# Fuck Norton SystemWorks

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-norton-systemworks/382648>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [December 3, 2006, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-norton-systemworks/382648 "2006-12-03T01:38:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-norton-systemworks/382648/21 "2006-12-04T02:00:02Z")

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Norton was hell. McAfee seemed better but turned out to be a different kind of hell.  
Then I got Trend Micro. Ahhhhhh…no more hell.

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**Author:** ![El\_Zagna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@El\_Zagna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Zagna)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-norton-systemworks/382648/22 "2006-12-04T14:57:05Z")

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Certain software has gotten consistently bad reviews from the teeming millions over the years. Norton, McAfee and PeopleSoft are probably the most commonly pitted, but I would add PowerBuilder and CSS as software (or in the case of CSS - specs) from hell.

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**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-norton-systemworks/382648/23 "2006-12-04T17:24:13Z")

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[QUOTE=EddyTeddyFreddy]  
… a firewall …  
[/QUOTE]  
When I purged Norton Internet Security a couple of years ago, I got a router, intended only to be used as a firewall. The bliss it’s given me is worth much more than I payed for it. I just checked Best Buy and you can get one that will do the job for $40. It won’t deal with spam and I know you asked about software, but a hardware firewall will be a rtemendous boost to your system. It doesn’t use a single cycle of your CPU and no RAM.

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