Direct from the Symantec site
If you are seeing the error message "Norton AntiVirus AutoProtect could not continue. Please reinstall Norton AntiVirus and restart."
On the Go menu, click Applications.
Open Utilities.
Open Terminal.
At the prompt, type or copy and paste, the following text:
sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions
When asked for your password, enter your administrator password, then press return.
Quit Terminal.
Restart your computer.
The error message should no longer appear at startup.
Symantec Norton AntiVirus
virus protection
Version: 11.0
The fix for the error message
Feedback Type: Troubleshooting Report
Contributed by: jbucholtz Sunday, December 28 2003 @ 06:29 AM PST
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Six Months
Recommend Product: YES
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