I've searched these forums (and Chrome's) and not seen any references to this so...
Recently (the last month) I've started to notice that there can be one to several conathst.exe *32 processes running. The number seems to be tied to the number of time I start/exit Chrome. These processes may or may not terminate when I exit Chrome. I can't kill them and it requires a reboot to get rid of them. The description from Task Manager is "Google Chrome (Norton Identity Safe native host)" and the image path is "C:\Program Files (x86)\Norton Internet Security\Engine\21.6.0.32\conathst.exe".
OS, Chrome (Version 37.0.2062.124 m) and NIS (v21.6.0.32) are all up-to-date. Not sure if it requires a "solution", but would be appropriate any info. Thx...
p.s. System specs are as follows:
CPU: Intel Core2Quad 9450 2.66GHz
RAM: 4GB
Video: nVidia GTS 450 w/1GB RAM
OS: Windows 7 Pro 64-bit SP1
Monitor: Samsung P2450H 24-inch monitor