Norton AntiVirus?

Every time I start my computer, first a window comes up that says Please wait while Windows configures Norton Anti Virus 2006. Then another window comes up and says Norton Anti Virus 2006 does not support the Repair feature, please uninstall and reinstall. Should I uninstall it or will that mess up my subscription and make me buy another copy of the software. Thanks

Norton AntiVirus?nortan

**note: I posted this for someone else earlier, so some information may be a bit out of context. A lot of the content should still be helpful.**

Norton doesnt have a good reputation for virus protection. Yes, they have a big name (probably because it comes pre-installed on many computers), but their virus scanning software is often referred to as ineffective and buggy. Also if you are using Internet Explorer as your web browser, I highly recommend switching to a secure browser such as firefox. Lots of malware over the years have been installed by security holes in IE.

"According to an article by the Washington Post, Norton Antivirus has one of the worst average response times for providing virus definition updates based on the worst virus outbreaks of 2005, lagging behind every major competitor, including Kaspersky, F-Secure, Sophos, Avira, Trend Micro, F-Prot, Panda, AVG, Avast, ClamWin, and McAfee." -Wikipedia

"Much criticism towards Internet Explorer is related to concerns about security: Much of the spyware, adware, and computer viruses across the Internet are made possible by exploitable bugs and flaws in the security architecture of Internet Explorer, sometimes requiring nothing more than viewing of a malicious web page in order to install themselves, this is known as a Drive-By Download, some attempt to trick the user into installing them by mis-representing the softwares true purpose in the description section of the ActiveX security alert." -Wikipedia