Mandatory use of proxy

[Mika_Savela]

Hi, why Norton Mac forces to use proxy? Is there any way to disable it, It slows down browsing. I just want to use Norton antivirus and firewall functions.

[LA_User]

Norton support is so inaccessible. There’s no easy way to get answers. They don’t have good search engines, so if you request something that doesn’t exactly match, there’s no result. Don’t even think about trying to reach them unless you want to cancel.
They have the arrogance of Adobe, only more annoying. Who says I must use their VPN or password manager? I have better options. Norton wants a monopoly on the services it sells. It doesn’t want you to use antivirus without using the rest. If you don’t activate everything in 360, you get dinged daily.

I want to turn off task notifications as well. I haven’t found a setting for it.

[bjm]

@LA_User

Norton support is so inaccessible. There’s no easy way to get answers. They don’t have good search engines, so if you request something that doesn’t exactly match, there’s no result. Don’t even think about trying to reach them unless you want to cancel.

fwiw ~ this process [here] works for me to reach:

Norton support via Social Support | Chat | Phone [here]

@LA_User

I want to turn off task notifications as well. I haven’t found a setting for it.

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[bjm]

@Mika_Savela

Hi, why Norton Mac forces to use proxy? Is there any way to disable it, It slows down browsing. I just want to use Norton antivirus and firewall functions.

AI Overview
To turn off Norton’s Content Filter and Transparent Proxy on a Mac, you can try these steps:

1. Open System Settings by clicking the Apple icon in the top left corner
2. Click Network in the sidebar
3. Click Filters on the right side
4. Find the Norton filter and click the minus icon to remove it
5. Click your network connection, then Advanced
6. Ensure no proxy settings are enabled under Proxies

If you’re having trouble configuring Norton Secure VPN on a Mac, you can try restarting your Mac. If that doesn’t work, you can try removing and reinstalling Norton device security.

AI Overview

To turn off Norton Content Filter and Transparent Proxy settings on a Mac, go to your Apple menu, select “System Settings”, then navigate to “Network” in the sidebar, click “Filters”, and then remove the Norton filter by clicking the minus icon next to it; ensure to uncheck any proxy settings associated with Norton within the “Advanced” options of your network connection.
https://community.norton.com/t/turn-off-content-filter-and-transparent-proxy/262756/2

Caveat: I’m not Mac

[SoulAsylum]

All: Wsc.proxy is hard coded into the Norton product. This is on a Windows 10 Pro machine.

SA

[bjm]

Hello @Mika_Savela , @LA_User
Please post progress

[Mika_Savela]

Hi, there is no progress. Stuck on mandatory use… If I disable those from Mac system settings, then norton asks to activate them… And I can’t bypass that question, so that I could access to norton main window without activating them. Norton still works on background, but if I try to go norton’s main window, it asks to activate those again.