Parallels Desktop 9 for Mac and Norton Internet Security 5 for Mac

As has been reported a couple of times before (see related posts below) NIS5 keeps asking whether or not to block Parallels Desktop.

 

I did notice that it automatically allows access to /Applications/Parallels Desktop.app/Contents/MacOS/prl_client_app but blocks access to /Applications/Parallels Desktop.app/Contents/MacOS/prl_naptd . Another difference I noticed is that prl_client_app seems to run as the user who is logged in whereas prl_naptd seems to run as root.

 

I tried adding prl_naptd (Firewall -> Application Blocking -> Configure -> Add application (after exposing it by creating a soft link to /Applications/Parallels Desktop.app/Contents/) but that results in the message "One or more of the applications you selected are already protected. One of the applications you selected is already in the Application Blocking list.".

 

I tried adding Parallels to Connection Blocking but that doesn't help (not a surprise as the log files explicitly refer to Application Blocking not Connection Blocking).

 

Any ideas how to get rid of the annoying allow/deny requests when starting Parallels? By itself I don't mind the pop-up dialogs too much but they often time out before I get a chance to grant access thereby blocking my VM's network access..

 

If any additional info is required to help with this then please let me know..

 

Bart.

 

 

Software versions:

Norton Internet Security 5 for Mac
Parallels Desktop 9 for Mac (9.0)
OS X 10.9.2

 

Related posts:

 

http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-for-Mac/Norton-Internet-Security-and-Parallels-Desktop-2/m-p/1001373/highlight/true#M7230

http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-for-Mac/Norton-Internet-Security-and-Parallels-Desktop/m-p/906461/highlight/true#M6817

http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-for-Mac/NIS-5-for-Mac-repeatedly-asks-if-internet-access-should-be/m-p/1046351/highlight/true#M7443