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After letting us know the university requires "Symantec Endpoint Protection", you stated:
'From what I can tell Symantec Endpoint isn't one of the best anitvirus programs out there and I was wondering if I should download a second antivirus program in order to insure the security of my computer. Maybe Norton or a free antivirus program like Avast should do the trick?'
If you have faith in Norton products, you should have no problem with "Symantec Endpoint Protection". Symantec and Norton are one and the same. (See Symantec's ad for, "Norton AntiVirus" )
With the above said, if the university requires SEP, I would stick with it and not add another. Running two concurrently isn't going to give you added protection. In fact, you run the risk of added problems. To include crashes, freezes, false positives and over all instability issues.
Bob made the MOST important point of all when he said, "The first line of defense is us. And we know that no matter what protection we install, nothing is bullet proof so why not play it safe and not do anything risky?"
Best of luck in the fall!
Carol
Hello,
I am a college student and the university I will be attending this fall requires that I download the Symantec Endpoint Anitvirus protection with a firewall onto my computer in order to use the ResNet internet infrastructure they have set up. From what I can tell Symantec Endpoint isn't one of the best anitvirus programs out there and I was wondering if I should download a second antivirus program in order to insure the security of my computer. Maybe Norton or a free antivirus program like Avast should do the trick? I know that running two antivirus programs can often lead to malfunctions between the two programs running on the same machine but I just don't feel like I am safe using a second rate security protection software alone. What are your opinions?

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