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Does Norton Internet Security Bug You?

Posted by xtremer • 12/22/07 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: firewall, norton

I use Norton Internet Security to prevent any computer related catastrophies. It proves to be a powerful worm, popup blocker.

But lately, it has been getting on my nerves. Especially, the service named 'ccproxysvc' is frustrating me. Whenever I try to upload any template or if I make any major changes to the blog designs, this service swings into action and temporarily stops any network communication until it has checked everything.

What I usually do is stop this service, disable Norton IS, and then restart the service. If this service is terminated, any communication is blocked, hence the restart.

Does anyone here face this problem? Please let me know and tell me the solution if you know one........

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12/22/07

techfun

First thing I do on all Windows machines that come into our company is remove ANY preinstalled Norton/Symantec products and install Windows Defender ( www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software ) and Avast! ( www.avast.com ) and I use the built in MS Firewall so I don't have to worry about interactions among software. Also, Avast! being free for home use is a big benefit, along with its tiny resource footprint and simple interface.

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12/22/07

crkian

Every computer I do has norton removed straight away, never seen such crap in my life.

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12/22/07

jungl

Norton is a virus by itself.

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12/22/07

husdal

I used to have Norton on my former laptop, never had any issues with it, but that was before I started blogging. Currently I'm using PCcillin by Trendmicro which so far has done a great job in keeping my laptop free of viruses and trojans and what not. I also have McAfee on my other laptop, now that sucks...never seen a program take that long for a simple virus sweep...

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12/22/07

Wawaron

All programs have cookies, spy, virus, worm... pfff... nothing is truely secure

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12/22/07

mikeny07

I have to say just a bit off topic here that Trend Micro is the best one I have ever used. I would buy it again and stick with them.

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12/22/07

ghostytwofish

Ditto for Trend-Micro. Good stuff, that.

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12/22/07

theAtypical

I'm an Avast / Commando user.
I was a Norton user a few years ago, then I got sick of a program that was as effective at cutting butter as a baseball bat.

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12/22/07

acousticguitarist

i took it off one machine, through something else on there, ran the new software in safe mode and found a handful of small viruses

i'm mot in love with it

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12/23/07

xtremer

actually, I have no complains with the functioning of Norton AntiVirus, but the Internet Security just gets on your nerves.....the rest is fine.....others, like trendmicro, avg, kaspersky, etc don't give you much security...note that I did not mention McAfee.......I think McAfee is Norton's big brother!!

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12/23/07

crkian

If mcafee and norton were brothers they would be the brothers grim

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12/23/07

xtremer

Did you say grim? ...... I would say they are brothers in arms!

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  crkian
  
  Arms dipping into this bit of software, that piece of code...
12/23/07

WT

I do exactly as JD does with any new computer. I learned through hard lessons long ago to not ever use anything by Symantec. Its products get their tentacles so deep into your system that all hope is lost!

And I totally agree that Avast is the best AV product available.

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12/23/07

xtremer

But *sometimes*, these 'tentacles' help in removing small bugs from your system....

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12/23/07

crkian

These tentacles also track everything you do, slow down even the fastest computers, run other stuff you don't know about, do not remove viruses very well....

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12/28/07

xtremer

if you see, then most of all antivirus programs have some or the other problems........i they detect viruses properly, they tend to slow down the system, while others do not.....

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12/28/07

suburbqueen

When I got my computer, it came with a year of Norton. After that expired, I purchased McAfee (it was on sale) and I've been using it ever since. Easy to use and works great (at least for me).

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12/28/07

DOUGGOFFdotCOM

Antivirus software, what's that? Ohhhh you use Windows! No matter what you are using, there is always something out there to break in. You should enjoy your computing experience and purchase a Mac. But if you must stay with Windows, AVG professional is the way to go. Norton and Mcaffee take up too many resources while AVG is way lighter on the system. Not to mention it finds almost anything.

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12/28/07

bbrian017

Norton's kills my system resources and I'm running the xps700

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12/28/07

robinj

I find using nortons with a cleaner works well for me I make sure everything is cleaned up everytime I get off the computer

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12/28/07

cooper

I took it off long ago, a real cpu hog. I use AVG free, lavasoft, and spy bot search and destroy and run the ccleaner daily.

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12/29/07

aliasinkhorn

yes, it did. no more. use comodo. tested eight points on the compass, and comodo is solid. use with Avast which has surprised me with outstanding detection.

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