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Symantec Launches Anti-Spyware Beta

Posted by Zonk on from the computer-as-appliance dept.

daria42 writes "Symantec has launched the beta test version of its anti-spyware application, which will be sold from June as part of Norton Internet Security 2005. The company's Norman Kohlberger said the main aim of the new combined product was to make PC security as easy as possible for the end user. 'The computer is not a toy anymore. It has turned into a toaster and microwave -- it has become an integral part of the home environment,' he said. 'We have to reduce the complexity. People do not want privacy software, firewall, antivirus, spyware, adware and blended threats. The average individual is saying I don't want this anymore. Just fix it. What we are doing is reducing the complexity.'"

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  1. Get a Mac! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The average individual is saying I don't want this anymore. Just fix it.

    This is exactly where the Mac fits in. You don't have to worry about it, it works without fear of these problems.

  2. Re:Article. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I hope you don't get modded up for copying and pasting...