I've often joked to customers that i'd rather a virus on my computer than Norton AV... I've also heard multiple times about Norton automatically charging credit cards to renew licences. When people call up to complain Norton will always refund the money claiming there has been a mistake... Of course how many people never bother to complain..?

... that if you type "norton" into Google, the first result returned by Google Suggest is "norton removal tool"; and likewise, if you type "mcafee" into Google, the first result returned by Google Suggest is "mcafee removal tool".

Tells me all I need to know, anyway.

was it ever decided whether norton is a trojan? or maybe it was a rootkit.

you mean people pay for a virus killer?

hahahahahahaha

no wonder they are scammed by bloat makers such as symantec

..poor fools....

I won't buy subscription software. It's an insidious model. My memory is fuzzy, but when antivirus software first it came out, wasn't it set up that you could just buy it and OWN it, rather than RENT it? If you wanted to be able to upgrade to new virus definitions beyond a year, you had to buy the new one. But you could still use the OLD one as long as you wanted. You could pull it out 40 years after a nuclear holocaust and install it on an old machine without having to ask permission from anybody to do it!

That I only use free "security" software. Screw Symantec and McAfee!

I hope they are sued out of business (obviously this is highly unlikely). As a technician, I am sick and tired of this crappy software screwing up my clients PCs. Then again..... I guess it's easy money.