Learn more about Wi-Fi Security

Wi-Fi Security feature protects you from MITM attacks, SSL strip attacks, content tampering attacks, ARP spoofing attacks, and DNS spoofing attacks.

Public Wi-Fi connections are vulnerable to man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks. MITM attack is a setup where an attacker places himself between you and the Wi-Fi provider. You might think that you are connected to your trusted Wi-Fi provider, but you would be connecting to a malicious tool which is recording all your keystrokes and passwords.

If you think your Norton product identifies a known trusted network as an MITM attack, you can add the network to trusted networks list. Your Norton product notifies you when it identifies MITM attack like behavior. If you click Trust in the alert, you will not get a notification the next time you access the network. If you accidentally clicked Disconnect, you can add it back to trusted networks using Security History.

Trust a network that your Norton product blocked earlier

1. Open your Norton device security product.

2. On the left pane, click Security.

3. In the Security dashboard, click Security History.

4. In Security History window, in the Recent History drop-down list, select Wi-Fi Security.

5. Hover over the specific activity and click the arrow at the end.

6. In the Security History - Advanced Details window, in the Details tab, click Trust this network and click Close.

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