Norton Internet Security not showing Download Insight Notifications

I have the latest version of Norton Internet Security installed on a Windows 8 PC, and I have noticed that Download Intelligence Notifications are not appearing when downloading an executable file from Google Chrome. I have checked the Firewall settings under "Intrusion and Browser Protection" and the "Download Insight Notifications" switch is set to "On." Does anyone know of a solution to this?

Also, on an unrelated note, is NIS supposed to scan compressed files automatically by default when they are downloaded?

 

Thanks!

I have the latest version of Norton Internet Security installed on a Windows 8 PC, and I have noticed that Download Intelligence Notifications are not appearing when downloading an executable file from Google Chrome. I have checked the Firewall settings under "Intrusion and Browser Protection" and the "Download Insight Notifications" switch is set to "On." Does anyone know of a solution to this?

Also, on an unrelated note, is NIS supposed to scan compressed files automatically by default when they are downloaded?

 

Thanks!


Thomas12345 wrote:

 

I have the latest version of Norton Internet Security installed on a Windows 8 PC, and I have noticed that Download Intelligence Notifications are not appearing when downloading an executable file from Google Chrome. I have checked the Firewall settings under "Intrusion and Browser Protection" and the "Download Insight Notifications" switch is set to "On." Does anyone know of a solution to this?

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Thanks!


On your system, is the issue Google Chrome specific ie. when downloading a particular file under Internet Explorer, Norton displays the notification but when downloading the same file under Chrome, no Norton notification is displayed?


Thomas12345 wrote:

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Also, on an unrelated note, is NIS supposed to scan compressed files automatically by default when they are downloaded?

 

Thanks!


NIS typically doesn't automatically scan compressed files by default on download; a manual scan of the downloaded compressed file in question is normally required. This isn't a new issue, see here:

 

https://www.nsslabs.com/reports/consumer-avepp-comparative-analysis-exploit-evasion-defenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

@dickevans -- Thank you for the information! 

@elsewhere -- The issue occured with both IE and Chrome. Oddly enough, the issue seemed to fix itself after disabling then reenabling Download Insight. And thanks for answering my other question!