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How come Norton Internet Security never finds any viruses on my pc. Yet Spyware Doctor does?

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How come Norton Internet Security never finds any viruses on my pc. Yet Spyware Doctor does?

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Emily Hockett

Norton is best used for finding viruses, but Spy Doctor or SUPERAntispyware finds spyware, malware, etc. They play two different roles entirely.

Norton is good, but it is very expensive. I like AVG or Avast because they are free forever and do just as good a job or better. But I still keep SUPERAntispyware on hand just in case

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Norton Internet Security Suite does not detect much Spyware. All types of spyware could be on a system that only uses Norton Suites. Norton is the worst internet security out on the market today. There are free security solutions that far exceed Norton in functionality and doing the proper job. Norton does not detect Malicious Cookies, which are Cookies that do more than normal Cookies. Malicious Cookies are spyware, and report on browsing activities of the user. My Panda gets rid of these all of the day long. Somehow when a Malicious Cookies are deleted, the sender is alerted and sends another. That is why Panda is continually blocking and deleting Malicious Cookies from the same vendor all day long. Spyware Doctor focuses solely on spyware, and as such should get rid of Malicious Cookies. However, any Internet Security Suite worth anything will get rid of this type of malware without any need to install multiple solutions. I use only Panda and never get infected. Panda gets rid of ev

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