The process navapw32.exe is associated with the Norton Antivirus software. This software is a known product of Symantec. This particular file is involved with 32 bit Windows Operating Systems. Norton Antivirus offers real time protection, which means it actually protects while the user is browsing or playing media. Norton Antivirus immediately notifies the user that a virus has been detected, whether from a file that was downloaded, a website that was visited or devices that were connected. The software will also suggest the next necessary action to be taken. In some cases, the real time protection may be disabled. This can be done by unchecking an option in the Start up menu (Load Autoprotect at Startup). In this case, the user has to manually scan the computer or set an Automatic Scan through the Task Scheduler. There is a certain risk in this set up, as a virus may already have gained prior access.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. navapw32.exe. is used by Norton Antivirus from Symantec, If you shut down navapw32.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop navapw32.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Norton Antivirus from Symantec, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed navapw32.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Norton Antivirus from Symantec, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if navapw32.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that navapw32.exe, belongs to, in this case Norton Antivirus from Symantec