10 Secrets Norton/Symantec Doesn't Want You To Know

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10. You can always install the product on twice as many computers as stated in the EULA. This is enforced via the backend and a grace number is allowed.

9. If you ask for a refund, Symantec will probably give it. If your order is more than 60 days old, Symantec may have to cut you a check, but odds are good Symantec will give you your money back.

8. When you get a order refunded, the product/entitlement/subscription is not disabled on the backend. You can continue to use your product as normal without any consequences.

7. We enroll you into our Automatic Renewal service on the www.symantecstore.com without giving you the chance to opt-out of enrollment during the purchase process. You have to access the link in the email we send you to disable this enrollment.

6. Customer Support in India is the best thing that has ever happened to Norton/Symantec . They take 1+ million calls a month. Prior to outsourcing, the most calls per month was less than 100k. You may hate the accent, but they do great work.

5. We know the performance of our product sucks. This has been an engineering priority for 3 continuous years, progress is being made.

4. You don't have to "upgrade" to get upgrade pricing. From the www.symantecstore.com website, select upgrade and you will pay a reduced price for the upgrade. You may be asked for prior proof of purchase, but you don't have to provide it.

3. When you upgrade from product X to Product Y, product y Does not inherit the subscription time from product X. Calling Support and asking to have the time transferred will provide you with this extra time.

2. Symantec support agents will do whatever it takes to make you happy. This includes giving away free things. We can give free shipping, eliminate processing fees and do price matching as needed. Just ask for it.

1. With the right search engine, you can find coupon codes to buy Symantec software for free. The store website has coupon codes, every company needs codes to test with, some are easily guessable.

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Mr. Spoofee, your opinion, please. Norton Antivirus vs. AVG free version:
Is Norton worth the price?
Thanks
 
sucks moose? now THAT'S a funny comment!
 
Mr. Spoofee, your opinion, please. Norton Antivirus vs. AVG free version:
Is Norton worth the price?
Thanks

1) Is Norton worth the price?
You can just about always get a Free After Rebate deal on Norton. So price is zero. Yes, it's easily worth that price.

2) AVG
Scan slashdot (a community of technology professionals) for discussions about AVG. You'll find comments such as:
AVG backs down from flooding the internet
Slimy anti-virus provider AVG is spamming the internet with deceptive traffic
A while back, I did some testing of my own ...AVG was dead last, and could not stop even simple web attacks from propagating,
 
Avast is free & does a wonderful job. Just download it. Fully automatic updates & stuff.....
download.com has tens of thousands of free programs & shareware.
 
I had nortons 360 but was very unhappy with it. Kept messing up had to delete it and reinstalled several times and it is so bloated it slowed me down a lot. So what is the best one out there now? Something not to expensive please but something I can rely on to do its thing without a lot of my having to remember to do stuff since I have a bad case of CRS syndrome.
 
Avast is free & does a wonderful job. Just download it. Fully automatic updates & stuff.....
download.com has tens of thousands of free programs & shareware.

I agree Avast has been working great for years with me. :bigok::bigok:
 
Kaspersky is the best out there. Just read around, and you'll see.
 
And that, my friend, is why I, a former Norton user since 1990s, am looking into getting something else. This past year with them has been a disaster!! I actually cheered when the subscription expired, lol. :hippie:
 
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