Kimpo (when Norton utilities kicks my work disappears)

If I am working on a programme when Norton utilities kicks in all my work disappears. Is there a way for update to operate in the background and allow me to carry on with my work.

Can you be more specific as to what symptoms you are encountering?

Something you are working on disappears? Are you writing a program? Are you experiencing slowness? Is something you are working on/with disappearing from the screen/filesystem?