I was stunned to see that Symantec’s latest security offering, Norton 360 will cost $79.99. The service comes ‘packed’ with antivirus, antispyware and firewall technologies as well as backup features and several tune-up tools for Windows PCs. It also includes:
‘technologies to protect online transactions in addition to techniques to block traditional threats from malicious software’.
But, most users are adequately protected against these threats as long as they use a modern browser like IE7 or Firefox 2, and if they are a Vista user all they probably need is an AV service to bolster the great protection Vista has built in. So how on earth can Norton justify $79.99 for something that most users don’t need?
The sad thing is that Norton and their OEM partners will probably continue to play on the insecurities of novice users and will probably ship millions of copies of Norton 360.
