2004 Internet Norton Security Serial Trialware
Abele Beardsley
Hello Gnarbo. When you click on "View Details" what does it show? That info will be helpful. First. Clear your system temp files and ALL browser caches. Download and run a full system scan with Malwarebytes. Remove all malicious files it finds, a reboot should be required to do so.
The view details just show an attempted attack every 2 seconds. It's quite long. It gives an URL that is doing the attacking - it doesn't look familiar. Scans with Norton, registry scans, PowerEraser find no issues, yet I still get the attack notification every 2 seconds. It's a brand new computer (2 months old) and I'm not really keen to do a format already.
I've done a bunch of reboots in the past and they haven't helped. I've done the two tasks you've suggested and still not working. I also find it interesting that I'm paying for Norton 360 and you are suggesting using a competitor?? I'll give it a go though...
When did "trojan.backdoor activity" messages start?
Was there any factory installed security solution?
Was factory installed security solution properly removed before installing Norton?
Was there any/other factory installed trialware/bloatware?
Have you installed any freeware/trialware?
Maybe, post a sample of the repeating attack.
Please tell us what Norton is telling you regarding this event.
For information regarding event > from Norton pop-up > View Details > Copy to Clipboard &or from Norton history > More Options > Copy to Clipboard > paste here.
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Do not do any personal or confidential banking or financial transactions. It might also be wise to change your passwords to be safe. It looks like Norton has caught and keeps catching the transmission back to the Mother Ship but since you really don't know what activity is being stopped it is certainly better to take precautions immediately.
It looks like you may have picked up a PUP, a Possibly Unwanted Program. While they are annoying, they do not cause damage to your system. Some people actually want the 'Features' offered by these programs. They are usually downloaded alongside a legitimate download when you do not uncheck the option for the additional download.
Gnarbo. Although your registry may "appear" to be good it most likely is indeed not. There most likely is a hidden registry key that is allowing this to remain resident on the system. Please read the below article: *Malwarebytes is recommended, many of us here use MBAM in conjunction with our Norton product as added protection against things Norton doesn't concentrate on. Norton will primarily protect the operating system
You do not need to put any more money into Malwarebytes. You can continue using the free version of Malwarebytes after the trial of the full version expires. Then you just use Malwarebytes as an on demand scanner every week or so, or on whatever schedule you feel comfortable with. That is what many of us here do.
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