#Norton antivirus mac firewall upgrade

So I've disabled the Norton Firewall for now and engaged the Mac firewall. I found unchecking 'Vulnerability Protection' in Norton settings cures everything (or removingВ 'Norton Security' in the Mac Network Preference panel like Steve J). I tried all manner of IP exclusions in the Norton Firewall settings but all failed. Obviously no network connection after that.

#Norton antivirus mac firewall upgrade

Since Big Sur upgrade I can see the WD, Copy from it, but if I try to write my network hangs and finds a random IP address (not 192.168.

Mega problems with a WD EX2В Ultra SSD on my network.

I'm thinking my problemВ is similar to Steve J complete Network Novice) (Norton 360, iMac, Big Sur, WD EX2 Ultra SSD server) This just makes me work without safety nets for my backups now. And that Norton Security service was not present in the network configuration section.ДЄny way to definitely turn this off and have NIS stop complaining about fixing it? I never had problem with previous macOS version and NIS installed. I have to turn it off to reset connections and then NIS starts complaining again. I lose the SMB connection and then nothing happens. Even though I added it to NIS config to allow it to use all local 192.168 IP addresses, it is blocked by the Norton service. Problem is that I use a backup software (GoodSync) that mounts an SMB access point each evening to backup some stuff. If I turn it off, NIS will complain to fix the settings and turn it on.

Now in the Control Panel Network section, there is a service called 'Norton Security'. I just reformatted my MacBook Pro for a clean Big Sur installation.