Yesterday I ran live update checking for new virus definitios .It ended up showing a 1600K.B.+ download .I thought it was rather large ,however I went ahead with the download called Symantec Redirector Update. After being prompted to restart my PC after the download was complete ,I restarted and then checked my user resources which is normally 94% free after a restart or bootup. However it was only 91% free ,I went and looked at items listed in MSCONFIG ,and sure enough there was a new item added to my startup ? its listed as Symantec NetDriver Monitor ? I disabled it from running at startup .I did a search on the redirector update ,and though not clear, it appears to be related only to those that have a Norton Firewall ,which I do not ,I have Norotn Anti-Virus 2002, and my virus definitions are up to date .Why would symantec have those without their firwall product download such a large download if they do not have the Norotn product to support it. Any more info reguarding this recent update would be greatly appreciated ! Thanks Nick P.S. I frist posted this in the Windows Me forum , no replies yet,sorry for the dublicate post !

I have not used NIS for some time, but I do know that NAV liveupdate uses redirector to determine what items are needed from Symantec's catalog and product lists to accomplish a liveupdate. I also have experienced what happens if redirector becomes corrupted, as liveupdate will not work at all. It it is one of the items that will not be automatically be updated, if you do not have Symantec Liveupdate configured to the express mode in the control panel of your operating system(there is an icon listed in the control panel for it). Norton uses many Microsoft settings like Scheduled Tasks and the other Control panel setting, which is why errors can occur when it is uninstalled, and Symantec Removal Tools are sometimes needed. HTH