Norton Internet Security / Norton AntiVirus

[DaveH]

"Protect yourself now, or beg for mercy"

LOL, you would think the comodo trolls would make it a little more believable.

[Tywin7]

I finally got on to the computer.  Here it is embedded!  I 100% think its fake! BTW, what's the REAL message that appeared?

[Tony_Weiss Administrator · Accepted solution]

First the issue of the popup. This is a legitimate alert window. It is meant to be in the same line of humor as the following videos. Let me know if you have any questions about these alerts, and thanks for letting us know!

[Tony_Weiss Administrator]

Also, currently for the forums, we are working to be more compatible for mobile devices. Right now, they're not fully compatible, but we can see a growing need for it. Thanks!

[AllenM Norton Fighter]

Hi Tony,

Thanks, I would have never guessed!

Allen

[Tywin7]

I saw that this popup was complained on the Comodo forum.  It could be see as a threat to buy Norton software or renew it.  Its almost the same behavior as rogue av, they said.

[Tywin7]

Yay our thread got mentioned in forbes blog! Http://blogs.forbes.com/andygreenberg/2010/10/04/symantec-scareware-tells-customers-to-renew-or-beg-... it turns not that many also complained of the message. Now Norton have toned down the renewal reminder. http://blogs.forbes.com/andygreenberg/2010/10/05/symantec-backs-off-its-beg-for-mercy-warning-messag...

[killyourtv]

Well, I'm certainly happy to hear that this message has been "toned down". I'm still very surprised that the original message was ever approved, but I guess that's why I'm not making the big bucks, or the decisions, at Symantec.

Kudos to Symantec for realizing the mistake and pulling that message.

[Tywin7]

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Tony_Weiss wrote:

First the issue of the popup. This is a legitimate alert window. It is meant to be in the same line of humor as the following videos. Let me know if you have any questions about these alerts, and thanks for letting us know!

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How the heck do you imbed videos?

[Tim_Lopez Administrator]

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Tywin7 wrote:

 

How the heck do you imbed videos?

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Hi Tywin7,

It's one of the joys of being an Administrator. 

Let's keep this thread on topic.