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Posted: 06-Jan-2022 | 3:42PM · Edited: 06-Jan-2022 | 3:45PM · 11 Replies · Permalink
I really don't like the idea or Norton hijacking my web browser. I either allow Norton's to snoop on the webpages I go to or I can't get off that Norton notification page. Cheap shoot Norton's
Posted: 06-Jan-2022 | 4:10PM · Edited: 06-Jan-2022 | 4:14PM · Permalink
PC_confused:I really don't like the idea or Norton hijacking my web browser. I either allow Norton's to snoop on the webpages I go to or I can't get off that Norton notification page. Cheap shoot Norton's
Norton Safe Web, Safe Search, Home Page, Password Manager browser extensions are opt-in user install.
Norton extensions on supported modern browsers (Edge, Chrome, Firefox) are opt-in user install.
or I can't get off that Norton notification page
Norton notification page?
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Posted: 06-Jan-2022 | 4:46PM · Edited: 06-Jan-2022 | 4:48PM · Permalink
If you are talking about the web page that comes up after certain Norton LiveUpdates that offers all the browser extensions, all you have to do is close that browser tab and go on your way along the internet.
Posted: 06-Jan-2022 | 5:45PM · Edited: 06-Jan-2022 | 6:04PM · Permalink
Permalink - no that wasn't the screen I was talking about. The screen I was talking about was a screen that said something like Safe Search needs to monitor your websites to watch out for malicious webpages. So far it has only showed up on one of my PC's. The screen said something like I had to agree to let Safe Web monitor my surfing or Safe Web would be deleted (wish I could have remembered to take a screen shot)? I couldn't get past that screen, even by rebooting the PC. When I pulled up Firefox, that message screen came up again.
additional: that message just showed up on my second PC and this time I did grab a screen shot. I just can't figure out how to send a JPG file in the format you allow (txt pdf or zip) it isn't a txt file, nor is it a pdf file and I don't have a zipping program. It looks like it might be something from Firefox.
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Posted: 06-Jan-2022 | 6:00PM · Edited: 06-Jan-2022 | 6:44PM · Permalink
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Posted: 06-Jan-2022 | 6:06PM · Edited: 06-Jan-2022 | 6:46PM · Permalink
What is Norton Safe Search?
Norton Safe Search is a search engine focused on online security that helps protect users from visiting phishing and other risky sites that may appear in search results. It uses Norton Safe Web technology to rate websites according to their safety. Norton Safe Search is included in Norton protection plans offered online or in retail. Norton Safe Search is not exclusively available in Norton protection plans; it is also available online for free. You can also install it by visiting the Norton Safe Search install page.
How does Norton Safe Search know if a website is risky?
In order to rate websites, Norton Safe Search uses a technology called Norton Safe Web, which performs thorough analysis using signature-based file scanning, intrusion detection engines, behavioral detection, and install/uninstall analysis to identify security risks such as phishing sites, malicious downloads, browser exploits and links to unsafe external sites.
Norton Safe Web benefits from a network of millions of Norton Community Watch end-points that automatically submit in real-time suspicious URLs to the Norton Safe Web server for detailed analysis. This allows Norton Safe Web to quickly hone in on newly infected sites.
In addition to analyzing suspicious sites submitted by Norton end-points, Norton Safe Web also crawls the Web and performs thorough analysis on millions of Web sites.
Norton Safe Search - Frequently asked questions
https://us.norton.com/safe-search
Norton Safe Web - Frequently asked questions
https://us.norton.com/feature/safe-web
Privacy policy for Norton Safe Web - Firefox
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/norton-safe-web/privacy/
Norton Safe Web (Website, Browser Extension, Mac App) and Norton Safe Web Plus (Mac App)
https://www.nortonlifelock.com/us/en/privacy/product-privacy-notices/#norton-safe-web
Norton Safe Search (Website and Browser Extension)
https://www.nortonlifelock.com/us/en/privacy/product-privacy-notices/#norton-safe-search
Posted: 07-Jan-2022 | 1:26PM · Permalink
Permalink - it looks like your second screen, Norton's Safe Search, is the screen I was seeing. Since you saw the same screen, I guess I didn't click on a phishing screen. Thanks for searching for a solution.
Posted: 07-Jan-2022 | 1:38PM · Permalink
PC_confused:Permalink - it looks like your second screen, Norton's Safe Search, is the screen I was seeing. Since you saw the same screen, I guess I didn't click on a phishing screen. Thanks for searching for a solution.
btw ~ Community usernames are with the member mini-profile to the right of messages.
Thanks
Posted: 08-Jan-2022 | 9:06AM · Permalink
Permalink in a post is just a link to that post so you can reference it in another post, or maybe bookmark it.
Posted: 09-Jan-2022 | 2:12PM · Permalink
Now you tell me.. I thought peterweb was doing a lot of replying. Things always seem to change without notice.. I guess I need to thank bjm_ for the replys. Will the Kudo go to bjm_?
Posted: 09-Jan-2022 | 2:27PM · Edited: 09-Jan-2022 | 2:28PM · Permalink
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