Norton Auto-Protect Disables Internet Capabilities

[John Doe 57]

Every once in a while, Norton Auto-Protect gives me this box:


I am well aware of what this means (https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/828401/) but I can't understand why my internet doesn't work after the block occurs. The box appears only when downloading torrents and after a block occurs, the torrents are still downloading - yet I cannot get onto Safari, FireFox, Mail, even Calculator! Is this the method of protection - to turn off the internet. If so how come my torrents are still downloading? Is it safe to Disable Auto-Protect?

 

[GGJstudios]

I wouldn't install Norton on a Mac. There's no need for it.

 

[SilentPanda]

You can't open calculator?

It may be blocking your DNS lookups. I don't do much torrent stuff, but isn't that all done with straight up IP addresses?

I don't know what the fix is, but that might be an issue to look into.

10.0.1.1 is probably the IP of your router... which seems weird that your router would be doing a portscan of yourself.

 

[AFPoster]

I agree with GGJ you now own a Mac there is no need for Norton unless you're looking to slow your mac down and attempt to cause problems which is obviously already happening.
Also there was an article posted a while ago about Norton and a co-op with Microsoft. Microsoft apparently gave Norton all of their code to allow them to create a software that can easily insert worms into a PC system. We all know how Windows always has virus's and this is just one of the ways. Also Norton paid 650$ million to get the ability to do all of this (part of it's way of sending Ad's to your computer).

 

[John Doe 57]

I wouldn't install Norton on a Mac. There's no need for it.

Thats all I needed to hear! I'll just disable Auto-Protect.

10.0.1.1 is probably the IP of your router... which seems weird that your router would be doing a portscan of yourself.

I found this in my Network Prefs: