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GlennT
Jan 25, 2025Aspirant
Nsolution
I was having trouble with intermittent drop outs on my wifi. I did a search, and thinking I was connected to Netgear started chatting with tech support. I ended up on the phone with the technician an...
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GlennT
Jan 31, 2025Aspirant
Searched for Netgear support and ended up chatting with NSolutions who said they were subcontractors supporting Netgear. That probably is not true. I purchased Webroot security software from them as a solution to protecting my Orbi home network. They say it somehow protects all devices on my network using IP security. After asking multiple times for an explantion I gave up. Can someone here tell me what Webroot is and if it does indeed protect my network? Thanks in advance for your help.
Glenn
plemans
Jan 31, 2025Guru - Experienced User
Totally been had.
It turns out that there is an actual Webroot company, but there are fraudulent ones.
hopefully, if you actually installed webroot, it was a legit version and not a scam one.
Here's from their actual site on others impersonating their product.
https://www.webroot.com/us/en/resources/tips-articles/understanding-tech-support-scams