ragtop69gs Posted October 10, 2015 #1 Posted October 10, 2015 (edited) Don, Took this screen shot , what's the plugin at the top? I've never seen that before @Freebird Edited October 10, 2015 by ragtop69gs
Flyinfool Posted October 10, 2015 #2 Posted October 10, 2015 Are you running Symantec software like Norton antivirus or Norton internet security? The clue is in the name of the plugin cosymantecnisbfw. It is a known Symantec bug.
VerntureVet Posted October 10, 2015 #3 Posted October 10, 2015 cosymantecnisbfw is a plugin called by THIS website. The code is added either a user in there signature, by the admin editing the page code, or injected by the host as a text helper. It can also be injected by a link, image, or code referenced form an outside source such as your weather underground link (not that that is it just an example). It is indeed added by Norton Security and other symantic products and is a know issue they refuse to correct. Chrome 42+ has stopped default support for Java and NPAPI plugins by default and this little bug so happens to be based on those protocols. There is a way to correct it in Chrome but I will leave that to you to dig into as it also would re-enable plugin code that Chrome has stopped supporting across the board. There is a reason Chrome, Firfox, and Safari has stopped support for the plugins. Your not missing out on anything other than some back end code error cause by what is likely a user injecting a emoticon or image from some other broken site.
VerntureVet Posted October 10, 2015 #4 Posted October 10, 2015 The error is coming from the part of the code for the signiture that shows your US states Traveled map. States Traveled http://www.visitedstatesmap.com/image/DEFLGAMDNJNYNCPASCVAsm.jpg
Freebird Posted October 10, 2015 #5 Posted October 10, 2015 I'm not seeing that on my system but my research also shows that it is caused by Norton Internet Security and I've read a couple of places that they have released a patch to correct it.
ragtop69gs Posted October 10, 2015 Author #6 Posted October 10, 2015 Thanks everyone, it had never showed up before on any forums I go to, so I wasn't sure if something had changed on the forum that needed my attention. I am running Norton & chrome. Thanks
SilvrT Posted October 10, 2015 #7 Posted October 10, 2015 Symantec sukz. At one time it was the absolute best AV ... but those days are long gone. (just my $0.02) ooooops, forgot, we Canucks don't have pennies any more so what I said ain't worth nuthin
bongobobny Posted October 10, 2015 #8 Posted October 10, 2015 I periodically get the same message but I just ignore it, it goes away with the next page I click...
VerntureVet Posted October 10, 2015 #9 Posted October 10, 2015 Avast is a far better AV if you are looking for a free one. If you want to pay a few $ go with Trend Micro.
SilvrT Posted October 11, 2015 #10 Posted October 11, 2015 Avast is a far better AV if you are looking for a free one. If you want to pay a few $ go with Trend Micro. 100% agree!
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