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ZABA77
Cruncher Joined: Dec 12, 2005 Post Count: 35 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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I kept having a problem with Norton 2007. The auto-protect feature would turn itself off. Long story short, Symantec support was next to worthless, so I started turning of various programs and peripherals that come up at start up. I did so in a systematic fashion in turn off only one device or program at a time. The one the finally got Norton working again - World Community Grid Agent.
This seems very strange considering how common Norton Internet Security is, but it did work. Anyone else have trouble running Norton Internet Security w/ the Grid Agent? Found a better resolution than turning it off/uninstalling? The problem was on a work PC that I upgraded from an older version of Inet Security to 2007. A home PC running an older version of Norton & Grid doesn't seem to have any problem. Anyway, any help would be great. I would really like to be able to run Grid on this box. Thank you. |
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Former Member
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Hello ZABA77,
Anti-virus programs are peculiar. The first thing to try is the easiest - switch from the UD client to the BOINC client ( http://www.wcgwiki.org/en/boinc/migration.cfm ). A program that objects to one will rarely worry about the other. Lawrence |
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retsof
Former Community Advisor USA Joined: Jul 31, 2005 Post Count: 6824 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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or...switch the antivirus program.
----------------------------------------The AVG free antivirus program has had no problems with EITHER the UD interface or BOINC interface. It had been working for me for a couple of years. http://free.grisoft.com AVG also gives out daily updates from the internet to keep things current.
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Sekerob
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Be careful with even hinting doubts of Norton or u get your ears waxed over elsewhere. McAfee.... the full military avoidance ops required....(strictly personal ROFL)..... My set is Alwil Avast and NOD32 for the viral/trojan/spam stuff, Spybot and Ad-Aware for the spam stuff periodic scans and Kerio PF for the software firewall stuff, if not behind a known router with NAT and Firewall on. Free or very cheap in subscription (for the library updates). Many do report AVG as trustworthy (and for free i think).
----------------------------------------And, Firefox with Adblock plus and NoScript for not even getting it at the router doorstep. just my 2 cents, pre lunch thoughts :D
WCG
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retsof
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Work+GPU i7 8700 12threads School i7 4770 8threads Default+GPU Ryzen 7 3700X 16threads Ryzen 7 3800X 16 threads Ryzen 9 3900X 24threads Home i7 3540M 4threads50% |
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ZABA77
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Thanks for the replies. I should have mentioned I have to use Norton. I can't uninstall it on this particular PC. AVG is good & I do use it on a personal notebook. I haven't had much good luck w/ McAfee or Panda in the past.
So, is this a known problem w/ Norton interacting w/ the Agent? I didn't find much while searching; but is there a thread about a/v apps & compatibility. I'll check out BOINC. Thanks. |
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Sekerob
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No worries ZABA77..... we saw it was a business computer. On Norton, WCG is talking to Symantec presently over a bug in their software causing the hang UD agent (just remembered).... see this thread:
----------------------------------------http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread?thread=11361#84864 Added: LawrenceHardin maintains a thread in the Start Here forum on the various security software and issues.
WCG
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