The first thing I do when I buy a new computer is remove all traces of Norton and AOL.
I do the same thing, but I have noticed that it is getting harder and harder to do. I have a developers copy of WinXP Pro and I usually end up formatting the new system and installing the developers copy and using the liscence number from the new system. The last time I did it, it threw me an error saying that the numbers weren't valid, and it took endless calls to tech support of people incessantly asking me why I didn't just use the copy that came with the PC. Grrrrrrrr!