Yes, I bought it in a box. My point is that I've had NO problems with Norton, but have had problems with several other anti-virus products.

>From the quick scan I did it seems that 1) you "bought" the product in a box, as opposed to downloading it, 2) AKAIK you didn't already have it installed so you were starting with a virgin PC.
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>SO I'd hardly call your experience as opposite to mine. Besides, how can you have the opp. of loads of hassle?