Is Yahoos Norton security mandatory?

I am perfectaly happy with the CA security that I now have with yahoo. I would rather not have any security than to put Norton back on my computer again. I had constant troubles with Norton. And once you install it, you cannot get rid of it if you want to.

Is Yahoos Norton security mandatory?antivirus download

I downloaded the 鈥渦pgrade鈥?Dec 15 and had all kinds of problems with it. I finally contacted AT%26T Yahoo on Dec 18. They have suspended all further downloads of the Norton product to try and fix the bugs. I was told to go to Windows http://onecare.live.com and sign up for the 90 day free trial while AT%26T Yahoo try to resolve their problems.

I uninstalled the entire AT%26T Yahoo protection suite, but it left a few bits behind. Then I installed One Care and everything now works fine.

When and if AT %26T Yahoo announce they have 鈥渇ixed鈥?the upgrade, I think I will pass on it if it is still a Norton product. Even before this problem, I had tried Norton鈥檚 anti-virus and found it to be terrible鈥攁 resource hog that interferes with normal usage of your computer.

Is Yahoos Norton security mandatory?bmw

I am not aware of any application that is not removable (deletable or whatever).

You may be able to make it inactive.