A more intelligent tray icon saves you the trouble of manually checking the state of the different components in the installation. Whenever there is something you should be aware of or act upon, the tray icon will display the relevant symbol with explanatory mouse-over hints.

NVC5_8_yellow
Yellow triangle - the On-access scanner is not running or a computer restart is needed to complete an update.

NVC5_8_red_ball
Red circle - the installation is not behaving according to the configuration. If this symbol occurs, you will most likely solve the problem by running Delnvc5, a program that resides within the folder ...\Norman\Nvc\Bin. Select Repair.

NVC5_8_cog
Cog - the installation is being updated automatically in the background. You should not restart your computer while this symbol is visible.

NVC5_8_security_warning
Along with the Security Center that was introduced with Windows XP Service Pack 2, this approach will provide most users with the information they need about their NVC installation. If you still want more information about different components in your installation, you should run the command line utility LNQ.EXE that you will find in the ...\Norman\Bin directory.