Too bad that these days Symantec/Norton AV is more known for 1) being installed on millions of PCs by the manufacturer, including on the recovery CDs and 2) being a performance sucker. Norton/Symantec AV is best called crapware these days.
First thing I do on every client's computer is remove Norton/Symantec, solves about 50% of the "why is my PC slow" questions
Last week I lost a few hours removing the 30-days trial Norton sofware from my aunt-in-law new notebook. I felt very sad remembering the old good days of the Norton suit :(.
First thing I do on every client's computer is remove Norton/Symantec, solves about 50% of the "why is my PC slow" questions