Question

I found some 3rd-party preference-panes in my macOS 10.15.7 Catalina, one is 'NTFS for MAC OS X' but I know what it is, the thing I want to know is 'Symantec Auto-Protect': 'SymantecSAQuickMenu.prefPane' 'SymAutoProtect.prefPane'

I am wondering if someone know what they are, I can't open them because 'System Preferences' says that it will harm my computer (Avast didn't mind when I scanned), it doesn't give a way to allow from 'Security & Privacy.' Any luck?

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Solution

Symantec is the company who makes Norton Anti-Virus & also Symantec End-Point protection.

If you have another antivirus product on your Mac - Avast - then you should completely uninstall Norton &/or Symantec [Symantec may have been installed as part of a corporate package, in which case you'd need to check with the relevant IT department].

Having two live-scanning* antivirus products on one machine is bad - they can fight each other.

This doesn't include such as Malwarebytes Free, which does not live-scan.

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