• @[email protected]
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    421 month ago

    On that matter, why is Norton antivirus so popular? I don’t remember being prompted to install one when installing Windows, yet I’ve seen a lot of people with it.

    • @radix
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      531 month ago

      Back in the day, Norton actually made some useful tools. They’ve been coasting on that 90s reputation for decades, though. It’s all unnecessary bloatware now.

      • @Tash
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        101 month ago

        You gave me flashbacks of the Peter Norton and John McAfee days!

      • @criss_cross
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        430 days ago

        There’s still contracts that force anti-virus on servers and desktops so that may be their other source of revenue

    • @[email protected]
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      361 month ago

      Back in the day, you were pushed hard to either put McAfee or Norton on your computer when you bought one from Dell, Compaq, etc. A lot of older people still think you need to do that so it’s still pretty popular.

      • KingJalopy
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        91 month ago

        I always used kaspersky which I stupidly downloaded from a torrent lol. Guess it worked? I’ll never know tho.

        • @kautau
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          151 month ago

          It protected our computer perfectly :)

      • @shneancy
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        341 month ago

        strange, most IT professionals will tell you the only thing you need is Windows Defender and an ability to think before clicking strange download buttons

        • @[email protected]
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          201 month ago

          Not strange, most executives will sign a deal where another company gives them money for every laptop they sell with that company’s product preinstalled.