Your website always triggers an alert from Norton

[icupn]

Why is that?

[Patches]

icupn, a number of us are aware of the problem and we are working on it. Paul has examined the server and there is no malware on it. It has been checked by both our service provider and also an outside company to scan for any malware.

[TVGuy]

I know nothing about the software behind wetset, however from my own web design experience I know that norton can respond badly to certain cgi scripts. Especially scripts that load content or other code. If unsigned cgi-bin scripts are being used to load ads, that could possibly trigger an alert from norton.

[Wing]

Norton is garbage

Norton is one of the worst anti-virus programs on the market, it clutters up you system and slows it down, and on top of all that it does not work very well. You should give AVG or Ad-aware a try. They are both free. I have been using them for years, and after 1500 Gigs + from bit torrents I have never had a virus or anything else.

[DeltaFoxtrot]

Blame Norton.

Avast says the site is safe, Firefox says the site is safe, Google says the site is safe.

[Patches]

@ Wing - Norton got a bad rap a few years ago when it was bloated, resource hungry, and slow. For the past couple of years, Norton has redeemed itself and is now getting excellent ratings from reviewers in PCWorld, CPU, MaximumPC and others. For example, see the 9 out of 10 rating it got from MaximumPC at http://www.maximumpc.com/article/nor...ty_2011_review

Other excellent paid antivirus suites are Kaspersky (see http://www.maximumpc.com/article/rev...ty_2011_review) and BitDefender (see http://www.maximumpc.com/article/bit...ty_2011_review)

@ DeltaFoxtrot - Avast may be safe and is usually rated very good along with other free antivirus programs like AVG and Avira but it will not protect you as well as other free programs that are available since it does not always catch all the bad stuff. If you want something for free, go with Microsoft Security Essentials (yeah, I know it has gotten a bad rap like Norton in the past but it has improved greatly and is now highly rated) and then supplement it with SUPERAntiSpyware (another excellect free program) and you will catch all the bad stuff before it does anything bad.

Personally, I use BitDefender and a free program called WinPatrol which have always alerted me in real time when anything bad is trying to infect my computer and they stop the malware cold! If I have been alerted to anything trying to infect my computer, I then run a deep scan with BitDefender and follow up with a scan using SUPERAntiSpyware. Between them, they will clean up anything still on my computer that was not blocked and/or deleted in real time.

[Apemantus]

PC Tools is what I would recommend, seems to work well for me.

Ummm, why is Patches now written by Nikki? I am VERY confused!

[Patches]

@ Apemantus - Nikki is not writing my posts. Nikki edited one of my earlier posts above to remove info I had written about the various steps that are being taken to remove the source of any malware. Nikki sent me an email about this edit and I agree with her edit because we do not want to tip off anyone who may be planting any malware and reading this forum about what we know and don't know about the source.

[Wing]

Thats fine

I can pay to get a good plug to, I work on PCs as a side job for friends and family, I am also a Windows Certified Professional. I still say its a crap program. Any anti-virus you have to pay to use then if you get a virus and have to pay to remove it is crap, and it still uses a lot or resources. PCs are just more powerful and are not bogged down as bad, but it still uses a lot of system resources and imbeds it self in your windows file system and can never be completely removed with out doing a fresh install. Anyway that just my opinion.

[Wet Set]

Problem fixed

We believe this issue has now been resolved, and there should be no further problems. If anyone does experience another problem, please email me at support@wetset.net.

Paul