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Symantec Support Gone Rogue?

DigitalDame2 writes "PCMag Security Analyst Neil Rubenking has always praised Symantec's tech support. Lately, though, a number of readers have reported problems with chat support, so he investigated. Rubenking was trying to install Norton 360 version 3.0 on a malware-infested system when the computer crashed with a blue screen error. He connected with Symantec tech support and was told that they could fix the problem, but for a fee of $100! (Here is the transcript and screen-captures of the chat.) Even more, Symantec support suggested that he use a malware-removal tool that wasn't even made by Symantec."

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  1. Re:lol by DesertBlade · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Technically you are still walking the same direction. They just got you so turned around you don't know where you are going.

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    Half of writing history is hiding the truth.
  2. allow me to summarise by Swampash · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Boy, sucks to be running Windows!