AFTER 10 YEARS IF USING NORTON INTERNET SECUTIRY, i REALIZED THAT MY DAILY RUNNING OF "LIVE UPDATE" AND SCAN WAS DOING NOTHING BUT GIVING ME A WARM AND FUZZY FEELING...NOT EVER DETECTING AND REMOVINIG ANY VIRUSES OR WORMS AT ALL. THAT IS EXACTLY 0 FIXES IN 10 YEARS. IT TOOK MY FIRST VIRUS TO WAKE ME UP TO THIS -- AND I BOTH DETECTED IT, AND FIXED (REMOVED) IT. i DETECTED IT, NOT NORTON, WHEN i USED GOOGLE TO TAKE ME TO AMAZON.COM BUT ENDED UP WITH A RUSSIAN WEBSITE ON MY SCREEN.
I SHUT DOWN THE COMPUTER, AND RESTRARTED BY USING NIS TO PEROFORM A RULL COMPUTER SCAN. NIS DID, AND AS USUAL, TOLD ME THAT NOTHING WAS FOUND AND MY COMPUTER WAS SAFE (SORRY NIS, WRONG!)
SO I TRIED AMAZON AGAIN, BUT ENDED BACK ON A RUSSIAN WEBSITE. THE VIRUS WAS STILL PRSENT AND DOING ITS THING, AND NORTON NIS COMPLETELY MISSED IT, LET ALONE REMOVE IT!
NEXT CAME THE OBVIOUS QUESTION: WHAT BENEFIT DID I RECEIVE FOR THE WELL OVER $11,000. OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS? aNSWER: NORTON GAVE ME A "WARM AND FUZZY" FEELING, BUT NO OTHER BENEFIT! NOT ONE!!!! nORTAN NIS HAS NEVER DETECTED ANY REAL VIRUS IN MY SYSTEM (EXCLUDING 1 ON ONE OF THE LEGENDAY COMPUTER REPAIR FLOPPY DISKS, WHICH OF COURSE NORTON CAN'T REPAIR. ALL NORTON DID FOR ME WAS TO HELP ME BLOW AWAY $11,000 IN RETURN FOR NOTHING BUT NORTON BS!
THERE IS A REAL NEED FOR WHAT NORTON PURPORTS TO SELL. HOPEFULLY, IN THE NEAR FUTURE, SOMEONE WILL SURFACE WITH A SELUTION. NORTON DOESN'T HAVE IT.
I'M A RETIRED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER AND PHYSICIST. [removed solicitation]