Norton Anti Virus Question & problem......Tracking Cookies??? (laptop, screen, download)

[countrylv22]

Hello!


My laptop is currently infected with a nasty virus (Security T.)

And I have Norton Anti Virus. One day after the virus showed up, Norton said
that they had done a scan & nothing was detected.
Now, they are saying that "Tracking Cookies" was detected,
that the risk is low & they want to know what I
want to do, to fix, ignore or execute.

What should I tell them to do ?

Also, does Norton Anti Virus protect against Security T. ?
Thank you for your help

[EscapeCalifornia]

Tracking cookies are the least of your problem and can't really harm your computer. Its more of a privacy issue. I suggest downloading MalwareBytes free version and running a full scan.

[NJBest]

I concur with EscapeCalifornia's assessment. Tracking cookies are not much to be concerned about. If Norton gives you the option to fix or delete the cookies, doing so is fine... but it is not an indication that anything is wrong with your computer.

I am not familiar with Security T, but if you suspect that your computer is infected, downloading MalwareBytes as EscapeCalifornia is a good start. Sadly, there is no one product that can catch every type of infection. Having an antivirus program like Norton, along with periodically running other third party scans such as MalwareBytes is a good approach.

[Tek_Freek]

It should also be mentioned that the state of the updates for any virus scanner is important. If the update process has been allowed to lapse, or has not completed for any reason, the protection for the newest problems will not be in place.

Most (all?) AV programs should tell you on the splash screen when the last update ran.