It seems that the bloated AV products from not just Symantec, but also Norton an...

		janitha on July 5, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Symantec: it’s dangerous to rely on free antivirus It seems that the bloated AV products from not just Symantec, but also Norton and McAfee, have a lot in common with the symptoms of malware and viruses `- Sucks up CPU - Sucks up Memory - Sucks up Disk Space - A Small Performance hit - Uses network bandwidth - Annoys you to hell with reminders to buy their product - Close to impossible to get rid of at times`

Norton is part of Symantec. It's just a branding thing for corporate/consumer use.