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Re:Symantec: it’s dangerous to rely on free antivirus by antirez on Sunday July 05, 2009 @12:47PM (#688395)
I'm not a Windows guy and I can't confirm this, but my windoze-guru friends always say one thing to people asking for advices:

don't install Symantec products

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Re:Symantec: it’s dangerous to rely on free antivirus by MoeDrippins on Sunday July 05, 2009 @12:59PM (#688421)
Anecdotal, I know, but a few times I've UNinstalled Norton on my father-in-law's machines, replaced with either AVG or Avast, and stopped its incessant HD activity, speeding it up quite a bit.
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