Review by CQ DX

I recently was running ‘AVG free edition’ on my Dell dual core Vista PC with 3GB RAM. Just the other day, I was attacked by a ‘Trojan’ virus, which AVG could not apparently get rid of (I even tried a full system scan). I still kept getting pop-up messages regarding the virus and a new tab I never had before. I also had audio advertisements running without my choosing at times, even when I closed my browser! Talk about annoying. So I decided to can ‘AVG’ and go with Norton 360, which I downloaded. It seems to be working in some regards, but a full system scan took nearly 6 hours (5 hours, 50 minutes to be exact)! Is this normal?nnUPDATE ⁶⁄₂₆: Today, Norton 360 keeps asking me to re-start my computer, each and every time I turn it on! 2 starts every time I want to use my PC? Are you kidding me?! Ridiculous! It also did not stop yet another Trojan virus, which it cannot ‘quarantine’ or get rid of. Now I have 2 tabs i’ve never had before, and the ad music keeps playing again, even when i’m logged off of my ‘Explorer’ browser. And ‘Windows Security Center’ does not work at all. It has been disabled (I get a message stating that ‘the security center can’t be started’). I cannot turn it on or off, which includes updates and firewall settings too! In addition, many applications run very slowly, or don’t run at all when Norton is updating automatically! You would think a ‘full system scan’ would have taken care of my issues. There is a reason this crappy security suite is 63% off (at time of download)! What a waste of 32 dollars. I am going to try Kaspersky, and hope it fares better than this.