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Question:

Upon startup, Symantec antivirus automatically starts a system scan. This can be annoying for laptop users running on battery, as the rtvscan process must be manually stopped.

Answer:

According to this web page there is a workaround:

1) Get the latest version of the AV client.

2) If #1 is not possible, you can registry hack to remove the scan. Copy the following text (contained between the double lines) into a .REG file and execute it on the client:

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Intel\LANDesk\VirusProtect6\CurrentVersion\Custom Tasks]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Intel\LANDesk\VirusProtect6\CurrentVersion\Custom Tasks]
‘CreatedUserQuickScan’=dword:00000001
‘CopiedDefaultScanOptions’=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Intel\LANDesk\VirusProtect6\CurrentVersion\Custom Tasks\Default Scan Options]
‘ScanForGreyware’=dword:00000000
‘ScanNotifyStopService’=dword:00000001
‘ScanNotifyReboot’=dword:00000002
‘ScanNotifyTerminateProcess’=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Intel\LANDesk\VirusProtect6\CurrentVersion\Custom Tasks\TaskPadStartup]

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