Was this a hack attempt?

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Using my computer a week ago I got an alert from my Norton security - there was an attack on my computer. I look at the details and find a list of three different attacks, one a website I didn't recognize, newclicks.com , and two from a computer I did recognize "Dazed Machu" which is what my son calls his computer. What does this mean? I asked both the kids. My son
didn't try to explain it, while my daughter just made the joke that since both machines are Dell it must be a rivalry issue, and she suggested that my son should run a virus scan (his machine scans automatically daily).

newclicks.com doesn't seem to exist on the web, unless you mean .biz. Either way, it seems to be a spam site, and I wouldn't be surprised if they're distributing malware. You or your son may have got a virus from them. Though the supposed attacks from your son's computer also could have been benign connections that were misinterpreted. It's hard to say exactly what's going on. But yeah, basically just check for malware now and then (checking daily is really overkill), and remember not to open strange attachments and stuff. And avoiding sites with lots of popups or using a popup blocker is also good protection from viruses.

But it sounds like Norton is doing it's job, so I wouldn't worry too much unless it continues. If it does, I would focus on your son's computer, as it seems to be the source.

Thanks!

It might be something, it might be nothing. Norton gives a lot of false positives.

After all, why would you need it if you never got any attacks? You might decide not to renew.

You probably want to make sure norton is updated along with running "windows update". You might also want to try "spybot search & destroy" as well.