piece of <uh oh>.....

My computer was working fine 2 days ago, and I decided I needed some virus protection(I dont really like mcaffee(OEM)), so I installed norton, system works,
everything worked fine, etc etc,
now for some reason, every time I create a new file(right click -> new -> text document) the desktop(or the folder I created it in and the desktop) freezes,
its really pissing me off.

I am thinking of reformatting, because I do need that again, but would defragging help this problem?

it is getting so damn annoying.

I either have to wait for the desktop to unfreeze or restart the computer, if I restart it still happens again

any advice on how to STOP THIS would be greatly appreciated.

[Sophtware]

You should try defrag first...then see what happens.

oopsie, too late.
already formatted.

We installed Norton utilities on Win98 machines and the friggin things freeze about 10 or so times a day. Even uninstalling the utilities leave the same problem. Ended up reformatting and slam dunking the utilities in the rubbish bin.

For anti_Yirus we use McAfee

I have McAffee.