XP not detecting Antivirus

[Neo]

The red shield with the X is showing up in my taskbar saying I have no antivirus software when clearly I do. Im using Symantec witht the latest definitions. I heard about a virus on the news about a week ago that disables antivirus software and think this might be the problem. I ran a scan and symantec didnt pick anything up. Anybody have any idea or know the name of this virus so I can download a removal tool?

Oh yea, the other computers on my network cant access the internet through this computer for some reason. The problem seems related.
I cant post anymore specific information because there are none. Things just seem to stop working...

[md]

Get rid of symantec and use something better; I recoment Avast.

[#CRob]

If you actually *paid* for your antivirus try re-installing it. And updating it.

If you "borrowed it" I Recommend AVG Free Antivirus.

Legitemitly free and so far I haven't had any infections. Ever.

[bugzpodder]

i have the same problem on a different computer. on this one i also have it installed and it shows up fine. we get it free in U of Waterloo

[Neo]

I also use the symantec from UW. Just uninstalled symantec and replaced with Avast, but that didnt fix anything. The thing is I have 3 comps using symantec and only this one has problems...

[cool dude]

u might have accidently disabled it at startup and thats why theres an x through it. just open it up go to options and enable it at startup. also it could be a problem with your firewall try lowering the setting or setting it to allows your anti-virus. did u install any new software lately? when did it stop working? if u have the trial version that comes on new computers usually the trial might have expired.

[Neo]

Well the only thing I installed yesterday was Netbeans and JDK . The problem showed up in the morning after I booted up the computer. Anyways, I just did a system restore to 2 days earlier and things seem fine now.