Norton must be reading my columns because they almost sound like me there but slightly less handsome. “They hope that you are too distracted by all the activity to identify their tricks.” “Scammers take advantage of the busiest times of the year, including holidays, when email inboxes are full of promotions, receipts, and other content,” the notice reads.

Upon calling the number, it came up as Hawaii and immediately disconnected.Īfter doing a quick Google search, it turned out that Norton itself issued a warning about this scam. It definitely doesn’t look like something Norton would send out. There is also a random period that is also underlined. For example, the contact number is in large blue font on an underline connected to tiny red letters calling it a customer support helpline. an email and phone notification about an invoice from Norton Security.

The invoice itself looks somewhat official at first, but after skimming it, there are some strange markings and design flaws. sent me an invoice to make a payment of USD 500 for purchasing a anti virus. That’s a number that would make me fall right out of my desk chair. Read this answer in context 👍 2 All Replies (2)CHICO - This week a local resident reached out to us about someone pretending to be Norton, the anti-virus company, with an invoice for $382.99. So when your attachment is launched, this component will catch the event and stop the infection from occuring. ALL anti virus programs I have seen have a component (it has a different names for each product) that claims to scan files when you open them and stop infected programs from launching. Thunderbird does not allow scripts to run, and about the only way you can get a virus from an email in Thunderbird is by opening an attachment. Or better yet get one that does not scan email at all.Įmail scanning is very difficult to justify other than it sounds good in marketing material. If your anti virus program can not live in a secure connection environment it is time to get one that can. Most ISPs are also in the process of implementing it, along with IMAP mail to support the connected device world. SSL is the way of the future and you can not collect mail in a mail client from Gmail, Yahoo or unless you use it. Periodically we see posting like this and it is difficult to answer because the reply will almost certainly cause offense.

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