Norton DESTROYS operating systems by corrupting C:/windows/system 32 files upon uninstalling Norton. It also leaves so many frigging registry entries (NAV,SYM,SYMANTEC,NORTON..etc) that I counted over 1,000 entries...TOTALLY UNECESSARY!! AVG FREE uses a fraction of what Norton does and runs amazingly well...By the way, all you need is SYGATE or ZONE ALARM free version to run with AVG...works much better than SNORTIN'NORTON!!!
Norton also acts like a 'PARANOID MOTHER HEN' by constantly monitoring and checking all computer activities...USING up system resources...I.E. RAM, in the background.(WANT A SLOW COMPUTER ANYONE???????????????)
Someone must be writing code(ie. viruses) to confuse some of the AV detection files as I worked on someones'computer with Norton 2003 AV which had become corrupted by 34 viruses(6 Trojans, 7 Worms, and the rest were JS and other viruses)NICE WORK MR.NORTON!! The fellow with the installed NAV had no idea that his computer was 'possessed', so to speak.
GEE, I wonder if that is why he had windows opening and closing sporatically, and the 'twitchy' mouse syndrome, and his e-mail disappearing and files being re-named....HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!
NICE WORK MR.NORTON.....I GIVE YOU A (-8 out of 10) for causing grief and turmoil.
Sincerely
David (Computer technician)