I have been having many problems since the latest version of Norton installed, however didn’t stop to think it might be related, as the problems have been increasing slowly…
I now see that Norton is set to “restricted”, because it thinks my private wired network is public… This must have changed without warning and has caused me and others in the household endless problems…
Hello Dave. Although I am no longer on version 24.xx to give you real time info, this, along with other “built-in” automatic decisions made with the 24.xx version is the reason I reverted. The NEW Norton/Avast engine decides for us how our networks should be used is the bottom line, I wouldn’t expect that to change anytime soon, if ever. Changing your network to Private will only be reverted back to Public the next time you reboot your machine no matter what settings you change. My suggestion is to revert all your machines back to version 22.24.8.36, disable automatic updates on them all, and manually download/install definitions to stay current. I am doing so on my machines until the 24.xx functionality gets to a point where I can again use my 2 NAS devices and 2 rack servers again without Norton killing their connections. If you wish to revert we can assist you with how and links to those resources.
There are those who will say Norton is “solid” for them and for those few that may be the case. Being forgotten are the users like you who don’t have time to deal with constant issues where nothing we do will make the changes needed and it stay that way. This version is NOT pro-active in any manner and should be pro-active if nothing else. There are those advances users who have home networks with attached storage, smart devices connected and controlled, working remotely. They also don’t have time for troubleshooting when their products that protect them do not perform in a manner where that happens.
SA
@wcndave Its been a very long time since a new post here, so thought I would follow up to see whether you reverted or has the newest releases of Norton corrected your issue?
SA
This automatic crap is not security. Its a control freaks favorite. Causes more hackers to prove a point. If you work for norton, fix this issue or quit your job. Cause your a useless bag of trash wanting to tell us how to use our home network. If I set it to private, then let it private. Stop setting it to public to allow your sorry life into my pc. I can’t trust a company who enforces there stupid thinking. Give me the option to control my own pc. Dang y2k jerks.
@Scott_Dennis We are almost 10 months into the release of new Norton under the Avast engine. Not much has changed in all that time. Reality? It’s not going to, because, Norton like most larger companies, function on the protections within their EULA. Which most people don’t bother to read in the first place. And, they gather “telemetry”. The word telemetry is stated in each and every announcement when a revision announcement is posted. In reality it means, customers are doing the software QA vice in house vetting and testing prior to releasing it for public consumption. I’m not saying Norton doesn’t test/QA at all, its just more cost effective to do things the way they are doing it and have customers pay for subscriptions on top of it. Nothing will change in the short term.
Microsoft has taken a great OS and totally destroyed it with their Recall, push with AI integration and Co-Pilot non-sense as another example. Just tell us we don’t own the software and its licensed, but, don’t force the use of our hardware for your testing is my rant about it. As time passes, there are those who will find ways to work around this non-sensical approach, but the point astutely is. We should not have to do that.
SA
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All: I am once again using the latest release version 25.7.xxx, the Home area no longer shows anything related to connection type in this release. Are you guys on the latest release for test?
When I setup the new version I disable Wi-Fi scanning.
Norton no longer is changing my wired connection to public at boot, restart or otherwise.
SA
