Steam norton

Network traffic? Sorry, I'm not familiar with Steam. Common Windows processes like svchost. Norton Product Tamper Protection events are not reports of malware. Unauthorized Access Blocked Access Process Data messages in your security history are not reports of malware.

The most common Norton Product Tamper Protection log entries are legitimate Windows processes that Norton is preventing from accessing Norton files or processes. Norton Product Tamper Protection events are normal, as legitimate programs and Windows processes frequently try to access Norton files or processes.

Norton blocks attempts by outside agents - even legitimate Windows processes. There is no need to do anything. No need to scan with a third-party anti-malware program, no need to change services settings. These events are not attacks. They can be ignored. Unless the actor in the logs is an actual malicious process that does not belong on your PC, these events are totally harmless and routine.

My steam client is running at the time of this screenshot. Note: My steam client is NOT set to load with Windows due to Norton boot time scanning and the false positives it has in the past produced.

The steam. Norton doesn't detect anything out of the ordinary with a steam restart and its automatic check for updates at that time. My suggestion is set steam to not load with Windows and re-evaluate what Norton does or doesn't do. Back to top. Reg: Aug Note: For your own computer's safety, you should re-enable it when ever you are browsing the web outside of Steam, as it will leave some of your computer unprotected.

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Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Norton Security and Steam [closed] Ask Question. Asked 6 years, 9 months ago. Active 6 years, 9 months ago. Viewed 3k times. Improve this question. DavWhodums DavWhodums 1 1 gold badge 4 4 silver badges 10 10 bronze badges.

Here are a few links that may be relevant to your case: 1. You should first check to see if it's Norton interfereing. Disable it entirely, and run Steam.

If it still doesn't work, you know it's not Norton. I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is about configuring Norton's firewall, which is not a gaming-specific task. Show 6 more comments. Active Oldest Votes. I got on Skype with DavWhodums and was able to find an answer we know each in real life.

Improve this answer. Shadow Z. Disabling the firewall entirely sounds like a rather unsafe thing to do. I don't think that's a solution we should be promoting for anything but troubleshooting purposes.

Frank Some antivirus are really stubborn when allowing or disallowing stuff.