Norton Antivirus GIVES me a bug, well thats dumb, huh?

my norton antivirus, when i open internet(comcast and itunes at once, tells me somn like dis. We have stopped a bug trying to enter your computer. i get more details. da bug is somen like Blck Trojan Horse, or somen like dat. Ideas?

you need to get Ad Aware! this exact thing happened to me! it'll just get worse and worse and then there'll be more and more bugs!But Ad Aware is a virus deleter (lol, something like that) and it works!
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