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    Yes. Their Corporate product sucks too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Coyote View Post

    I'm surprised no one seems to be outraged by Norton taking our money. Is this a common thing to happen?
    I know very few (do I know anyone??) who does not use the free ones. I think it might be as a result of this that nobody comments re the Norton fee. Nobody has experience with paying for antivirus/firewalls.

    A little like buying bottles of water for $2.50 when you have it free from a tap at home...

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    Thousands of people use the pay products because they arent computer literate and dont know of the better alternatives......

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    I'm surprised no one seems to be outraged by Norton taking our money. Is this a common thing to happen?
    I once signed up to the Consumer online (stupid idea), and they had one of these clauses that if you don't cancel they will charge your card for the next term.

    i calmly (bahahaha) pointed out to them that they are supposed to be the advocates for consumer rights etc etc. Their response was that this is a common practice........... go figure.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Usarka View Post
    Thousands of people use the pay products because they arent computer literate and dont know of the better alternatives......



    I once signed up to the Consumer online (stupid idea), and they had one of these clauses that if you don't cancel they will charge your card for the next term.

    i calmly (bahahaha) pointed out to them that they are supposed to be the advocates for consumer rights etc etc. Their response was that this is a common practice........... go figure.
    This was us for a long time.

    Consumer magazine is hilariously ironic. They'll gladly protect the consumer, giving out information they have found, so long as you buy a 1 years subscription. I love how they had some guy from the magazine (he's on target) that would come onto the breakfast show giving out vague warnings that'll become clear once you buy the magzine.

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    I'm a self taught 'puter gal and use Norton (oh the shame) and pay for it. Also spybot.

    Too timid to try and change because I am too lazy to try and learn more. Scared of losing stuff and feels safer with a "bought" package from a company.

    So I guess my annual fee is a stupidity tax!

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