APT), botnets and DDoS attacks.