Problems with Norton

Discussion in 'Software' started by irritatedbeyondbelief, Jul 1, 2010.

  1. irritatedbeyondbelief

    irritatedbeyondbelief Private E-2

    Hello
    I recently downloaded and installed an mmo called Bright Shadow upon trying to launch this game i recieved a notice from Norton Security Suite saying that SONAR had detected and blocked a risk and the game does not launch
    when i view the recent history of Norton it says the program was blocked becuase it was trying to access thread data
    if anyone could help me as to how to fix this so the game would play correctly i would appreciate it very much
     
  2. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    If you disable Norton, does it then work? I don't use Norton, but there must be a place where you can set it to ignore the game.
     
  3. irritatedbeyondbelief

    irritatedbeyondbelief Private E-2

    i did try to disable the antivirus auto detect and the firewall and then tried running the game but to no avail
    after clicking launch the game client closes and nothing happens
    ive been looking through the settings in the norton menu but so far ive found nothing
     
  4. Michael York

    Michael York Norton Authorized Support Team

    Hi irritatedbeyondbelief,

    This is Mike from the Norton Authorized Support Team.

    Norton Internet Security did it's job by protecting you, as it detected a threat in the game that you downloaded. What you should do is to manually run LiveUpdate to ensure you have the latest patches applied and then run a Full System Scan to make sure there are no more threats on your system.

    You should then leave Auto-Protect enabled and download the game again. If you are warned of a threat again, there is obviously a problem with the game and I would advise you to not install it. If Norton does not warn you of a threat after you download it again, go ahead and disable Auto_protect before trying to run the game.

    Thanks,
    Mike


     
  5. irritatedbeyondbelief

    irritatedbeyondbelief Private E-2

    thank you for your help i'll be sure to do jsut that right now if i experience any further problems ill post them here
     

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