I’m not sure what happened over the years to cause Norton to change like this. They used to be the number one antivirus, but then they became known for slowing down systems. Take mine, for example. Right now, it shows an alert: “Fix 41134 issues slowing down your PC.” But if you dig deeper, the actual number is 444. What about the rest? It’s just junk and trash that, is not slowing down my system at all.
Then press continue to fix these issues—BAM!—your lucky day, for $69.99. Yet, I have free programs that fix the registry, delete junk, and Windows itself does a pretty good job. To get rid of these alerts, you have to jump through hoops to turn them off. It’s not like regular pop-ups where Norton won’t let you disable them at all—only for 24 hours. What?
It gets worse. Every day, I get a warning that Norton has blocked a very bad file. You’d think, great! But that file isn’t a virus, contains nothing harmful, and isn’t a hack. Oddly enough, I can still use it even though it’s “blocked.” I keep telling Norton to exclude it, but every day I get a huge pop-up saying Norton has blocked it again. I’ve reinstalled Windows and Norton, but the warning keeps coming, no lie every day. OMGOSH
At 64, I’ve used many antivirus programs. Malwarebytes ignores this file Norton keeps flagging. ESET, but Windows Defender see it, but once excluded, never flag it again. Norton 360 is the only one that keeps detecting it.
Also, Norton is the only antivirus that finds viruses in my email. Wow, right? But when I check, Microsoft, Google, and Apple all block these emails and send them straight to trash—I never even see them. Why does Norton only detect the ones already in the trash? No other antivirus has ever done this. I’m clueless.
I got this Norton subscription free for 14 months—thank God—but I would never buy it. If it works for you, great! For me, it’s forced pop-ups, huge pop-ups, and Norton won’t let you disable them permanently. Then you pay them for a subscription then they put ads from them with in.. others do it but .. . It’s not just an offer—it’s a forced upsell.
Looking at the history of those viruses and high-risk detections, most are from websites I never clicked on or saw—they’re already taken care of. One was a file I had no access to, but Norton handled it before the pop-ups started. That file actually helped another app back up my files! Another Norton alert said hundreds of users use that file, yet Norton took care of it. The “high” threats? 99% no lie trashed emails. To this day, no antivirus has ever tagged any email in my inbox. The suspicious emails I get with links or calendar invites for Microsoft Access or other scams? Norton never catches those—only the trashed ones I never even opened or deleted.
Honestly, this made me laugh. I have no idea who at Norton thinks this is the best approach. My guess? They’re not doing well—13% is nothing to be proud of. Make the PEOPLE happy.. they buy.. they tell others. Sorry.. this is not something new.. its old and they are not going to fix it anytime soon. Let me control .. that “WE STOPPED THAT FILE” every day.. and then the pop up is huge on 4k and 3440x1440. Let me allow me to turn those off.. and the rest. I just share show this and .. get another that is just as good yet.. none of these .. things
