Expired Norton Stops PC from Connecting to Internet

Hi.

 

My NIS 2010 subscription for 3 PC ended on Friday. I renewed the same on Saturday. When tried to logon to internet on one of the PCs so as to activate Norton, I was not able to logon to the internet.I was not even able to access my Wifi Router.

After hardware diagnosis was identified not to be the problem. I suspected it could be norton. I uninstalled(Using the Network Removal tool) and Viola.. The internet started working. I then reinstalled Norton to activate it

 

Though this issue is resolved and would happen only if you are using a expired Norton.

It would be good if Norton can fix this issue or warn users that such a problem could happen if you don't renew the subscription.