# Norton Utilities are killing me. Has anyone else experienced this same problem? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 26, 2015, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norton-utilities-are-killing-me-has-anyone-else-experienced-this-same-problem/728958 "2015-08-26T16:11:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norton-utilities-are-killing-me-has-anyone-else-experienced-this-same-problem/728958/21 "2015-08-30T01:40:08Z")
> [@Charlie\_Wayne](#): > > I do not have Norton. I have never installed it on either of my two current PCs. It may have come bundled into the machine. I certainly didn’t install it on mine, but I’m also getting the damned updates, even with multiple removals of NAV. _shakes fist at notification_ It’s an annoyance, not a hardship, though. A hardship is the server going down three days before a hard go-live date and then having to work thirty-six solid hours to catch up. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norton-utilities-are-killing-me-has-anyone-else-experienced-this-same-problem/728958/22 "2015-08-30T04:30:34Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > I miss the days when Norton wasn’t a bloated piece of suck. AKA the 90’s. Yes, back when Peter Norton was actually running the company, it was a innovative & excellent piece of software. (And only took a couple of 5-1/4" floppies.) But I think that was back in the 1980’s. Peter sold to Symantic in 1990, and it took them a few versions before it became more bloat than worthwhile. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norton-utilities-are-killing-me-has-anyone-else-experienced-this-same-problem/728958.md?page=1)