[Ham-Computers] Trojans in Update Software

[Robert Downs via Ham-Computers]

On our three machines (2 XP & 1 WIN8) I run whatever the current version of 
Norton is (because it's "free" from our ISP, Comcast).  In the last two 
days, Iit has claimed to have blocked two software updates, one for Google 
Chrome and one for Adobe Reader 11.?.  In between, it passed a FireFox update.  
I don't actually use either program (but keep them as backups mainly for 
checking if I have a problem with FireFox or Acrobat X) so not having the 
update isn't a major issue.  But has anyone else encountered this?  There are two 
possibilities, one that Norton is screwed up and two that someone is 
actually either hacking legitimate updates or spoofing them.  And it would be 
prudent to find out which.

Robert Downs - Houston
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