Jim Roseberry

TheMaartian
FWIW...
 
I got rid of Norton back in the dialup days. Sucked then. Gotta believe it still sucks. Windows Defender on Win10 has finally gotten "good enough" that I did not renew my Kaspersky subscription. I used Trend Micro for several years after Norton, and then Kaspersky for the last 5 years or so.
 
When I uninstalled Kaspersky and Diskeeper, my Windows performance improved noticeably.

In a high-performance application, you don't want A/V software with a heavy foot-print.
I prefer no A/V software on my DAW.
If you're not sending/receiving Email and you're not doing general-purpose surfing, you're fine without A/V.
Create and maintain an up-to-date backup image file (should do this anyway)... and you're completely safe.

Thanks for the info.  I actually have three computers.  The only one with Norton on it is my office computer which is old and has Win7; it is the one that is used to do emails and web downloads.  I install DAW software on it just for when I am in the office and have a music moment and want to try it out without going down to the basement studio.  The other two computers are new (6months old) and run Win10; they are my studio DAW dedicated computers. Since WIN10 comes with Windows Defender, I have been using it and it has not given me any trouble; however, I actually keep both of these two discounted from the internet by using a ethernet coupler that is easy to reach and disconnect/reconnect.  I know I could just discounted by using the little network symbol on the computers in the lower right corner, but having the ethernet coupler makes sure that it is physically disconnected from the router.
 
The Studio One update included the ccltext.dll file which Norton rejected; Windows Defender had no issues with it.  The file is necessary for Studio One to function.  Without it, Studio One would stop loading and gave a warning that it is stopping the start up.