 How To Remove Your Norton Products, Removal instructions for most Symantec Norton products |
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 Nov 11 2006, 12:03 AM
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QUOTE(peter41 @ Nov 10 2006, 05:33 PM)  Do any of you know how good - or poor - a job this latest tool (Norton System Removal Tool.exe, not SymNRT) does? (Scratcher - which removal tool did u use?). I used them all. If you had read my post you would have learned that they do a very poor job. This post has been edited by scratcher: Nov 11 2006, 12:05 AM -------------------- * Gateway * Intel Pentium®III Processor 733MHz D815EEA * 320 MB (RAM) * Seagate ST340016A 40GB
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Jan 6 2007, 10:48 AM
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Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 168 Joined: 12-September 06 From: Northern Ohio Member No.: 85,011 |
I just used the removal tools at the top of the page,(NAV/NIS/2003 and it is a life saver. Worked easy and as far as I can tell it did the job.
Installed Kaspersky 6.0 internet security. |
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Mar 5 2007, 10:07 AM
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 New Member Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 5-March 07 From: No. Cal. Wine Country Member No.: 115,508 |
Hey. Well, I'm hopeful that this situation can be resolved w/ Symantec/Norton...I could scream and claw my face over this tsuris. Oy! Who needs such aggravation? I'll get back to you and tell all. Thanks.
-Neddy This post has been edited by Neddy_Ludd: Mar 5 2007, 10:08 AM -------------------- Nostalgia -- it's not what it used to be. |
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Apr 28 2007, 02:08 PM
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A few yrs ago I inadvertently included a hacked version of NSW in a e-mail folder, some time later I received an email from my ISP telling me than symantec was pissed that I was uploading illegal products and that I should probly stop doing that. I checked with the symantic site for updates and found that they had banned me from there updating service. Not wanting to have a multi million dollar company upset with me (lol) I immediately went thru the painstaking process of removing Norton from my computer (all regedit manual removal). Within 1 day of the ISP warning I started receiving spam, junk mail, and easily catchable virus's in my email account's. After 3 or 4 yrs i am still receiving up to 1000 a week, my email account has become some what of a house hold joke as i just open my email, select all and delete once a week my wife however is on the same network as me and receives none of these emails (or very few). My question to you is how do I stop this (the joke is getting boring) and is it just coincidence or is symantec sending these?? Any advice would be helpful.
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Apr 28 2007, 02:12 PM
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 can you not just change e-mail address?
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Apr 28 2007, 03:04 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 7 Joined: 28-April 07 Member No.: 127,607 |
QUOTE(mz30 @ Apr 28 2007, 01:12 PM) can you not just change e-mail address?I tried that several times and the problem seems to follow me around on whatever address I use. |
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Jun 25 2007, 02:31 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 17 Joined: 25-June 07 Member No.: 139,316 |
or a faster way is just launch regedit, search for Symantec and delete every string with that name walaaaaaaaa
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Sep 20 2007, 07:42 PM
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Thank you, Thank you. I signed into BC specifically to find out how to exorcise Norton. I found your solution without even having to post the question.
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Sep 22 2007, 06:45 PM
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 Bleepin' Helper Group: Members Posts: 1,071 Joined: 23-February 07 From: The United States Member No.: 113,595 |
Norton Internet Security 2008 is a good upgrade for NIS 2007 and NIS 2006. It seems to be less of a system hog and includes better and new protection; for anyone who still uses Norton/Symantec.
This post has been edited by SpySentinel: Sep 22 2007, 06:46 PM -------------------- |
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Jan 12 2008, 10:47 PM
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 Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 319 Joined: 5-February 05 From: my closet Member No.: 11,427 |
ty leathalbannana and all others. you took the fear out of this removal. im free (RAM)!!!
If you not planning to reinstall symantic products, I found some issues and other folders and files that need to go. C:\PROGRA~1\SYMNET~1\SNDMon.exe /Consumer C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Program Files\AXXPEE.dll HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WholeSecurity also if you used the anti spam w/Yahoo email you might have issues when deleting some folders after a search for "norton". i had to first go to Yahoo email and insure the norton anti spam folder is empty. then delete the stubburn folder in your "norton" search. then go to you email and edit out (delete) the "norton" anti spam folder. since norton accepts hotmail, something similar may need to be done there to. your also going to find the SymNRT in the registry. unfortunatly i did not take note of where it was before i deleted the key. sorry. please some one who is more knowledgable ck this info. that could be most anyone here. igo -------------------- THE FORK IN THE ROAD CAN ONLY BE TRAVELED IN ONE DIRECTION
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Jan 28 2008, 04:19 PM
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Bleepin' Helper Group: Members Posts: 1,071 Joined: 23-February 07 From: The United States Member No.: 113,595 |
I found this Symantec: Norton Internet Security version Comparison chart:
Eng_compare_chart.gif ( 9.17k )
Number of downloads: 56-------------------- |
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Feb 7 2008, 01:57 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 22-August 05 Member No.: 31,914 |
I went to the Download and run the Norton Removal Tool and there is a warning:
'The Norton Removal Tool uninstalls all Norton 2008/2007/2006/2005/2004/2003 products and Norton 360 from your computer. If you use ACT! or WinFAX, back up those databases before you proceed.' I did a search files and folders and found winfax.dll. I clicked on it and got a 'Caution: ...These files are used by he operating system and by various programs. Editing or modifying them could damage your system.' Needless to say, not knowing much about the inner workings of my pc, I am concerned to do anything that might mess things up. Please help me!!!! I've deleted things from my old pc and had errors afterwards about not being able to locate certain dll files. My pc has Norton Internet Security 2005 that was bundled with my HP Pavilion notebook and has expired. |
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Apr 30 2008, 08:31 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 19 Joined: 16-April 08 Member No.: 203,361 |
Hi there
Hope you can help! I bought a new laptop and it came with a trial version of Norton installed. I haven't actually activated anything. I would like to get rid of it, but am very nervous of messing with the registry. How do I back up the registry, and more important, how do I restore it if needs be? Thanks |
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May 3 2008, 11:04 AM
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QUOTE Understanding and knowing how to backup the Registry is an important part of keeping your computer secure and running efficiently. It must be stressed that modifying any portion of the Registry should be done with the utmost care as incorrect usage of the Registry could make your computer inoperable. Demystifying the Windows Registry The preceding link will help you understand and likely answer your questions. -------------------- The Internet is so big, so powerful and pointless that for some people it is a complete substitute for life. Andrew Brown  "On the keyboard of life, always keep one finger on the escape key." — Scott Adams. |
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 Jul 18 2008, 04:35 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: 18-July 08 Member No.: 223,501 |
I've read most of the articles you have all posted, I have norton internet security 2006 and also the live update from symatec installed on my pc and the virus protection has expired, so i would like to remove all the norton software and install a new AV. But what steps do i actually need to take to complete this without damaging anything else. Do you have to backup the registry? And also what files need to be protected when using the removal tool. If someone could break this down for me i would be very thankful.
Also does anyone use avast antivirus 4.8 or know if its any good? |
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