Norton/Symantec may have been the de facto standard many moons ago, but for the most part, their current products suck.

If you decide to uninstall any Norton product, be prepared to do a complete reinstall of Windows, as there will be traces of the prior Symantec installation in your registry and file folders. There is a way to completely wipe out the Symantec entries, but it's a painstaking process require a bit of computer expertise.

It might be best to do the uninstall and reinstall and just keep using the Norton crap until you're ready for a new computer.

Nod32 Antivirus and Outpost Firewall Pro are the best subscription-based programs out there at this time; Avira AntiVIR (antivirus) and Comodo Free Firewall are more than adequate free programs, albeit without all the bells and whistles.