I have written about may problems with the Internet security, virus and spam software offered by Symantec called Norton 360, of how the software would not stay active, protecting me against virus and spam attacks in previous blogs. See entries My ‘annus mirabilis’, A day of travel , and I hate Computers .
An old friend, Nick Milonakis, a Greek national, A blast from the past , sent me a recommendation for a new software called Kasperski.
I have loaded and used Kasperski internet security now for over a month, and all my troubles with Norton 360 have disappeared. Thank you Nick. I can now go to the airport, get on the WiFi and surf the internet, download my emails.
I had never heard of Kasperski before Nick told me about it. But walking around a local PCWorld shop, I spied a display of the software. On asking an assistant about Kasperski software, he said that in his opinion, and the awards it had received, it was the best on the market. He added that one offering had dropped in popularity, (Mcfee) as they were not keeping-up with protection against new virus and spams, and that Norton 360, seemed to have lost the plot, that they had problems which were not being resolved, whereas, Kasperski were on top.
Why then were PCWorld still promoting Norton’s software on every shelf?
Why were PCWorld offering half price deals on Norton 360?
Perhaps they have a special deal from Norton, giving them more profit.
Perhaps they have a contract to sell so many packs.
Perhaps there is more commission to be earned by the sales people.
Perhaps they know that the general public often do not complain if things do not work.
Perhaps they know that Norton will bring out a replacement in a few months, so the problems will disappear.
Perhaps they know that the vast majority of purchasers will not realise that the software does not protect their computers as the package purports to do.
Perhaps they have buried their head in the sand, hoping the problems of Norton 360 will disappear.
I recommend Kasperski internet software from my own experiences, and you can by it from Amazon, or download it from Kaspersky.
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