I'll pull a Keberoxu here, pulling up an ancient thread.

I was looking for a Tech heading and noticed this thread in the results. Hasn't the world changed! Symantec bought Norton, and now Symantec has been purchased by Broadcom. That company shows up at about the same time as this thread. Coincidence? :)

At one time stores like Fry's Electronics offered great rebates and coupons for the annual update of security software, keeping it quite affordable. I paid for and used Norton from my early computer days until about the time this thread was started (2005), then switched to free software (several brands - AVG, Avast, Comodo), and then paid for Kaspersky for several years until Windows seems to have rendered it dead. I finally got smart and use the free security software (I suspect MacAfee is behind it) called Security Suite offered by Spectrum because (drumroll) they have an interest in Internet connections and customers remaining secure. I think I have licenses for a dozen devices with my Spectrum account. Saved $70 or so a year with that move. But I do pay $25 annually for Malwarebytes after using it free for several years.