Symantec Exec Warns Against Relying On Free Antivirus

thefickler writes "Clearly, the rise of free antivirus is starting to worry Symantec, with one of their top executives warning consumers not to rely on free antivirus software (including Microsoft's Security Essentials). 'If you are only relying on free antivirus to offer you protection in this modern age, you are not getting the protection you need to be able to stay clean and have a reasonable chance of avoiding identity theft,' said David Hall, a Product Manager for Symantec. According to Hall, there is a widening gap between people's understanding of what protection they need and the threats they're actually facing."

Comments

Re:Symantec is saying this?

[LVSlushdat]

It isn't just AV from Symantec.. When they absorbed BackupExec from Veritas, it went from *good* to *less_than_good*.. I've been using BE since Seagate owned it, and back then it was fantastic, kicking Arcserve to the ground... Now BE is just a bloated pig always kicking up new and wonderful errors that get to call into phone support to have them tell you "it isn't supposed to do that"... Everything Symantec touches turns to crap...

Re:W^X

[ciderVisor]

Most mainstream distros are years ahead of Windows as far as ease of use, maintenance and speed.

What a lot of shite. Seriously. Video apps have a tendency to run faster and smoother on Windows. Ease of use ? Name me one current GUI-based OS which is even slightly difficult to use for anyone smarter than a moron.