I have been reading many of the post about how most everyone on this FORUM dislikes Norton. I have my own reasons for wanting to dump it but can some of you tell us rookies what you don't like about it. All I normally hear is that you just don't like it. Are there any technical reasons and what exactly does it do to the OS that causes everything to slow down like in my case. I also don't like the arrogance of Symantecs at how they like control and very little support for your buck....remenscient of Microsoft. AVG here I come.it a resource hog.. it slows your computer way down you cant scan in safe mode. it doesnt detect as much as others do

it adds alot of other programs to your computer.

Somehow a lot of users get Norton to suddenly block stuff or have Norton shut down on its own. I never have these problems when I install AVG FREE for them and it still does a very good job. I think the resource hog must be my problem. I use AutoCAD most days and I SOMETIMES turn off Norton just to speed up my processing. Can't wait to get home and remove it for the last time.Anything that needs a special guide just to be uninstalled is too shady for me.dhinds ........ In defence of Norton Anti-Virus....... I used it for at least 5 or 6 years on one machine ...and never........ had any problems with viruses......
Now then, let me add that it does utilize a lot of the machines resources,but if one schedules a regular virus scan at times when the machine is not normally used.....there are no issues.

Others complain that Norton is difficult to remove...... Again, if users would utilize Norton's removal tool, there is no problem with removing it. At least Norton took the time to create a removal tool that does the job. A lot of users believe that simply going into the control panel, add/remove programs...and selecting a program to remove is all there is to it........ not so, some programs actually do this, but many do not. The program appears to have been removed, but there are file folders and some components left behind .......... not to mention unwanted registry entries.

Then we see comments like this......
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it a resource hog.. it slows your computer way down you cant scan in safe mode. it doesnt detect as much as others do
it adds alot of other programs to your computer.