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Re: what is lucoms~1.exe process ? Is lucoms~1.exe any virus or

Kativs — Fri Oct 24, 2008 7:53 am

Author: Kativs

Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 7:53 am

Okay folks. I am having the same problem with lucoms.exe apparently messing up pc. Extremely slow startup, can't run some programs from time to time. Can't run Adaware/Lavasoft.
When you mention to check the schedule for the automatic updates I cannot do this as this area is all grayed out. It says auto update is running in the background and can't be fixed at this time but it's ALWAYS running in the background. This is a small business and this is the only pc having this problem. The others are okay and that area is not grayed out.
What now? Note: The update also says it was never updated even though the update is running.
Thanks (and please speak in English for Dummies as some forums talk pc talk that we cannot understand)---much appreciated.

lucoms~1

charlescrawford — Wed Apr 23, 2008 12:04 pm

Author: charlescrawford

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 12:04 pm

I also have problems with my computer slowing (glacial). I noticed the lucoms in the scheduler, but there's also 5 entires for LUCallbackProxy.exe. I think I know what a callback is and I don't think there is supposed a lot of them. Am I out of date?

Thanks for any help you might have.

Chuck

Lucoms

Remnat — Sun Jul 29, 2007 12:12 pm

Author: Remnat

Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 12:12 pm

Starting 2 to 3 months ago, something unknown started taking over my PC at very short intervals. Nothing unusual happened after these bursts of unknown activity, but they have become maddening, chewing up great gobs of my PC's time plus a lot of unnecessary hard drive use. For a large portion of this time, access to other web sites comes to a dead halt. Upon examination of usage during these periods, Lucom is always involved plus some ancillary programs. It didn't take too much investigation to figure it had something to do with Norton Live update. Thankfully, I found this discussion which has convinced me to turn off automatic live update and see if this annoyance goes away. (Yes, I promise to initiate live update at quiet times).

This discussion also led me to check the live update scheduled task values and I found this task to be run every 30 minutes starting at 1:13 PM on Tuesday every day for 24 hours, which means it is running every 30 minutes (or less?) whenever the system is up. The intervals seemed more like 10 to 15 minutes as suggested elsewhere in this discussion. I never set these values and as mentioned, this problem only started a few months ago. I am surprised to find others discussing this situation as far back as 2004. Since I didn't have this problem in 2004, something has changed. Has Symantec themselves done it via one of their updates? I was running NAV 2004 until this past January when I went to NAV 2007.

I've been a NAV user for several years and until relatively recently, Symantec updated generally once a week, usually on a Wednesday. I ran the anti-virus scan once a week on Thursday morning. Seemed reasonable to me.

My question to others is, how often to you run the anti-virus program? If you run it once a week as I do, what is the advantage of updating the program every 30 minutes, 4 hours, etc.? Unless I'm missing something, this constant updating seems illogical from a practical standpoint.

Re: what is lucoms~1.exe process ? Is lucoms~1.exe any virus or

jordansmith — Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:53 pm

Author: jordansmith

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:53 pm

The advice from Charlie123 is not only dead wrong, it seems malicious. The Lucom Server is integral to Symantec's LiveUpdate process. Disabling it invites invasion (see above on Beagle).

lucoms~

randyguy — Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:31 am

Author: randyguy

Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:31 am

You really should let lucoms~ finish - it is updating Norton which is a good thing.

Lucoms~1.exe

Chad — Thu Mar 15, 2007 11:09 pm

Author: Chad

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 11:09 pm

Chem you were wondering if there is a lucoms~.exe removal tool.

I know of no such thing, but there is a way to disable the symantec live update.

To Enable or Disable symantec live in Norton Antir virus click the Norton Anti Virus Tab in Norton Anti Virus. Next, click the settings folder. Now click Automatic Updates live. From there you click turn: off or configure. In configure you have a checked box to disable it.

Like everyone has been saying, Symantec live updates every four hours. Like me some of you can not afford to have it slow down your performance when it does this. If you do disable and enable it for times when you can afford to run it, be dilligent in frequently manually updating .

lucoms~1

reryan — Thu Mar 15, 2007 5:38 pm

Author: reryan

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 5:38 pm

My computer was slowing down and task mngr showed lucoms~1 was running. I was running Symantec Live Update v.3.1. I went to Symantec and downloaded Live Update v 3.2. Computer is back to normal running speed. May be worth a try!

Re: what is lucoms~1.exe process ? Is lucoms~1.exe any virus or

zobz — Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:55 pm

Author: zobz

Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:55 pm

sirivanhoe i don't know what i'm talking about but, that something appeared on your computer recently seems inadequet information to me to assume to delete a potentially critical file. windows or norton update? i just noticed this program in my task manager for the first time and found this forum by google. i have norton, i searched for both files you mentioned, and found lucoms~1.exe but not lucoms1.exe. although it's in the windows\prefetch folder with which i'm unfamiliar, a lack of lucoms1.exe doesn't make me want to delete the other one according to your advice.

