[dayglored]

> Do products like Norton (etc) protect from viruses? I thought that’s what you pay them to do.

In my opinion, large costly packages like Northon, McAfee, etc. have outlived their usefulness.

Yeah, they can protect against the older viruses and malware. But the vast majority of modern (last 10 years) attacks on personal computers are "human engineering" -- they attack the user first, getting him/her to click on a link or download something.

Malwarebytes and similar lightweight products are a better bet, in my opinion.

The best defense is a high level of human situational awareness. Think before you click.

[MikelTackNailer]

"Do products like Norton (etc) protect from viruses? I thought that’s what you pay them to do?"

Malwarebytes and similar lightweight products are a better bet, in my opinion. (snip)

The best defense is a high level of human situational awareness. Think before you click.

"Words of wisdom, Lloyd. Words...of...wisdom."

Riding herd on a bunch of careless users' workstations at a small brokerage some years back I found Norton screwing up other programs and functions like a virus itself. Deciding to remove and replace with better, less-intrusive software I found the bastard often did it's damndest to prevent removal (no uninstall.exe, of course).

I've got a useless Norton Backup program on my inherited Win10 unit now that won't die no matter what I do. It seems to be a remnant that doesn't do anything but stick there in the background program list, mocking my impotence - knowing I won't muck with registries without EXACT understanding.

"Norton!!!"