Why is migrating info from PC to MacBook pro taking so long

I have just purchased my first MacBook Pro always used PCs.  I have gone through the set up procedure and am now migrating information/files from PC to Mac. It is transferring my music at the moment but is taking a long time....it says I have 19hrs and 20 mins remaining? Is this normal? Should I have not transferred nearly all my PC files etc? Also as I'm transferring from PC to Mac, will I have to install anti-virus stuff.....now very confused!

Thanks for your reply.  Ok, at 1.30am I got out of bed to see what was happening my PC was telling me the Internet connection was lost to the Mac but was trying to find a connection. There was the option to quit, so I did.  This morning I find the Mac is still showing the 'Transferring Information' box stating 'copying Jan's Music' 'About 18 hours and 36 minutes remaining'. I don't know how to get rid of this, I have pressed 'esc' but nothing is happening.  I initially followed the step-by-step set up with from the booklet that came with the Mac and followed the transfer files as it said, and downloaded the migrate  'thing' from apple onto my PC, I chose what I wanted to transfer from the box options which came up on my Mac (from the PC). I am using WiFi. As you can probably tell, I am not very computer literate, and thought once my Mac was out of the box I could use it! I would like my iTunes library and associated stuff on my Mac without losing any music, the rest of the files and documents can wait until I am more confident at transferring stuff. It all seemed very straight forward when I visited the apple store and had nearly a 2hr demo and chat with the guy before purchasing a very expensive laptop.

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