I am a developer using a Windows 10 Pro PC, Visual Studio 2017 Pro and Norton 360 Premier.
For about a month now I have had an issue when compiling and running applications in VS.
The first time I run my app it hangs immediately after build - never really fires up. If I 'stop' in VS it takes a few minutes to respond then gets to a 'your application is taking longer than usual ... do you want to force it?' type message. That takes a few mins to finally kill it.
The second time it runs to the point where some web services run but SQL server connections do not run. Some as above - stop it, wait until it says 'force it?'. Yes. Wait.
Third time it usually runs OK and stays OK for a while as long as you are using the program. Go away for a while .. and repeat above.
So yesterday I started disabling stuff as it had reached a really annoying point. Once I disabled N360 ... no more issues.
Today I started working through it step-by-step and seeing what was repeatable.
It seems that it I start things with "Smart Firewall" disabled then all is fine.
If I have the firewall ON and run my app for the first time then I get the hang. If I go to N360 and try to kill the firewall the little slider changes green to red then ... N360 hangs. After a few minutes I get the 'how long do you want to turn it off' message (which is normally instant).
My application is making outbound calls and N360 Smart Firewall monitors ... outbound calls. the fact that N360 is hanging (when the application is also stalled) tells me that there is a link.
Ideas?
For now I will like with the firewall off during development time but this is far from ideal.
Dale