Re: what is lucoms~1.exe process ? Is lucoms~1.exe any virus or

fyic — Wed Dec 20, 2006 12:20 am

Author: fyic

Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 12:20 am

I am having a problem with this as well ....(LuCom~1.exe)....But I don't have ANY Symantec software on my PC and have never used it on my PC

What my system is doing .....
anytime I open a page, folder or anything that lets you scroll
the scroll just starts wigging out so you can't do anything
the screen flickers some as well

I have done a search and can't fix

Re: what is lucoms~1.exe process ? Is lucoms~1.exe any virus or

sirivanhoe2 — Sun Oct 29, 2006 5:15 pm

Author: sirivanhoe2

Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 5:15 pm

whilst lucoms1.exe is part of norton LUCOMS~1.exe is an attempt to use your computer similar to dumprep -01. It deceitfully uses a file name very similar to one used by an essential system in the hope you won't delete it. The easist way to check is the day it gives for it's creation( when you search for similar names on files). Most windows dates will be sometime ago, any file created the day you started noticing a slowdown is likely a virus.

Re: what is lucoms~1.exe process ? Is lucoms~1.exe any virus or

scottlikestrees — Tue Sep 05, 2006 11:05 pm

Author: scottlikestrees

Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 11:05 pm

as with most viruses, lucoms~1.exe could be a virus or it could be an integral part of your system (in this case your anti-vrus program).

before you do anything rash, find out if you are using any symantec products that update themselves regularly. if so, do not delete or end this process. instead go to a symantec help page and see if they have more detailed info.

if you do not have any symantec products, and the lucoms~1.exe file is in an unusual folder, then it is probably a virus and should be deleted. if you are in doubt, i recommend the security task manager. it's free here:
http://www.neuber.com/taskmanager/download.html
it tells you where the files are located on your system so you don't have to search for them and also gives you a rating from 0-100 of how similar the file is to a virus or spyware.

How to stop LUCOMS^1.exe from starting or to remove it

pcuser1 — Wed Aug 02, 2006 10:39 am

Author: pcuser1

Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 10:39 am

How can I stop LUCOMS^1.exe the Automatic Live Update process from running? It auto-starts at boot yet never updates my virus protection and prevents me from running Norton's Live Update by request from the NAV window as I have always done before LUCOMS became an auto-start process on my PC. Since this has auto-started, my virus protection has been out of date. This copy of Norton Anti Virus 2006 is part of the NAV Home Protection Pack and isn't the copy that's registered. Typically, I must manually run Live Update weekly from the NAV window whereas the registered Live Update on my other PC automatically starts up in the background periodically without issue. This "always running" LUCOMS prevents me not only from running Live Update, but also from removing it from my system STARTUP List, or SERVICE List, and from Removing NAV and Live Update 3.0 programs from my system via Control Panel. All these attempts fail with a message that the auto live update is already running. Any attempt to end the process fails, including using SAFE mode. And my attempts to either turn off Live Update for the NAV Options Menu, or to run Norton's Removal Tool or Auto Fix Tool fail with a message that my security settings don't allow ActiveX Control and JavaScript to run. Yet my settings for these say only disable ActiveX if it is unsafe, and Javascipt is allowed. A chat with a Norton support rep got me nowhere after 2 hours of trying what he said.

Re: LUCOM~1.exe

Seth — Thu Jul 06, 2006 12:42 am

Author: Seth

Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 12:42 am

Hello there, I have been having the same problem with LUCOMS~1.EXE-02DB5950.pf, and after searching for google i found this forum. So, I could use some help.

This program seems to run every time i login to windows, and every 4 hours (or so). I know this is normal, but while it is running, my internet slows down noticibly or stops working completly.

ejerry wrote:

Look at scheduled tasks under start/accessories/system tools and open the task for live update for norton antivirus. Sounds like yours is running too often? Mine is set for once every 4 hours...

I went to my schenduled tasks, and there is nothing there. Is there any other way I can change the auto-updates? As it is, I cannot deal with my internet shuting down every four hours.

Forgive me, I am a novice at computers. I know the basics, but thats pretty much it.

Re: what is lucoms~1.exe process ? Is lucoms~1.exe any virus or

miel — Mon May 29, 2006 3:42 am

Author: miel

Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 3:42 am

Yes that's right. I'm using NAV products and i have that process too, but i see in my task manager not only one process named like this. There're about 20 lucom~1.exe (, anyone has this prob like me ??

Re: what is lucoms~1.exe process ? Is lucoms~1.exe any virus or

Mel — Mon May 22, 2006 3:04 am

Author: Mel

Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 3:04 am

Hi,

Quote:

Rosy Wrote
lucoms.exe is a part of Symantecs Internet security suite and deals with mainly live updates, which keep your product upto date from the latest security threats. This program is important for the stable and secure running of your computer and should not be terminated.

Your are absolute right this LUCOMS~1.EXE handles automatic update for Norton Antivirus Security Suite and in most cases it is safe.