fake_upd blocking with Norton Antivirus

I just updated my Netgear firmware and am now constanty seeing my Nortin Antivirus blocking someing called 'fake_upd'... anyone heard of this, what is it, and how do I make it go away?

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Marskat
Oct 12, 2018
Big thank you to Antidode and Myersw for the suggestion to remove the NetGearGenie App from my Mac. That removed the probem. I will take your suggeston and use the NetGear website exclusively. I spent hours on the phone with NetGear - where they offered to have me pay $100 to remove the problem. When I saw your suggestion to remove the App, I did a head slap, then followed you advice... now I am problem free. Well done to you both!

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IrvSp
Master
Oct 11, 2018
Only thing I can find on this is here, https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-App/fake-udp/td-p/999733?
- Marskat
  Tutor
  Oct 11, 2018
  Unfortunately, that post dosen't tell me anything. No solutions were given for the porblem - just others asking the same question/having the same complaint.
  - IrvSp
    Master
    Oct 11, 2018
    Agree, and it was old as well and pertained to a Mac. It sort of implied it was coming in though and real?

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fake_upd blocking with Norton Antivirus