I have Windows 7 home 64bit and I use the 2012 version of Norton Internet Security.
Over the last few days the Action Center keeps telling me that NIS has been switched off and raising issues about antispyware, antivirus and the firewall. NIS is sitting there telling me that everything is secure.
I don't think there is a major issue but it is very irritating. I can resolve it for today by going into NIS, switching everything off and then back on again. So it looks like something has gone wrong with the communication between Windows and NIS at start up.
You might want to check out maxknux's thread here titled Windows 7 Action Center Showing No Security or Turned Off. I've heard of some users who were able to resolve the problem by disabling NIS (both the Smart Firewall and Anti-Virus Auto-Protect) from the system tray icon , re-booting, and re-enabling NIS again, or even performing a clean re-install of NIS using the Norton Removal Tool as described here.
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I tried some of the things you suggested without success and felt I was at the limit of my comfort zone - so I decided to contact Norton direct.
The took over my Pc and tried various things which haven't proven successful but in the process my copy of Windows decided that it wasn't genuine. It wasn't a problem earlier as Windows update had been in action. The net result is that MS are telling me that I need to do a clean install of Windows.
I am intending to have a conversation with Norton tomorrow because at 2315 UK time I am pretty knackered. I am also as you might expect severely upsaet at the prospect of spending the weekend installing Windows rather than doing what I had intended. I may well have to consider whether I am prepared to ever use Norton again.
I tried some of the things you suggested without success and felt I was at the limit of my comfort zone - so I decided to contact Norton direct.
The took over my Pc and tried various things which haven't proven successful but in the process my copy of Windows decided that it wasn't genuine. It wasn't a problem earlier as Windows update had been in action. The net result is that MS are telling me that I need to do a clean install of Windows.
I am intending to have a conversation with Norton tomorrow because at 2315 UK time I am pretty knackered. I am also as you might expect severely upsaet at the prospect of spending the weekend installing Windows rather than doing what I had intended. I may well have to consider whether I am prepared to ever use Norton again.
Hi,
I fully understand your current feelings [been there done that]. The fact that everything went into the [insert correct word] may not have been the fault of the software or the technicians. The results your describe seem to indicate that something else was present and put a spanner in the works. After you have rebuillt your system I'd recommend that you make a backup image so that should this event happen again you can reimage your system and be back to doing your thing in much less than an hour.
I have Windows 7 home 64bit and I use the 2012 version of Norton Internet Security.
Over the last few days the Action Center keeps telling me that NIS has been switched off and raising issues about antispyware, antivirus and the firewall. NIS is sitting there telling me that everything is secure.
I don't think there is a major issue but it is very irritating. I can resolve it for today by going into NIS, switching everything off and then back on again. So it looks like something has gone wrong with the communication between Windows and NIS at start up.