MacBook Pro won't shut down with Lion

After installing Lion onto a MBP I couldn't get it to shut down for days and had to keep reverting to holding the power button for 3 secs. I think I've found the solution, for me anyway; it was Kaspersky Anti-virus. After uninstalling using the toolkit form Kaspersky's site, all now appear well.
Hope this helps someone.
Andy

After installing Lion onto a MBP I couldn't get it to shut down for days and had to keep reverting to holding the power button for 3 secs. I think I've found the solution, for me anyway; it was Kaspersky Anti-virus. After uninstalling using the toolkit form Kaspersky's site, all now appear well.
Hope this helps someone.
Andy

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