With a mind-blowing detection rate, almost 10 times higher than the nearest competitor, Symantec has beaten eleven other Internet Security Suites by offering a superior detection rate of exploits.

Congratulations, Symantec!

Secunia has tested the ability of twelve different Internet Security Suites to find out what level of protection they offer against 300 exploits targeting vulnerabilities in various high-end, high-profile programs.

So, does this mean that Symantec customers can feel safe surfing the Internet?

By no means!

Even the "high" score from Symantec was disappointing. Symantec detected a mere 64 out of 300 exploits, or less than one-fourth, leaving 236 exploits undetected!

They wanted to keep Nortons so I just said fine.

Their parents should have let them play in the traffic when they were kids

They probably did and learned how to dodge the cars and how to "Play Safe"

Avast not being encumbered by pointless firewalls, actually being able to remove viruses (yes, I've actually seen Norton just say that a virus was found, and didn't offer any options, and didn't even say "can't delete".)