Did you stop NIS before uninstalling, maybe the filtering proxy is still
running because the uninstall could not remove the active parts at the time.

You could try reinstall, make sure it is all turned off then uninstall
again. NIS is pretty notorious for causing uninstall problems.

Obviously this is just an idea, do not know for sure.

Charlie

"Bruce Remick" wrote in message
news:QJ5ug.30360$8q.11800@dukeread08...
After uninstalling Norton Internet Security, I notice my Newsgroups links
on OE now take up to a minute to load messages, versus about 10 seconds
before. I also find that when closing my browser and shutting down, I am
now getting a window, End Program - SVCHost, with a progress bar and an
[End Now] button. Are these somehow connected? Any suggestions as to how
to get back to normal before I decide on and load a different antivirus
software?

Bruce