norton antivirus on new macbooks?

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daidaidaidai
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in Mac Software edited January 2014
when purchasing a norton antivirus (for mac) for our macbooks, will i have to repurchase another norton antivirus (for windows) when i switch to use windows on my macbook?

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  • Reply 1 of 4
    dave k.dave k. Posts: 1,306member
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    Originally posted by DAIDAI

    when purchasing a norton antivirus (for mac) for our macbooks, will i have to repurchase another norton antivirus (for windows) when i switch to use windows on my macbook?



    Yes would need two separate licenses. Don't waste your money on the either version. According to Symantec themselves, there are no viruses on the Mac. Just use one of the open source AV programs for the PC.



    Dave
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  • Reply 2 of 4
    chuckerchucker Posts: 5,089member
    Use ClamWin or AntiVir on Windows, and $ABSOLUTELY_NOTHING on Mac OS X, then send the money you saved to me.
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    1337_5l4xx0r1337_5l4xx0r Posts: 1,558member
    What Chucker said. I sent him $60 bucks and have had no virus problems on my Powerbook in 4+ years.
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    alcimedesalcimedes Posts: 5,486member
    ClamAV also has an OSX version. If you really want virus protection, that's a free choice. On top of that it won't hose your system like Symantec's AV client can.
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