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NORTON installed itself by itself?????

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aaaaaa111111!! Posted messages 494 Status Member -  
Malekal_morte- Posted messages 178136 Registration date   Status Moderator, Security Contributor Last intervention   -
Hello,

Configuration: Windows 7 / Firefox 3.6.13

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME

when I turned on my computer this morning a yellow and black NORTON image appeared

on my screen????

there was also a thumbnail in my taskbar

I right-clicked on this thumbnail to find out its origin: the blue verified publisher

display appeared; the image was not very clear but maybe because the other NORTON image was

already on my screen....I don’t understand anything, I don’t have NORTON and have never

downloaded it....it offers to do a free scan ???? AS I KNOW that on

the internet nothing is ever really "free" I am wondering...

the only thing I occasionally download is an online scan with NOD

32 ....

I obviously did not launch anything with this download that I did not request!!!!!

thank you for your response

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    aaaaaa111111!! Posted messages 494 Status Member 3
     
    good

    Well done Malekal and thank you

    I did what you advised me

    no more NORTON

    mouchy was right

    thanks everyone

    I'm marking it as resolved

    pffffffffffff..................I'm going to end up having a heart attack ..........(63 years old) and one year

    of internet....and plenty of traps everywhere ..grrrrrrrrrr

    Malekal remember to give me the info to help cover the costs of Malekal.com

    I prefer not by credit card but by CHE BAN
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  2. mouchy Posted messages 143 Status Member 32
     
    Hello,
    You may have installed Norton without realizing it.
    Let me explain:
    Some software offers to install Norton when they are installed or updated. That might be where it comes from.
    I believe that when you update Shockwave (or Flash Player, I can't remember), it offers to install Norton.
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    1. aaaaaa111111!! Posted messages 494 Status Member 3
       
      not sure that my last flash update was a week ago

      however, what is surprising


      is that I do have the blue image of VERIFIED PUBLISHER???

      THANK YOU
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  3. Anonymous user
     
    Try this:
    http://service1.symantec.com/support/inter/tsgeninfointl.nsf/en_docid/20050414110429924
    Best regards
    Powerful Pastafarian!!!
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    1. aaaaaa111111!! Posted messages 494 Status Member 3
       
      HELLO AND THANK YOU thepseudokeymetbecauseIkowhat

      I have Windows 7... 64 bits

      will what you propose work (the last edition dates from 2007 on your

      document?)

      thank you
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  4. Malekal_morte- Posted messages 178136 Registration date   Status Moderator, Security Contributor Last intervention   24 712
     
    It must be Norton Security Scan...
    It's offered for installation with various programs...

    As is the case with McAfee Security Scan: https://forum.malekal.com/viewtopic.php?t=29534&start=
    (or toolbars)

    These programs can be uninstalled....
    Well, need to run some things.

    --

    Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun.
    Shine on you crazy diamond.
    Now there's a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky.
    Shine on you crazy diamond.
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    1. aaaaaa111111!! Posted messages 494 Status Member 3
       
      THANK YOU Malekal_morte

      I WILL DO THIS RIGHT AWAY

      THANK YOU
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    2. aaaaaa111111!! Posted messages 494 Status Member 3
       
      RE

      I WENT TO YOUR SITE ....Malekal.com to contribute to the operating costs

      but I can't do it

      could you send me a postal address

      thank you
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    3. Malekal_morte- Posted messages 178136 Registration date   Status Moderator, Security Contributor Last intervention   24 712
       
      No, that's fine, thank you

      Go uninstall Norton Security Scan.

      And the same comment as last time, if it came from there when you install a program, refuse everything that is offered to be installed.
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    4. aaaaaa111111!! Posted messages 494 Status Member 3
       
      ok

      thank you

      it's done

      but I still want to make a donation to Malekal.com

      to keep this website alive

      how do I do that?
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    5. Malekal_morte- Posted messages 178136 Registration date   Status Moderator, Security Contributor Last intervention   24 712
       
      Forget about donations :)
      The ads now pay for the hosting.

      Send the link to secure their PC to your friends so they can do the bare minimum and it will be fine :)
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  6. aaaaaa111111!! Posted messages 494 Status Member 3
     
    re

    thepseudokeyjustbecauseiknownothing

    as well as

    mouchy

    as well as

    carl 45

    here is what I did:

    complete analysis with malwarebites-antimalwares .....nothing

    analysis with avast ....nothing....

    my opinion: I think mouchy might be right and that during my update

    flashplayer

    I installed NORTON ....there are sometimes checkboxes that we overlook....

    I'm still going to run an online scan with NORTON after

    doing what thepseudokeyjustbecauseiknownothing advises me

    because verified publisher is still verified by windows or microsoft...

    I don't remember?

    thank you
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