hers was under DRI norton von luxemburg

 

Got all my money back Friday night. Came up as:
U NORTON / Share Adjustment
Not sure if it was the bank or Nortons doing it. But, overall 3 days ain't bad.

 

credit card fraud IS NOT identity theft. ID theft is using your name and SSN to open credit lines or otherwise use your personal data to spend money/create obligations.

Just because a CC# has been inappropriately charged doesn't mean some person is running around with portfolio of personal data.

If an actual human had the CC info, they wouldn't charge 5 copies of Norton, they'd buy gas and electronics. This incident smells like malware infection.

 

did you guys know norton is the 5th largest software company in the world? They sell products in 24 different countries and have 14,000 employees globally. I dont think large companies get that big selling something that doesnt work, or is 'in itself' a virus.

BTW, Symantec bought Norton AntiVirus from Peter Norton back in like 1995...

 

^ Keep spending your money on it then. Don't forget to upgrade every year. They make their money from fear and fathers-in-law. I get by just fine without paid antivirus, firewall, and pop-up blocking software, and the general consensus in this thread is similar.

 

i dont pay for it. i work there

it may work fine for YOU, but there ARE dumb people out there who WILL actually click on a popup that says 'your computer is infected!!!. Click here to fix!!!'

What you're really paying for is the constantly updated virus definitions and intrusion detection signatures, which symantec updates daily now (used to be only tuesdays and thursdays). I promise you your 'free' antivirus does not have that kind of up-to-date security. most people will pay the 40 bucks a year for that exact kind of piece of mind.

 

That's not something norton would have done. It sounds like you may have accidentally signed up to some dodgy Internet 'virus protection' scam.

If you gave your credit card details to one of those dodgy Russian scammy companies, they will continually bill you. Sucks to be in that situation, the bank should be able to reverse at least some of those charges.

 

it seems kinda ironic that they would buy antivirus software with a stolen credit / debit card though... maybe to spite antivirus efforts?

 

Trust me when I tell you that I did not and have not ever signed up for anything closely related to this. I have seen these popups you're talking about and know all about them. So, I'm still not sure how it happened. Besides, I've already gotten my money back. I left the fraudulent claim open with the bank to see if they can find out how it happened.

 

That's what is so weird to me. That anyone would buy antivirus software with a stolen card number. It could be somebody that works for them. Someone here did mention that they are the 5th largest software company in the world.