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MacNchedder

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Nov 22, 2009
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My Norton 360 Anti-virus / anti- spyware now insists on monitoring my network activity. in the past, I could turn off Norton features that I did not want such as their VPN. Could this mean Norton is now able to track browsing? Norton already owns LifeLock. Combining LifeLock with browsing and email monitoring does not seem privacy-friendly.

Does anyone out there know what is going on?

(Please, no comments that Mac users don’t need A/V protection. i am required to use some form of malware protection, etc.)

Thank You

MnC
 

AZhappyjack

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Happy Jack, AZ
My Norton 360 Anti-virus / anti- spyware now insists on monitoring my network activity. in the past, I could turn off Norton features that I did not want such as their VPN. Could this mean Norton is now able to track browsing? Norton already owns LifeLock. Combining LifeLock with browsing and email monitoring does not seem privacy-friendly.

Does anyone out there know what is going on?

(Please, no comments that Mac users don’t need A/V protection. i am required to use some form of malware protection, etc.)

Thank You

MnC

Dump Norton and use MalwareBytes. Problem solved. These monolithic "security suites" have always caused at least as many issues as they solve/prevent.
 

hrMACnstuff

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Jan 5, 2009
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Not to mention Norton has always been a system resource hog that could bring your system to a crawl. Protective monitoring :rolleyes: has consequences.
 
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