As I have written here before, I hosted a Windows 7 Ultimate Launch party, and for the party there were a couple of offers for software that was a kick-start to getting people purchase other software, to go along with Windows 7.
The biggies on the list were deals on Norton Internet Security and Kaspersky Antivirus. [...]
Over at independent comparator and evaluator, AV-Comparatives, we see that in one of their latest tests, Microsoft Security Essentials is rated at the top of all the free antivirus products and very high when the paid versions are thrown in.
I don’t debate the results. I don’t doubt that the site has gotten them after their [...]
Symantec, destroyer of all things good (Norton Utilities, Central Point Software, XTree Software, and a cast of thousands…) has once again reacted inappropriately to the release of the Microsoft Security Essentials, with a little video, (ostensibly) showing us that free software has a price.
Well, the video is not something that will engross anyone but the [...]
Just about the time you thought it was at least possible to casually peruse the internet without full armor, it appears that it’s time to put the chainmail back on, no matter how much it chafes.
Places you thought you could trust are popping up with embedded trojans, making it unsafe to peer through your firewall [...]
It makes me wonder just how many years the company can put out shoddy software, and trade on the name of fine software that used to be put out by the Peter Norton Company.
Despite the fact that we seem to get at least one story per year, retelling the story of how the Symantec offering [...]
So says the New York Times. The story is that longtime security company McAfee, not a close second, in the market share calculations, is tired of playing second fiddle to industry leader Symantec, who holds a bit over half of the market.
As I stated yesterday, Symantec has built its base largely upon the name recognition [...]
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