I removed Norton from a neighbor’s computer cause it had popups saying your computer has more errors than normal computers. Not sure of the wording. On my Windows 11 pc, I tried using zone alarm which is a network monitor which tells you which apps connect to what sites on the internet, but i had to uninstall as it broke everything on my pc. Had to restart in safe mode. Microsoft has a virus scanner that is built in that i use and norton turns off. Its free.
On my mac I have an open source network monitor, lulu, its nice.
I installed mcafee anti virus on my android phone but since have uninstalled it as I noticed a user playing my pirates game said norton said it was for phishing. I think that is cause i had mcafee running while i developed my not yet signed by google pirates game and it incorrectly flagged it as a virus app. They were around the same time period, a matter of months.
During pandemic, 2020 to 2022 I had a virus on my phone and mac. I couldn’t get it off. It’s off now. Ask me if you’d like more details. The problem imcluded my phone sending texts I didnt write or send myself to multiple people.
I would like to sue Pegasus virus makers. Whatsapp sued them. I hate phone and desktop malware so much. Jeff Bezos phone was hacked with pegasus and as a result an undercover journalist was gruesomely murdered. If you see him in pics with other people on their phone, he doesnt use one himself anymore as far as i know.