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About Network Proxy settings

About Network Proxy settings
turn on or turn off Pulse Updates only if Automatic
LiveUpdate is turned on.
To turn off or turn on Pulse Updates
1 In the Norton AntiVirus main window, click
Settings.
2 In the Settings window, in the left pane, click
Updates.
3 Under Automatic LiveUpdate, in the Pulse Updates
row, do one of the following:
To turn off Pulse Updates, move the On/Off
1
switch to the right to the Off position.
To turn on Pulse Updates, move the On/Off
1
switch to the left to the On position.
4 In the Settings window, click Apply.
5 Click OK.
A proxy server regulates access to the Internet, and
prevents external computers from accessing your
network. If you are on a network that uses a proxy
server to connect to the Internet, you can provide proxy
server details to Norton AntiVirus. You can use the
Network Proxy Settings window to specify the
automatic configuration URL, the proxy settings, and
the authentication details. Norton AntiVirus uses the
proxy settings and authentication details to connect
to the Internet automatically, whenever required. For
example, LiveUpdate uses the specified proxy server
settings to retrieve updates. You must ensure that you
specify the proxy server details for LiveUpdate to run
successfully.
In some cases, your network uses an automatic
configuration URL or script for managing Internet
access. In this case, you must provide the URL of the
required Proxy Automatic Configuration (PAC) file. A
PAC file contains the code that lets your browser know
about the proxy settings for different Web sites over

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