Backup runnnig continuously

Hi,

I have just tried to run my regular backup onto an external hard drive.

I am using Windows 10 Home build 17134

Norton Security with Backup 22.17.0.183

The hard drive has plenty of space and is working fine.

The backup seems to be running OK but reaches a total of 8966 files identified and just stays there.

My initial thought was that it was a problem created by the Epic Privacy Browser.  I have uninstalled it and cleared out all the remaining crud I could find but the problem persists.

Any thoughts?