Norton randomly making my window lose focus?

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Unfortunately, I didn’t see this tread so I created a new yesterday about the same topic (with screenshots):

Possibly NllToolsSvc.exe causes loosing focus on a window

Note: Please do not post Personally Identifiable Information like email address, personal phone number, physical home address, product key etc. Issue abstract: lsass.exe or nllToolsSvc.exe occasionally force the window of any applications that I am using, to un-focus for around 1 second, thus the program not taking my inputs. Detailed description: Whenever I am using an application in windowed mode, be it a Steam game, a non-Steam game, or even just excel, sometimes in irregular intervals, the…

As a summary, same issue as the OP, I saw that lsass.exe and nllToolsSvc.exe create a spike on my C Drive whenever this happens and the most possible culprit is nllToolsSvc.exe and thus Norton.

I also posted both our threads to the v24.xx issues thread for a bit more visibility, as it seems it makes it easier to pass down issue reports:

Thread for version 24.xx issues and suggestions

I see this is a collection of issues. For visibility, I will post the thread of a fellow user as well as mine here regarding a similar issue, where Norton or nllToolsSvc.exe is causing a window to loose focus: (both threads are also linked with each other for better visibility) @Puzzler You mentioned in previous posts something about rolling back, could you please provide me with some detailed information how this is done? My subscription is ending in 2 days and I am still hesitant/against …