I can get norton free from my employer.
I won’t use it.
It is a resource pig and acts as much like a virus as the viruses themselves.
I used it once and was so unhappy with it I removed it. And I had a devil of a time removing it. It had its tentacles all over the registry.
I was able to find a special norton removal tool and that finally got rid of the nuisance.
Use Linux and be done with it. Right now, I have a dual boot system. I may go to all Linux in the not too distant future.
Ubuntu has a great desktop, and even the Fedora desktop has come a long way.
Yes, use Linux.
If you really really NEED windows to run a special application, run it on a virtual machine. Don’t even bother with a virus application. Your host Linux system will act as your firewall.
If the virtual windows guest gets infected, simply blow it away and create a new one.