Why Norton AntiVirus are NOT recommended on your Mac

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Just FYI, any Norton product for Macs are highly NOT recommended. Some examples of why this is:

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This has been made mentioned in Wikipedia as well.

The problem lies in that Norton products slow down the machines and causes a lot of problems even after uninstallation. This was due to its inelegant approach to making software for your Mac, and an ineffective "Uninstaller".

If you really want AV software on your Mac for non-existent Mac viruses, or you want to prevent viruses being spread to Windows PCs you can use these ones:

http://www.clamxav.com/

or

http://www.intego.com/isb/