# Symantec, you bastards -- this should be free!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symantec-you-bastards-this-should-be-free/366590>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [July 30, 2006, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symantec-you-bastards-this-should-be-free/366590 "2006-07-30T00:04:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symantec-you-bastards-this-should-be-free/366590/21 "2006-08-04T21:34:39Z")

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[QUOTE=Ponder Stibbons]  
The last time I tried it it didn’t work for crap, either. It’s been a few years, though, maybe they’ve improved it since then. And maybe aliens have landed in my back yard sometime today.  
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It has worked fine for me in windows 2000 and windows XP.

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