The following is a paid review:

Norton Antivirus is one of the most popular lines of anti-virus software. I'm sure most of my readers have already heard of it and I'm sure many of you are already using it. Personally, I don't install any anti-virus software, but let me explain why. I have used anti-virus software from time-to-time in the past, but a few years ago I found the software was actually slowing my computer and quite often when I needed most to get work done. Now I'm an uber-geek. My income is based 100% on how much work I can get done on a computer. I need maximum performance all-the-time. Further, I know how to avoid viruses. In fact, I've only had one virus in my life and that was in the 80s. It was the Stoned virus. The university I was attending distributed versions of Minix on floppy disks, which happen to all contain the virus. We all got infected. Since then, I've been overly cautious and eventually I realized that the virus shield software was a nuisance that did nothing for me. I still do use virus scanning software from time-to-time, but now I use Windows Live OneCare. It has a small footprint, runs in your Web browser and it's free.

Am I suggesting that you shouldn't use Norton Antivirus? Of course not. Let me ask you some questions. Do you install software from small publishers on your computer? If you do, then you should consider a virus shield. Do you open attachments from Aunty Joanne? If you do, then you should consider a virus shield. Do you share music or porn online? If you do, then you should consider a virus shield. You may ask what I mean by a virus shield. Well, Windows Live OneCare is not a virus shield. It only scans your computer for existing viruses, it doesn't protect you from getting viruses in the first place. Norton Antivirus, on the other hand, can protect you from getting the virus in the first place because it actively scans your memory and downloads for viruses. Let me also point out that most all anti-virus software not only protect you from viruses, but they also protect you from other forms of malware; adware, spyware and more.

I have multiple computers in my household and not one of them have anti-virus software installed. And I have a 3 year-old that surfs the Internet several hours per day. I also have a 6 and 8 year-old that surf from time-to-time. I protect their computers by using the content filters built into Internet Explorer. They can't go to a website unless I specifically add the website to my whitelist. The point is that there is hundreds of ways of protecting computers from virus. Norton Antivirus is one of them and likely a very good one for most everybody, just not me. Children and particularly teenagers are very susceptible to viruses, because they tend to be very aggressive and naive.

Now, if and once you've decided to purchase Norton Antivirus, the next step is determining where to buy it. You can go to your local computer store, but it online at Amazon, but it directly from Symantec, buy it from Rmail shopping or buy it from a third party website. If you use this 3rd party website (antivirusdownload.com), then be sure to use their coupon for 10% off. This'll reduce the price from $39.99 to $35.99. This seems to beat the best price I can find online by $1. Now normally, I wouldn't suggest buying software from a 3rd party website like antivirusdownload.com, but after investigating the site, I found that this website is simply an very good affiliate website and that your actual purchase will be directly with Symantec and $4 cheaper. That's quite safe, but you never know when it may change. Make sure when you download the software that you are getting it directly from Symantec.

http://www.antivirusdownload.com/norton-antivirus/