NIS 2012 flagging Windows system file

NIS continually blocks this file which is a valid System32 file. C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONHOST.EXE. It is a Windows 7 console host for the cmd prompt I think. There are no options to allow it. There are dozens of instances of the blocking in history.

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Hi Britton30,

 

This is a Norton Product Tamper Protection event:  Norton is preventing an outside agent - in this case, a WIndows process - from accessing Norton's process data.  This is by design; Norton blocks anything from interfering with its files or processes.  No harm is done to Norton or Conhost, so you can simply disregard these log entries.

Thanks, I knew it wasn't malware. I just thought it odd a system function was blocked is all. True enough it happens on all 3 of my Windows 7 rigs.

NIS continually blocks this file which is a valid System32 file. C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONHOST.EXE. It is a Windows 7 console host for the cmd prompt I think. There are no options to allow it. There are dozens of instances of the blocking in history.

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