Issue abstract:Norton 360 attacks my router
Detailed description:
I removed and reinstalled Norton 360 yesterday for subscription renewal.
Then I noticed that my Netgear router denied access to the management interface and cancelled the access credentials, through Wifi and Ethernet as well.
I had to change my credentials. 10 minutes later the same problem occured.
The router’s logs state that it blocked access to the management interface due to too many unsuccessful connexion attempts:
Admin login failure] from source 192.168.2.202, Friday, Mar 06,2026 22:48:21
[Admin login failure] from source 192.168.2.202, Friday, Mar 06,2026 22:48:11
[Admin login failure] from source 192.168.2.202, Friday, Mar 06,2026 22:42:47
[Admin login failure] from source 192.168.2.202, Friday, Mar 06,2026 22:37:21
[Admin login failure] from source 192.168.2.202, Friday, Mar 06,2026 22:37:11
[Admin login failure] from source 192.168.2.202, Friday, Mar 06,2026 22:35:50
[Admin login failure] from source 192.168.2.202, Friday, Mar 06,2026 22:35:40
[Admin login failure] from source 192.168.2.202, Friday, Mar 06,2026 22:35:09
[Admin login failure] from source 192.168.2.202, Friday, Mar 06,2026 22:34:59
[Admin login failure] from source 192.168.2.202, Friday, Mar 06,2026 22:34:49
[Admin login failure] from source 192.168.2.202, Friday, Mar 06,2026 22:34:39
[Admin login failure] from source 192.168.2.202, Friday, Mar 06,2026 22:34:29
[Admin login failure] from source 192.168.2.202, Friday, Mar 06,2026 22:34:18
[Admin login failure] from source 192.168.2.202, Friday, Mar 06,2026 22:34:07
[Admin login failure] from source 192.168.2.202, Friday, Mar 06,2026 22:33:47
[Admin login failure] from source 192.168.2.202, Friday, Mar 06,2026 22:33:37
[Admin login failure] from source 192.168.2.202, Friday, Mar 06,2026 22:33:27
[Admin login failure] from source 192.168.2.202, Friday, Mar 06,2026 22:33:16
[Admin login failure] from source 192.168.2.202, Friday, Mar 06,2026 22:33:05
[Admin login failure] from source 192.168.2.202, Friday, Mar 06,2026 22:32:55
[Admin login failure] from source 192.168.2.202, Friday, Mar 06,2026 22:32:44
[Admin login failure] from source 192.168.2.202, Friday, Mar 06,2026 22:32:34
The IP is the one set to the Mac where Norton has been newly installed.
I uninstalled Norton and the attempts stopped immediately on reboot.
What can I do?
Regards,
Y.
Product & version number:
OS details: Macos Sequoia 15.7.4
What is the error message you are seeing? No error message from Norton
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