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UPDATE: Evidently it was something with Windows- I just got another OS update and this issue resolved on reboot. (Note that I'd rebooted several times as I attempted to define the issue, so it was definitely the last update that solved it for me.) Two days without a browser! Man, I'm an addict!

Greetings! I recently needed to restart following an update. This resulted in all of my web browsers (Waterfox, Firefox, Edge) no longer launching or running. Everything was working fine before the reboot. Disabling Anti-Exploit restores browser functionality. Do I have a problem or is there someting up with Windows + Anti-Exploit? --- Windows 10 Pro, 64 bit Anti-Malware Home Premium (Ver 2.2.0.1024) Anti-Exploit Premium NIS (Ver 22.5.5.15)

Hi Maurice, You've allayed my concerns, cleared my confusion, and corrected my issue.Thank you very, very much! --- And finally, an FYI: Your instructions on how to configure MBAM and NIS to play well together strikes me as standard stuff. Are these notes up in the forum or in the help files? If so, then I didn't see them - which may suggest a benefit to profile this differently. (I'm assuming that if they're there, then I didn't recognize their importance or missed them entirely in the noise.) --- In any case- I'm solved and thanks again!

Hi Maurice, First of all, thank yoju for your quick response! It's nice to know someone is there. My OS is Windows 10 Professional (x64) (build 10586). My NIS is version 22.5.5.15. The software says it's up to date. Ok, you say anti-virus, anti-malware, and anti-exploit should all run concurrently. You also suggest all the features of each should be enabled. While I can understand that each will cover a different slice of the threat universe, my intuition says there also must be significant overlap. It's this sujrmised overlap that drives my questions to you. (For example, I know it's bad form to run two anti-virus apps concurrently since they'll most assuredly conflict.) As regards optimization, you say I need only make some adjustments to NIS to permit anti-malware and anti-exploit to play well. While I've not gotten any reports from any of the apps saying there's an issue, I'm more than happy to insert the permissions. Lead on, meistro. Best, Ed

Greetings! I'm a bit confused and I thank you in advance for your feedback. I'm running Win10 Pro and have had Norton Internet Security for several years. I recently installed Anti-Malware and Anti-Exploit (both Home Premium). With the introduction of these extra security layers, my browser(s) have slowed significantly which I intuitively don't find surprising. However, I'd like to properly configure and better optimize my setup, if possible. First, my read of the online data says the followwing: Anti-exploit should have no impact on Norton and should be run concurrently. Anti-malware does not need to run concurrently, but should be executed on a schedule.Are the above two statements correct? The logic is that I understand anti-malware to primarily be a scanner for removing installed threats, but it also claims to do real-time scanning of inbound traffic. I understand anti-exploit is strictly a real-time scanner of inbound traffic. If so, then can I expect anti-exploit to provide all the real-time protection services as anti-malware? If so, then can I turn off the 'Start Anti-Malware with Windows' option and only run anti-malware on a schedule? And finally, my understanding is that both anti-malware and anti-exploit are not intended to capture the same stuff Norton does since it's anti-virus). However, anti-exploit should catch many things Norton will not. (I believe the distinction is between zero-day and older, legacy threats. Norton is weaker against zero-day threats.) So, my friendly gurus, what say you?