I run McAfee Internet Security and I have found that if work to my liking stopping most of the spam and all the popup stuff. I have also had a look at Norton but I found it allowed quite a bit of stuff through that it should have stopped. So I think I will install this depending on the parental control capabilities. What ever one is better here will be what I will use.
I actually think once he gets the hang of the PC he will change his views as he is quite an intellectual type reading books and so on. Some people for what ever reason seem to just get a block when it comes to computers.