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My - 1 day - bad experience with Norton
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<blockquote data-quote="Tiamati" data-source="post: 872371" data-attributes="member: 56785"><p>Yes. As you saw, my experience was really bad. I uninstalled Norton cause those 2 false positives it found were sites that i use a lot. So if i wanted to keep it, i'd have to face Norton blocking those pages all the time - as Norton doesn't offer any way to exclude those pages from the signatures. </p><p></p><p>All comments i did were based on experiences that can be evaluated in that time. For example, the installation process, the management of configs, and - surprisingly - finding 2 FP in 1 day.</p><p></p><p>BTW, i made clear that my experience is limited to that period. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite110" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Actually it isn't. I meant it was running in background even after closing the browser. All those browser i mentioned were minimized for that bottom bar with norton, day, sound. etc... after closing the browsers. The only extensions i've ever saw with this behaviour were VPN extensions (meant to keep the VPN access 100% of time with the installed browser) and Norton extensions.</p><p></p><p>Other extensions like Kaspersky protection, Bitdefender TrafficLight, Htttps everywhere, ublock, etc, are only loaded when (and during) the browser is in use.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Unfortunately</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I think that a paid AV shouldn't even consider telling you to use their search engine "because it's safer". Its probably as safe as using google or any other. Maybe it will exclude some pishing pages from the query, but thats why you already have SmartScreen, SafeBrowsing and the Norton web defense itself (without mentioning MBGD, BTLS, etc). The only true reason they ask you to use their search engine is to make more profit with you, by tracking your web habits. So basically you are paying to use their service and to see them asking you to track your search - and send more information "anonymously -, so they can make more money with you. I don't think it's ethical, and i would not trust a company that tries to explore its users in every way they can find. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I don't think so. It certainly makes more sense than saying that all extension run in background by default <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tiamati, post: 872371, member: 56785"] Yes. As you saw, my experience was really bad. I uninstalled Norton cause those 2 false positives it found were sites that i use a lot. So if i wanted to keep it, i'd have to face Norton blocking those pages all the time - as Norton doesn't offer any way to exclude those pages from the signatures. All comments i did were based on experiences that can be evaluated in that time. For example, the installation process, the management of configs, and - surprisingly - finding 2 FP in 1 day. BTW, i made clear that my experience is limited to that period. ;) Actually it isn't. I meant it was running in background even after closing the browser. All those browser i mentioned were minimized for that bottom bar with norton, day, sound. etc... after closing the browsers. The only extensions i've ever saw with this behaviour were VPN extensions (meant to keep the VPN access 100% of time with the installed browser) and Norton extensions. Other extensions like Kaspersky protection, Bitdefender TrafficLight, Htttps everywhere, ublock, etc, are only loaded when (and during) the browser is in use. Unfortunately I think that a paid AV shouldn't even consider telling you to use their search engine "because it's safer". Its probably as safe as using google or any other. Maybe it will exclude some pishing pages from the query, but thats why you already have SmartScreen, SafeBrowsing and the Norton web defense itself (without mentioning MBGD, BTLS, etc). The only true reason they ask you to use their search engine is to make more profit with you, by tracking your web habits. So basically you are paying to use their service and to see them asking you to track your search - and send more information "anonymously -, so they can make more money with you. I don't think it's ethical, and i would not trust a company that tries to explore its users in every way they can find. I don't think so. It certainly makes more sense than saying that all extension run in background by default :) [/QUOTE]
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