As of now, I have 53 days left in my Norton antivirus subscription. Right now, I am using Norton AV 2008 and I just wanted to ask you guys if there is anything better than that. The reason why I ask is that about 2 months ago, my computer was infected with a really noxious form of spyware (the kind that changes your desktop image, makes hoards of pop ups appear, takes up a lot of cpu power, and damages the important system registrar files). Norton was totally defenseless against that type of infection. When I tried using Ad-Aware Se 2007 to remove it, it detected a small portion of it (had a MAL rating of 10) but it was not enough to restore my computer. I even contacted norton and they kept insisting that I have one of their "live techs" remove it to me for a "nominal fee" of only $100. That really ticked me off. After paying for a two year subscription, my pc was still not perfectly protected. Do any of you know if there is any program that can defend you against threats of that nature as well? Any suggestions are welcome!