When I logged in to the popular linkedin website (http://www.linkedin.com) and navigated to "Jobs" menu, there was unusual disk activity, freezing of the screen for a while (About 15 seconds. Felt like 3 minutes). I looked in the Norton Internet Security 2012 Recent History page. I saw the following copied below at the end of the message. I scanned my computer with zero trust and there was no virus. So, I reset the firewall, rebooted my computer and logged in again to http://www.linkedin.com and clicked on "Jobs". Same thing happened...unusual disk activity, freezing of the screen for a while etc. When I looked in the Recent History, at exactly the moment I accessed the "Jobs" menu, these firewall rules were created.
Is Norton adding these firewall rules or is it Linkedin.com ? What is going on? Appreciate a response.
Thanks,
Jay
WIndows 7 64 bit, Browser: Internet Explorer 10, 64 bit , InPrivate mode
Category: Firewall - Activities Date & Time,Risk,Activity,Status,Recommended Action,Category 2013-04-18 19:59:31,Info,Firewall configuration updated: 51 rules.,Detected,No Action Required,Firewall - Activities Firewall configuration updated: 51 rules.
Category: Firewall - Activities Date & Time,Risk,Activity,Status,Recommended Action,Program Name,Program Path,Default Action,Action Taken,Local Computer,Traffic Description 2013-04-18 19:59:30,Info,Firewall rules were automatically created for Spooler SubSystem App.,Protected,No Action Required,Spooler SubSystem App,C:\Windows\System32\spoolsv.exe,No Action Required,Automatically create rules,<DELETED for security reasons>, 49156","Outbound UDP, Port 161" Firewall rules were automatically created for <b>Spooler SubSystem App</b>. These rules determine how <b>Spooler SubSystem App</b> accesses your network resources.
Category: Firewall - Activities Date & Time,Risk,Activity,Status,Recommended Action,Program Name,Program Path,Default Action,Action Taken,Local Computer,Traffic Description 2013-04-18 19:59:13,Info,Firewall rules were automatically created for Internet Explorer.,Protected,No Action Required,Internet Explorer,C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe,No Action Required,Automatically create rules DELETED for security reasons>,), 49202","Outbound TCP, https" Firewall rules were automatically created for <b>Internet Explorer</b>. These rules determine how <b>Internet Explorer</b> accesses your network resources.