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LUCOMSERVER .... Illegal Operation

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by mwalec

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I am running Norton 2002(with latest virus definitions), but I am getting this error

"LUCOMSERVER

This program has perfomed an illegal operation and will be shut down"

When I uninstall Norton, this error goes. What should I do. Some sites have suggested that this is as a result of a virus. Help...

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by edsdave

Lucomserver.exe is a component of LiveUpdate. If you see the access alert "Lucomserver.exe is trying to access the Internet. You will normally see this alert after installing Norton
Internet Security or Norton Personal Firewall. Choose "Automatically create rules..." to allow this application to connect to the Internet. Without it,
LiveUpdate will not work.
Uncheck the Live Update option in your Norton Configuration.

by edsdave

If it is a trojan or virus that has infected your system and is teminating the Live Update services for your Norton Anti Virus do the following;
Click Start>Run, type Regedit then hit the Enter key.
Double click the following:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>Enum>PCI
Look for this registry entry and delete it:
RZNSSS.
Hope this clears it up.

by pschuvie

Lucomserver is part of the Norton's package. It is the Live Update mechanism. So it is there when you have Norton's in and gone when you have Norton's removed. Live Update is the internet connection to keep the antivirus signatures and other product pieces updated.

Now as to why it causes an illegal operation, well Norton's has had a problem with certain configurations of Operating system and other drivers and there have/are various patches. If your going to use the Norton's package you want to make sure that you have all the needed patches and may want to contact them as to what in particular about your setup their software doesn't want to agree with.

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