In a few months Norton 360 renew, changing to just Anti-Virus


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retiredat44

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In a few months Norton 360 renew, changing to just Anti-Virus. Tired of bloat... they went backwards again, it was doing well up until the last couple of years... IMHO. I do not pay ful price anyways, I get it for a fraction of what Norton sells it for on their website. I have been voicing my option on Norton forums for quite a while. Lots of people are fed up with bloatware constantly being aggressively pushed on us with all kinds of popups, reminders, etc.
 
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i uninstalled, computer running great.. good byeeeee Norton... have used it for 35 years.. they totally wrecked it.. again!
 

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Win11i9-1390064 GBNvidia RTX 5070 TI OC
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Win11
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PC/Desktop
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Asus Home built
CPU
i9-13900
Motherboard
ASUS Strix Z790-H
Memory
64 GB
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Nvidia RTX 5070 TI OC
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Sony 55"
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SSD
PSU
850 watt EVGA
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Cooler Master Haf 932
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CoolerMaster
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RedDragon
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I used lots of different AV products over the years, including Norton, McAfee, AVG, etc. I'm running with just Windows Security and Malwarebytes for the last three or four years. Too much junk in most of the big names nowadays! My days of going to tons of mystery sites are long behind me now.

I'm a big believer in a lot of layers of backup, that's better protection than trying to outguess all the clowns trying to infect computers. :-)
 

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that is why I have layers of protection all it takes is one of the millions of scumbags out there to screw you up really bad!
 

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Win11i9-1390064 GBNvidia RTX 5070 TI OC
OS
Win11
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Manufacturer/Model
Asus Home built
CPU
i9-13900
Motherboard
ASUS Strix Z790-H
Memory
64 GB
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia RTX 5070 TI OC
Monitor(s) Displays
Sony 55"
Hard Drives
SSD
PSU
850 watt EVGA
Case
Cooler Master Haf 932
Cooling
CoolerMaster
Keyboard
RedDragon
Mouse
CoolerMaster
Internet Speed
300/300
Antivirus
Defender
Other Info
VR, Virtual Reality
retiredat44 said:
that is why I have layers of protection all it takes is one of the millions of scumbags out there to screw you up really bad!
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The greatest anti-virus of all is the grey matter between the users' ears. But, my late father-in-law was one of those click happy people who clicked on every pop-up that promised to speed up his computer.
 

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