I have three computers with Norton Internet security 2011. If you leave them powered up for days at a time at some point the Norton Internet security will not be running. If you then restart Norton internet security will give you an error code either 8504,101 0r 8401,101.
This has been going on for three weeks now. I have contacted tech support on each computer and then have uninstalled norton , run power erasure, removed registry entries , removed temp files and the problem still exists. Each time I go to tech support they try something else . The latest was lets run chkdsk. CHKDSK did not find any errors so they told me it fixed a configuration problem. I told the guy that if chkdsk does not find any errors they would not accept that .
Tech support does not have a clue why these errors are happening and keeps guessing on what will fix the problem.
While I understand how hard it is to have a software package run on millions of computers , having three computers with the same problem should alert tech support that there is a problem and get the software developers involved to find a solution.
Secondly, I don't have the technical expertise to answer your problem, but I am sure that shortly someone will come to your aid and, if they are unable to solve the situation, it will reach the attention of one of the managers at Symantec, who will ask the Norton team to fix the issue.
Please be a little patient, especially as we are recovering from the holiday break and still at the weekend.
Is there any information in your event viewers under system and/or applications? Also, another user had a similar issue where he had mapped network drives, and a lot of compressed files. It was causing a time out issue. Is this anything like your system?
Event Viewer - System - Error: The Norton Internet Security service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this 3 time(s). For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Event Viewer - Application - Warning(Source - EvntAgnt): TraceFileName parameter not located in registry; Default trace file used is . For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
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TraceLevel parameter not located in registry; Default trace level used is 32. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
I have three computers with Norton Internet security 2011. If you leave them powered up for days at a time at some point the Norton Internet security will not be running. If you then restart Norton internet security will give you an error code either 8504,101 0r 8401,101.
This has been going on for three weeks now. I have contacted tech support on each computer and then have uninstalled norton , run power erasure, removed registry entries , removed temp files and the problem still exists. Each time I go to tech support they try something else . The latest was lets run chkdsk. CHKDSK did not find any errors so they told me it fixed a configuration problem. I told the guy that if chkdsk does not find any errors they would not accept that .
Tech support does not have a clue why these errors are happening and keeps guessing on what will fix the problem.
While I understand how hard it is to have a software package run on millions of computers , having three computers with the same problem should alert tech support that there is a problem and get the software developers involved to find a solution.
Another tech. support session - removing software, cleaning up, reinstalling and same result. NIS 2011 v18.5.xxx dies after 20 minutes while v18.1.xxx after about 3hrs.
Looking at this and other posts I'm beginning to see a pattern here: we all started having the same problem (error code 8504,101) about 4 to 6 weeks ago . . . Norton becomes unresponsive and unrecoverable using typical means, requiring a system reboot to restore operation . . . then, at an arbitrary number of hours later, the problem re-occurs. In my case the "suggested" fix from Norton's One Click Support has been to download an re-install "definitions" (definitions of what I do not know). Ultimately, this has had no positive effect. My guess is that we all automatically downloaded a program auto-update that has an organic glitch in it. Until Norton acknowledges that there's a problem with their code, and does a line-by-line forensic analysis of same (and issues an auto-download fix/update) we're all going to be stuck with this less than desirable situation. I've been a Norton user for more than 12 years now, and up until this most recent event have been generally satisfied. This level of non-functionality, especially in light of hours away from the computer while it's vulnerable to attack, is entirely unacceptable. Suddenly the MacAfee product line and even the embedded Microsoft firewall options are looking better and better.
Apparently I've fallen victim to the same problem here. However, I'm also having problems with Internet Explorer 8. I can only run Norton Internet Security and IE8 in safe mode without errors.
I got the same 8504,101 "unexpected error has aoccured" after booting my Norton protected computer uponreturning from vacation. And they have the gaul to then charge me to fix it. Second time the computer has been highjacked in six months. And second time I have been charged! (They could find nothing by the way.)
Exactly the same behavior on my Vista 32 PC. NIS 2011 runs sometimes and disappears at other times. This error code appears on boot with the tools looking for a solution to no avail. Contacting support results in a request for a fee "for virus removal" and no fix. I have been wrestling with this since early February. NORTON where are you???
I have the same problem also. I am getting error code 8504.101 and error code 11006.2 ( which one step support identifies as a definitions error and offers a new definition D/L. It didn't help. I'm using vista home premium 64 bit. It's an intermittant problem. Uninstalling and reinstalling the product worked for about 2 or 3 hours and then it failed again. I'm getting really tired of watching that one stop support thing go round & round and just knowing that it ain't gonna' work!! HELP!!!!
I can't remember seeing a problem such as this one ongoing for over 4 months without some of our volunteers trying to help, or a Symantec manager at least acknowledging the problem and promising to look for a solution.
I now ask that someone from Symantec join this thread and try to help those who require assistance, as I said would happen when I commented at the beginning of January 2011.
First, I would like to thank everyone for posting about this, I didn't feel so alone and dumb while coping with this stupid error.
I have a vista machine and had the same symptoms after upgrading to 360 5.0.
Here's what finally worked. I had so badly trashed my poor machine that I was getting errors running uninstall! Had to call support for help. This took me about an hour to get everything done. I may be a little slower than the average bear with this stuff.
1) save off the product key (you may have this in an email somewhere if you can't get it from the app)
2) download the removal software from Norton
3) back up your registry
4) remove EVERY folder entry in the registry that has norton, Symantec, or a combo of those names (there are a lot of these, more than you expect). Use regedit to get the list.
5) run the removal tool
6) reboot
7) download and install 360 5.0
I've been up and working for 24 hours now, so I'm declaring success.
Yeah, it's nuts to have to do this, and the guys that write this ought to know everything they hit so that
