Noooo. Leave my Norton Internet Security alone.              

Symantec really has some strange notions about security protection. 

AzN-SoLjA
Abandoned that ship long ago xP

Thanks for spreading your STI/STD to all your friends and family, im sure they appreciate it.

They said they have no plans of abandoning Norton but are looking to other lines for profit.

Interesting, so now when hax0rs come into mah pC and try to steal my mEgaHurtZ nothing will stop them?

knightsilver
I havent used  Symantec since 1999!
 
Safe surfing and Internet Common Sense goes a long ways these days............

Its amazing how people who say use common sense, have no common sense, or at least no basic knowledge if internet safety.

I dont care if the software is premium on not, running around the internet with no AV is beyond stupid.
I dont care how smart you are with computers, but there are two things stopping the common sense attitude from working, the tricks to not getting virus have two problems
 
1, they are not common sense fixes, what normal guy thinks I should run a javascript blocker?
2. You loose a stupid amount of functionality when running javascript blockers
3. No mater how safe you are on the internet, you WILL get a virus, its not a case of if, its a case of when.
4. The reasoning behind not using AVs is flawed, has been for the past 7 years now. AVs do not slow down your system, nor do they get in your way of using the computer.
5. If they have the knowledge required to prevent getting virus with "common sense" that they claim to have, they would recognize the huge problem in their browsing habits.
6. Virus are discrete, Many of the time you wont recognize you have one without the assistance of another program
7. All of the good AV programes alert of a virus, yes you need to scan your computer still, but most of them will be caught with the active scan rather then the scheduled one.

Just because its less effective at preventing them does not mean you stop using them
 
condoms are only actually effective verses bacterial STDs, Virus like HIV, not so much, but only a fool would not wear one, they still limit the number of viruses.
Take AVs off your computer, the maker does not even have to try to get around that.

Surf in a sandbox environment, same goes for emails and downloads, use common sense and don't go do stupid things and interact with strange things. I use a separate Linux box on an encrypted VPN network and use zero anti-virus. On my Windows side used only for gaming these days I use Bitdefender and Adblock knowing nothing on that side is not safe 100% and I am fine with that. Everything important to me is backed up and off-line. You can't trust someone or something else 100% for protection.

starsmine
condoms are only actually effective verses bacterial STDs, Virus like HIV, not so much, but only a fool would not wear one, they still limit the number of viruses.

But condoms do stop HIV....

starsmine

seta8967

starsmine
condoms are only actually effective verses bacterial STDs, Virus like HIV, not so much, but only a fool would not wear one, they still limit the number of viruses.

But condoms do stop HIV....

Not really, no. The virus is smaller then the "mesh" of the latex.

From CDC:
When used correctly and consistently, condoms are highly effective in preventing HIV infection.
Condoms are also effective at preventing sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) transmitted through body fluids, like gonorrhea, chlamydia, and HIV. However, they provide less protection against STDs spread through skin-to-skin contact like human papillomavirus (genital warts), genital herpes, and syphilis.

Source: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/basics/prevention.html

Of course. The detection rate with any AV will never be 100% but having a reputable one gives you good piece of mind. What typical consumer really wants to play Russian roulette and play in a very little sandbox?

I'm a very aware web surfer but time to time Norton identifies and blocks malicious scripts. I would never surf without Internet AV protection, personally.