Why is Norton Security no longer free on my Apple
iMac (20-inch Mid 2007), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8)
A) I think you need to ask Symantec that question.
B) You do not need an anti-malware package. Mac OS X includes it is own protection and 3rd party products are redundant, consume unnecessary resources, have been responsible for system performance issues, and in some cases are responsible for kernel panics.
It was never free, and never came installed on a Mac.
It should be avoided.
lastappleforme wrote:
Why is Norton Security no longer free on my Apple
You are lucky, take the opportunity to get rid of Norton's junk once and for all.
As Larry says.
Norton Antivirus (made by Symantec) has a very long and illustrious reputation for mangling Mac OS X systems, sometimes to the point where a complete reinstall is necessary. Among other things, it installs kernel extensions which are known to cause kernel panics and system freezes; it contains known and documented bugs which can silently corrupt Adobe Photoshop and Adobe InDesign files, destroy a user's ability to authenticate as an administrator, and (on PPC systems) can cause Classic to stop functioning; and Symantec has on at least two occasions now released flawed .dat file updates which erroneously report certain critical Mac OS X files as "viruses." (Deleting these "viruses" causes damage to the system that in some cases renders it unbootable.)
Norton has also been reported as damaging iPhone backups.
Norton Removal Tool (Symantec Uninstaller):
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH103489&locale =en_US
As Larry says.
Who is Larry?
Oops! Sorry Lanny! 😊
Why is Norton Security no longer free
