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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Why would anyone run Norton and McAfee together? I've been running the AV that comes with Windows for a long time and I don't even notice it. I see no need to pay for AV when what comes with Windows just works. I would never run Norton or McAfee.
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Don't buy a new computer then. Many of them come with either Norton or McAfee trial version preinstalled - whether you want it or not. And then to change to some other anti-virus (which you absolutely need on Windows, but not on Linux) you have to uninstall the pre-installed version. Good luck with getting a clean uninstall without jumping through all kinds of hoops. Like going to the software manufacturers website to manually download their super-duper uninstaller (which I've had to do many times), since the uninstall you got the normal Windows way doesn't completely uninstall, and you run into problems when you subsequently install a competitors anti-virus. Many people don't even realize that they have a problem, which typically presents as general computer slowness (sometimes worse), because they're accustomed to that being the nature of Windows.
Why do you think every new version of Windows needs more and more powerful hardware? It's because the average user couldn't even come close to doing a clean install of Windows. They would lose all their program settings and history that are stored in that horrid thing called "the registry". And so, they just install the new version of Windows over the top of their old version of Windows, dragging all that old garbage along for the ride. Microsoft calls this "automatically transferring your settings" as if it's some kind of desirable thing, dragging all that dilapidated crap along to the new installation. And bingo, the new installation is instantly hobbled by all the old compost, and you need newer and faster hardware to even run the new installation at the already degraded speed of the old one.
But as I said (or at least implied) before, Windows is the perfect match for many users. More power to 'em. The two are forever intertwined, like McAfee/Norton and the Windows kernel. Your computers OS is only a tool. If it works for you and does what you need and expect, you're good.