Anyone using Norton's AV and SB Audigy 2 ZS?

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I got the Audigy 2 ZS Gamer since it had $70 USD in rebates and instant savings. I got home and the installation failed ( and I did uninstall the old drivers and disable onboard sound). I had made a restore point prior to the installation, but decided to try again. Supposedly, the install worked, but it really didn't. I had sound through Windows media player and in a game but not in windows, and none of the creative troubleshooter showed several failures. Also, my NAV 2002 autodetect wouldn't load. Device Manager showed one item under sound with an exclamation mark. I then installed AVG so I would have an AV prog. Then I discovered that there were so many restore points that it wiped out the one I made. After sever installs/uninstalls, I tried to go back to the onborad sound and that wasn't working right either.
I bit the bullet, reformatted, and reinstalled windows. I also kept the onboard sound disabled and installed the Audigy 2 ZS sound card. It worked! I have not installed Media Source.
Is anyone using Norton's 2004 and the Audigy 2 ZS card and supporting software (not sure if I'll install mediasource)? I know that several people tout AVG, but I'm not so positive. They have not rated really well, consistantly, in the Virus Bulletin ( http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/archives/products.xml?avg.xml ). In fact, as far as their history, they have done poorly compared to Norton's and many others ( http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/archives/p...ml?symantec.xml and http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/archives/products.xml?eset.xml as examples ). I was very surprised for I'd always heard good things about AVG. It did give me a false positive yesterday (hidden extension-took out the spaces, rescanned and it was clean). Remember, I'm asking about Norton's and Audigy 2.
Of course, any input about your experiences with norton's/Audigy 2 or whatever you're using will be most appreciated.
I posted this in Anything Under The Sun, but no one seems to be looking at it.  My appologies for double posting, but I really need to hear about people's experiences with this Sound Card/software and Antivirus software.

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Originally posted by NovJoe
I'm using Norton AV with my Audigy without and problems so far. Just do not let Norton do any auto repairs or removal and things should be well. Next, I suggest that you update your Creative Mediasource/plug-ins and drivers as well.
Which version of Norton's are you using?  My problem is with the 2002 version that is part of SystemWorks.
I haven't installed Mediasource, just the drivers (and updates) and the software for the audigy 2 ZS with the THX and EAX consoles updates (again, not mediasource).  Is it really worth having Mediasource installed?
Oh yeah, despite all the problems I had and having to reformat, NO buzz, hum, static now with microphone using this sound card.