every time its due for renewal for a month b4 i get loads of 'u have been attacked but are protected' had this for years. bit suspicious cause i dont get any all year round otherwise? any others had this?
2006-10-13 06:21:53 · 9 answers · asked by ? 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
interesting stuff pancho.
2006-10-13 06:36:01 · update #1
had similar attacks and protect notices also contacted norton support and suggested that these were spurious attacks sent out by norton . i was quite surprised that my contact did not deny or confirm this but gave me a polite no comment, draw your own conclusions
2006-10-13 06:32:10 · answer #1 · answered by pancho381 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-08-23 17:40:16 · answer #2 · answered by Melody 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I bought Norton with my new PC in September 05 and it's not due for renewal until end-December 06. I got a flurry of these "an attempt was made to attack your computer" messages in April, then nothing, then a couple more of them a week ago, but nothing since. It's human nature to think we see a pattern or a cause-and-effect in random phenomena, and it's inevitable with anything random that it sometimes fits.
2006-10-13 08:08:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've been using nortons for yrs & have never experienced this. If you think that nortons is out to get you by nefarious means; uninstall it & get a free virus solution like avg or avast.
2006-10-13 06:33:45 · answer #4 · answered by low_on_ram 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ahh...the conspiracy theory again.
I am assured by http://www.theregister.co.uk/ that Symantec is upto no such thing. They have inspected Symantec's Anti-Virus research centre and claim that thats the only product that Symantec Engineers in the facility make.
Anyways, if you dont like paying Symantec, switch to AVG Free at http://free.grisoft.com/
2006-10-13 06:26:42 · answer #5 · answered by reguser2005 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you are using a Peer to Peer software, like Emule or Kazaa, security software take connection attempts as attacks.
2006-10-13 06:26:28 · answer #6 · answered by ɹɐzɔ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
been using Norton anti virus from 2003 never had any such thing happen to me ,just renewed my subscription last week
2006-10-13 06:25:52 · answer #7 · answered by RDRAM 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ihave Norton on my computer and it has saved my bacon quite a few times,i have no complaints to make at all
2006-10-13 06:28:17 · answer #8 · answered by taxed till i die,and then some. 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
So that is what I thought was behind those popups that would only want you to buy their product. Cleaver huh? Any solutions
2006-10-13 06:25:40 · answer #9 · answered by Patches6 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