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"Works fast, but expired subscription=no protection!"
1.5 starson by EdEllksPros: Works very fast, detects viruses well. Low memory footprint. Great if you keep up on your subscription.
Cons: The #1 thing wrong with this product is intentionally done by Symantec. They now exort you to get you to resubscribe. How? With prior versions, when your subscription expired, you couldn't get new virus signatures. Now, it COMPLETELY SHUTS DOWN.
Summary: I've been a loyal Norton Antivirus customer for over a decade, and have dozens of clients running this. Imagine how much grief I'm in if they don't renew their subscription before this thing expires.
It's a great product, don't get me wrong. But Symantec, you're telling your loyal customers to find another product, especially with good, free alternatives. Who in their right mind would make the entire product intentionally disable itself? That's intentionally causing your paying customers harm if they don't renew their subscription on time.
They've very effectively turned this into a one year software rental.
With so much good competition, I would recommend going to practically anything other than Norton now.
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SusanJ47 - If you call giving you a notice that your AntiVirus has expired as "loading", then you are correct.
The majority of people with common sense would more accurately understand that if you aren't protected from any threats whatsoever - that NAV isn't scanning ANYTHING AT ALL - then NAV isn't running. That's exactly what happens if you allow your subscription to expire. -
Which is it REALLY doing:
1. Completely shutting down.
2. Can't get updates, but continues to virus check.
3. Continues to run, but with 0 protection.
You claim #1.
It should do #2.
It actually does #3. -
I had a very similar experience, but worse. When my subscription expired, it crashed my PC. I had to take my computer to a repairman. Once they were able to remove Norton from my PC, it operated fine. I used Norton for many years, however, after that experience, I have no intentions on purchasing it again.
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