Norton Antivirus, an excellent way to mess up your computer... :eek:

Looking4new · Feb 10, 2015

Norton A-V screwed me over big time as well as McAfee. I run the other way from both of them....I use Avast A-V and run Malwarebytes once a week.
I'm running Win7 64bit on an I5 motherboard.

texasjohn · Feb 10, 2015

YEP, Avast and Malwarebytes for me .

EarPlug · Feb 10, 2015

Bird said:
HOWEVER, I do still use Norton Identity Safe for my passwords, and I want to also get rid of that. How do others of you keep track of your passwords and have them automatically fill in on the various websites?

I use LastPass https://lastpass.com/

Oaktree · Feb 10, 2015

Looking4new said:
I use Avast A-V and run Malwarebytes once a week.

My issue with Avast (and this might have changed...it's been several years) is that it requires a license key (which they email to you) even on the free version. Seems needlessly complicated, and gives them a valid address to spam you with. I stick with AVG-Free.

If I were the type to believe in conspiracies

I'd say that the AV software companies are responsible for at least a portion of the virii out there as a form of job security.

Daver1963 · Feb 10, 2015

The military used Norton for years and then the company was sold to the Chinese. We switched to McAfee.

Daver1963 · Feb 10, 2015

Oaktree said:
My issue with Avast (and this might have changed...it's been several years) is that it requires a license key (which they email to you) even on the free version. Seems needlessly complicated, and gives them a valid address to spam you with.

That is what Hotmail is for instead of using your main email.

MossRoad · Feb 10, 2015

Daver1963 said:
The military used Norton for years and then the company was sold to the Chinese. We switched to McAfee.

Norton is owned by Symantec, an American company.

jix · Feb 10, 2015

Norton is now Chinese??? Well, I'll be go to heck! Fox watching the chickens mebbe??

jix · Feb 10, 2015

MossRoad said:
Norton is owned by Symantec, an American company.

Not True... Check google Symantek was in fact sold to a Chinese Company. PERIOD!!

Daver1963 · Feb 10, 2015

MossRoad said:
Norton is owned by Symantec, an American company.

The date on this linked story (I put a screenshot of the first few paragraphs on to make it easier) is after we quit using Norton. Maybe our people knew something others don't. Maybe it was the DoD's way of punishing Symantec for partnering with a Chinese firm. Either way we quit using them.
China's Silent Cyber Takeover