"Charlie Tame" wrote in message
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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

I didn't stop NIS first-- I just did an uninstall. Mainly out of frustration
after my annual subscription download totally screwed up my computer operations.
I tried Norton-suggested fixes but I just seemed to get deeper in trouble. I'm
eating the 40 bucks just to get things working normally again, as they seem
close to doing now. So I can't reinstall without paying another $40 or more to
Norton, which I'm not willing to do. Like you mention, I have heard that there
would be some scattered remnants of NIS wandering around my system after the
uninstall, but I guess I presumed they wouldn't cause any problems.

Bruce


"Bruce Remick" wrote in message
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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