@gxcare Have you reviewed this post?
SA
Yes, I read that and I am not using any agent.
At the beginning I had the impression that the fault was triggered by starting Claude with the Cowork feature, after more tests the high CPU/memory usage by Norton Software Analyzer starts even after just starting Claude code from the command line, not by starting the desktop app. It continues after stopping it.
I apologize for being repetitive, but, as posted early Claude has its issues, A/V companies are in fact taking notice of those issues. Exposing the FULL client code is as serious as it gets, and more over with anthropic software.
Regards,
SA
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We are all aware of the source code leak of Claude, but I don’t think you can reasonably connect this event to the high CPU and memory usage of the Norton Software Analyzer process…
Then, the article you are pointing to says that, starting from that source code, someone built a modified binary containing malware, something that can be done with any open source software. Is this the reason for that Norton issue?
I am not blaming Norton for having a bug; this is quite normal if it gets fixed sooner or later, and I reported it for this reason. However, denying it is not a good practice.
With all due respect, the issue presented, is that Claude as are other AI agentic software solutions, are questionable is the case scenario. As far as a “bug” within Norton, I don’t believe that is the case. Norton being overly protective? Probably so. What the issue if there is one is, Norton is highly aware of the threats from outside actors, how they use the vulnerabilities when the threats are ignored, for the sake of usage. You can, exclude your Claude workspace from Norton scans and detections at your own personal risk. Personally I don’t recommend it nor am I suggesting you do so. Bottom line is. Norton doesn’t want to have that risk assessed upon them over the possibility that mountains of data, a network and its resources, possibly become compromised falling into their lap. No noteworthy A//V company would take those legal nor otherwise risks. Nothing there for Norton to deny.
Regards,
SA
