gnu, putting us on our toes to pay attention to computer security isn't a bad thing. And your all-too-human brain was seeing cause and effect at human speed, not realizing the Norton was moving in the background and a lot faster. In the "for what it's worth" category, you might want to investigate all of the various logs that are retained in your computer. Norton should have a slough of them, and you can begin to detect patterns if something isn't working the way it was before and you can remember about when the change happened. Look to the logs to see if they show something new being blocked or some new program running.

SRS