The computer "IP address" is attempting to access Control Center on your computer. Do you want to allow this connection?

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M1 Max Macbook Pro, macOS 12.2, Norton 360 8.7.2

Whenever I am at work using my employer's WiFi, I periodically receive the following notification:

"The computer  'XX.XXX.XX.XXX' is attempting to access Control Center on your computer. Do you want to allow this connection?"

I then have the option to allow or block. Of course I click block because I do not know the computer that is trying to access my control center or why. 

I further investigated by opening Terminal on my mac, and when I typed "ping" and then the  computer's IP address, I received the following:

 

Joseph-MacBook-Pro:~ Joseph$ ping The computer "XX.XXX.XX.XXX" is attempting to access
usage: ping [-AaDdfnoQqRrv] [-c count] [-G sweepmaxsize]
            [-g sweepminsize] [-h sweepincrsize] [-i wait]
            [-l preload] [-M mask | time] [-m ttl] [-p pattern]
            [-S src_addr] [-s packetsize] [-t timeout][-W waittime]
            [-z tos] host
       ping [-AaDdfLnoQqRrv] [-c count] [-I iface] [-i wait]
            [-l preload] [-M mask | time] [-m ttl] [-p pattern] [-S src_addr]
            [-s packetsize] [-T ttl] [-t timeout] [-W waittime]
            [-z tos] mcast-group
Apple specific options (to be specified before mcast-group or host like all options)
            -b boundif           # bind the socket to the interface
            -k traffic_class     # set traffic class socket option
            -K net_service_type  # set traffic class socket options
            --apple-connect       # call connect(2) in the socket
            --apple-time          # display current time
Joseph-MacBook-Pro:~ Joseph$ Control Center on your computer. Do you want to allow this
-sh: Control: command not found
Joseph-MacBook-Pro:~ Joseph$ connection?

 

Does anyone know why another computer would try to access my Macbook Pro's control center? 

 

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I have the same alert. M1 too. Hotel Wifi. Port 7000. 

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I also use to get this one, but don't any more: 

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I had that same thing happen to me; except If I said no, I could not connect to internet.

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Well I agree. Nothing I do stops it, all I can do now is uninstall Norton and use Mcafee.

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Any word from Norton on why this is happening? They seem to be blind to this issue, the resolve they give on the notification does absolutely nothing.