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Originally Posted by Lady Fitzgerald
I would compare Norton, McAfee, Symantec, etc. to the TSA's draconian scanning measures. Sure, they may protect better but at what cost? I personally feel they are overkill (that includes the TSA).
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And they offer as little protection - one of our friends just had to get his computer "scrubbed" again after the second virus attack. Turns out it was actually being infected at the computer repair shop, the guy who sold him Norton. He was unaware of this, but did at least give our friend his money back.
We run the AVG free and Microsoft's free antivirus on various computers at home, depending on our personal choice. And no successful virus attacks on any computer in our house or at work for the 10 years I was there (and using AVG full version).
Norton makes a lot of noise and bluster, but it doesn't seem to be very effective at actually getting rid of REAL viruses.