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Norton was great when Peter Norton actually ran the company. Peter Norton was an excellent programmer.




That may be true.
But what Peter Norton was famous for was “Norton Utilities” which included things like UnErase, DiskOp, Wipe Disk, Wipe File, a diagnostic utility, disk caching, etc. It did not include any anti virus software until after Symantec had already bought the company.

And, FWIW, I have used Symantec/Norton a/v products for over 15 years and have no complaints.