I am most def with you.
There way to targeted, and every computer I have used Norton with has crashed in less and a month of having it. I use McAfee and AVG now, and they work
Perfectly
I will never use Norton, 90% I use it my computer is infected with WAY to many viruses. Some people, like my brother, say "It works fine
" but there computer is more messed up then mine last one was, and hes talking about "When ever you get on my computer, you screw it up." The first Time I ever got on his computer, IE crashed before I opened up a page. Thats almost always what happens to the computers I use that have Norton on it.
Of course, I suggest alot of stuff about computer safety to my brothers and sisters, like use Opera, or FF, instead of IE, and plenty of other things. But they never listen, and always end up having to recover there computer.
Alot of what goes wrong with someones computer, has to do with the software they use, thats why I try and find the best things to use for my computer, and spread it around
My Opinion:
Virus Software => McAfee, and AVG
Internet Browser => FireFox
Instant Messanger => The normal messanger
The only security problems you will have with an instant messanger, is trusting your friends. Sending files back and forth and getting viruses from it is a big way that people dont trust the main instant messangers (AIM, MSNM, Live!, XFire, etc... ). Most use Trillian, which I agree is very nice to use, but most of the time its what Virus protection you use and how badly your beat your IM with file transfers.