SYMPROXYSVC.EXE

[Dave]

Web browsing on one computer has slowed to a crawl.

I'm assuming SYMPROXYSVC has some control over internet access.
What would cause it to ramp up use to 100% of CPU time every time a web
paged is accessed?
Is there a problem with it, or could something else be the cause of the
slowdown?

I have run adaware & spybot, and they report the PC is clean. The PC has a
software firewall and virus software and they report no problems.
I have reset the modem and router and rebooted the PC. No change in status.

Other PC's connected to the same router and modem have no trouble.

W2K, IE6.0, all MS patches are installed. No recent software installations.

Any suggestions for things to check?

Thanks.

 

[badgolferman]

Web browsing on one computer has slowed to a crawl.

I'm assuming SYMPROXYSVC has some control over internet access.
What would cause it to ramp up use to 100% of CPU time every time a
web paged is accessed?
Is there a problem with it, or could something else be the cause of
the slowdown?

I have run adaware & spybot, and they report the PC is clean. The PC
has a software firewall and virus software and they report no
problems.
I have reset the modem and router and rebooted the PC. No change in
status.

Other PC's connected to the same router and modem have no trouble.

W2K, IE6.0, all MS patches are installed. No recent software
installations.

Any suggestions for things to check?

Thanks.

Does this help?
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPOR...88256ae7006798e9?OpenDocument&src=bar_sch_nam

 

[Kenrick Fu]

SYMPROXYSVC is the Symantec Proxy Service for the Norton Personal Firewall
or Norton Internet Security software. If this process is enabled then every
bit of Internet Traffic has to pass through this proxy gateway before
entering your computer, as a result this process may become a bottleneck if
you have large amount of internet traffic.

 

[Dave]

Thank you.