Norton Internet Security / Norton AntiVirus

[Holly]

I just got Norton for my computer and I am not as familiar with it as I was with the previous security suite I had. I've noticed that I will get a message on the task bar stating Norton is doing tasks in the background. Is there any way to set the Norton so this message is not posted as I know tasks are being done by Norton in the background. This message seems to interfere with my screen saver as the screen saver disappears when the message on the task appears.

[Phil_D Norton Fighter]

Hello Holly and welcome!

A number of forum members have also mentioned this topic. Currently there is not option to suppress these messages.

Since the default Norton Idle Time Out is 10 minutes, try setting your screensaver to 15 minutes which should reduce the instances of interference.

[Wikipedian]

Or ask the Techguys to tell which background tasks are running not just Norton is running background tasks!  It should say Norton is optimizing hard drive, Norton is performing a full scan of your computer etc.

[Holly]

 What is and where is the  NIS/NAV Board that the moderator said this inquiry about the Taskbar Notice about Norton was moved to?                                          

[Holly]

Since I inquired about the Taskbar Notice, I haven't seen very much of it and I am wondering if I was getting this notice a lot on my taskbar because I was new to Norton. The other computer in the household ( that has had Norton for years) wasn't receiving the message as far as we know. The taskbar notice didn't appear until about a week after installation of Norton. Thanks for the comments! 

[huwyngr Norton Fighter]

You are in that NIS/NAV Forum NOW!

When you go to the old location there is a link that automatically brings you here to the new location ....

[dbrisendine Norton Fighter · Accepted solution]

Holly -

Just to answer your question about the new installation of Norton vs. the older and why the newer has the notifications more than the older:

Norton will want to build an Insight "database" of the Trusted files on your system and also report any files it finds of "interest" to the Norton / Symantec servers.  This is part of the Community Watch processes and lets Norton stay current with the varied files that are out in the real world.  You can read more on Insight here and in the Norton Help file.  When first installed, there are many files not rated or reported to Norton, so the background tasks of Insight and Community Watch are triggered to run frequently to help get your system up to date.  After some time, these internal databases are caught up and kept up to date with less frequent background runs of Insight and Community Watch.

Thus a system with Norton on it for some time will have less background tasks running to keep it up to date than one with Norton just installed.  Also, version 2010 does have some newer engines that will involve different databases at Norton / Symantec then the 2009 versions.  You may see an increase in the background activity with the 2010 product for just a few weeks as the databases on both sides (your system and Norton / Symantec's) catch up with each other.

Does this answer you questions better?

[Holly]

Thanks!!!! A great answer. I marked Solved and gave you a Kudo.