Norton Antivirus 11.0 for Mac

I honestly don't understand why people do this to themselves.

The same thing occurs on my iMac G5 PPC 1.8 GHz. I certainly feel that Symantec has taken me, and probably millions of others, to the cleaners over the years. I would be interested to hear from ANYONE who has benefited from Norton's "support" at any time in history.

Why do I keep paying for Norton AV for Mac? <Edited by Moderator>

Just click your heels together three times and see if you can wake up.

Jerry,

"I probably shouldn't be using Norton" is the answer to your question.

,dave

What is the purpose of installing antiviral software on a Mac? I'm only a newbie, but as I understand it, Macs don't get viruses.

Bottom Line: You don't need virus protection on a Mac.

I have come from the PC world and have dealt with Symantec's products. Norton Antivirus is a virus in and of itself. In the PC world if you try to remove those products, they leave traces of themselves all over the place and the only way to clean up is to remove all traces from the Windows registry. Symantec's products are junk. I always say "Norton Antivirus is a virus in and of itself."

Please don't waste your money. If you can, return the product to wherever you bought it and never think about it again. Macs simply don't need Antivirus software no matter what the so called "security experts" tell you. Security experts that says we need these products for Macs are simply voices for the sellers of these products and, therefore, will tell us anything to get us to buy them.

Hello Jerry,

Just have a look around the forums. Search for Norton. Its generally considered that Norton is lethal to a Mac. After some bad experiences - I won't even have Norton in the house. Let alone my computer!!!

Regards

Ian

Hi Jerry:

To add a +"me too"+ to Ian's observation, Norton software is POISON to a Mac running OS X. In my case, several years ago, I put the software on a little boat, lit it, and had a Viking funeral.

By the way, there are NO documented viruses that affect a Mac running OS X - NONE.

Barry

Well, I actually don't know if it is just rumors, but I've read-and heard- about viruses affecting iPhones. One of the things I was in love with when I bought my iMac was the lack viruses hanging around in the MacOS world, but I am certainly unsure how much repercussion will the -uhm, let's call it "massivisation" of Apple produced software will have on viruses on MacOS.

But just for now, I wouldn't use Norton in a Mac.
(mhh... I wouldn't even use it on a Windows-based PC...) But especially not on a Mac. : )
I know I'm not answering your question, I was just wondering.

Az

I'm having the same problem with my sav11

I bought NAV 11.0 and it is running fine. Although Mac OS X does not have viruses I connect to my company's network all the time. I use NAV so that my files passing thru my machine are not carriers of viruses to the PC world.

Another thought.. What would happen if I installed XP on my Mac. If I brought a virus thru the Mac OS X side, is it possible it could show up on my PC partition?

Nobody who is knowledgeable about PC's would recommend Norton or Mcaffee.
I was forced to install Norton on my Mac by an ignorant windows user who owns the network I connect to. I immediately began to experience the only crashes I ever have had with the Mac.

Only solution I could find was ditch it. Cleared the problem right up.
ClamX AV works nicely if you absolutely need the security blankie of AV software.