Norton has survived so long because they sell their program for about $2 to computer companies like Dell, Compaq, Emachines, and a whole lot of other computer companies and they install them on their computers before you buy them. If it wasn't for that, norton would be dead by now. Back in 1999, they got heavily sued by creating and sending out a virus to their customers just so they could cure it to make money. Norton has smart people working for it, but sadly, they don't put that intelligence into creating their software, the invest it into making a lot of money for themselves while screwing their customers over. <_<