[thelist] Designing for Norton Internet Security

[Wes Reed]

Hi Graham,
         We've have seen problems where Norton Internet Security blocks the 
http referrer.  We didn't use the this call much anyway but completely 
avoid it now for that reason.

Wes

  At 08:50 AM 8/13/2004, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Norton Internet Security - what does it do?
>
>We are increasingly being contacted by our visitors who say that online
>forms, javascript, etc don't work. The common theme is that they have Norton
>Internet Security, but of course...it's all our fault.
>
>I suspect cookie and popup blocking, but who knows.
>
>I've looked on the Symantec (was Norton) website for detail about what it
>actually does, but this must be a closely guarded secret. The "How it works"
>Flash presentation is nothing of the sort.
>
>Does anyone know how it works, or even what it really does (apart from
>spread panic)?
>
>Yours frustratedly,
>
>Graham
>
>
>
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