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Norton May Be Worse Than Any Virus You Could Get

Posted by EsquireMac in Windows on Jul 9th, 2008 | 4 comments
My mother (who runs her own business) recently made the switch from PC to Mac. I helped her set up and get familiar with her new MacBook Pro. I installed Windows XP via VM Ware Fusion, and installed AVG antivirus because it is less bloated and it is free – two values Norton can’t wrap its head around. Anyway, I guess I didn’t explain to her that her Windows installation was already protected by AVG. What did she do? She installed (and paid for!) Norton Antivirus. ACK! Next thing you know, her Windows installation would not boot – not even in safe mode. Thankfully, I set her up...
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