Originally Posted by haigha

I'm not sure where you get this. Norton was pathetic for years. More recent versions are better but I have not seen ANY data backed report where it came ahead of Eset and several others in terms of AV/AS.

Unfortunately, I think this one, which is among the leading sites for AV rating, is only available now by subscription.

Virus Bulletin : News - Symantec slip sparks suspicion, spam

For me it's falls into onced burned (confirmed by a number of friends) that leads me to say avoid Norton.

So they may be better than they were a few years ago, but they're at it again:

Virus Bulletin : News - Symantec slip sparks suspicion, spam

Typical comment:

" note that Symantec's products come bundled with most every out of the box pc and note book. It is the first thing I remove and replace with something much less resource intensive and yet far more effective. *cough avg *cough

Regards,

Snoogs "