To be sure, most crypto mining these days takes place via large organizations with incredible computing power. Perhaps this feature is a non-issue then, in the grand scheme of things. However, the negative publicity Norton is receiving is notable.
With cryptos down today, is this a sign that the euphoria has come to an end? On the date of publication, Chris MacDonald did not have either directly or indirectly any positions in the securities mentioned in this article.
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Great product. Excessive ads even with a Deluxe subscription. I purchased Norton Deluxe with Lifelock a little over a year ago. As far as it's protection, it is a great product. Though I do have a big issue with their service, this is their constant ads. I turned off my popups in windows so it stops notifying me but that is an annoyance on a paid product to be loaded with ads.
Now they want me to use my computer's idle time for money. Well if they just had 1 banner ad and then let me close out that, it woul Show More d be fine. Nope, now when I open up Norton to look at it there is a giant banner on top causing me to scroll through to get the the services I need.
Why not make this closeable? Again, I am paying for this, enough with the ads. Guess what? Again with ads Again, I should be able to close this, there is a service behind this and I cannot access it because this ad is blocking it. Literally blocking the product I have paid for. They have seriously blocked me from using a paid product by a stack of 6 ads for other services I might want. I buy antivirus for the obvious protection. I run a small business and I need my stuff secure, I need financials safe, I need to know that my customer's information is safe, I need to be able to communicate safely and reliably with customers so my phone and computer must have protection so I don't lose everything.
I completely understand Norton having better options, having other services available to me if needed. They are a great product and have ways to make it better. What I think they should do instead of keeping constant banners and ads and popups is have a selectable option Need Something Else? Hell, having 1 banner or ad pop up roughly once a month that had a little "x" on it which I could close to not see again would be fine.
That is what other services do. But this constant annoyance has brought me here, to knock their otherwise great product, because I feel if enough people know and share their negative experience Norton will hopefully change this to something a little less undesirable. I have literally wasted 30 minutes because of my annoyance, thank you Norton. I initially posted this elsewhere, just wanted to expand potential views of my post. VERY Unethical company.
Nothing to see here, Symantec just living up to its reputation. Tell your family members to uninstall this worthless software and move on to something better.
It will save you loads of time down the road on those free tech coupons family members tend to cash in on when they make poor decisions such as this. I use to pay for anti-virus software up until a few years ago. Margaret Bytes Anti-Malware is also another free on- demand scanner that can supplement windows defender, without any added cost. I have been using Norton for many years now, am familiar with their program, have always liked it, and use their Password Manager.
For some time now, Norton, by using popups, is pushing all kinds of other protection programs to encourage customers to sign up and pay more, of course, and I find that bothersome. Rubbish news. Whoever feels threated by this is simply an idiot. I wonder why y keep spreading the FUD. Norton is a great bit of software imho. No bloat or shady stuff, hardly ever notice it. I think all the free ones are data mining. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
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Jony said on January 5, at pm. Nope not 1st April. Truly bizarre thing for Norton to do. Tom Hawack said on January 5, at pm. ULBoom said on January 5, at pm. We just got a foot of snow, time to clear the driveway with my trusty cake spatula. Utopia Now said on January 5, at pm. Richard said on January 5, at pm. John said on January 8, at pm. Tony said on January 5, at pm. Anonymous said on January 6, at am. I use a browser protection from Avast, now owned by Norton. Is this a risk of the mentioned mining-misuse?
Can anybody advice another browser protection which can be trusted? Greta Titberg said on January 6, at am. ShintoPlasm said on January 6, at am.
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