 How To Remove Your Norton Products, Removal instructions for most Symantec Norton products |
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 Jul 24 2009, 10:08 AM
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Jul 29 2009, 11:39 AM
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I rn the tool to remove symntac and I still can't rem ove the folder under common files I get an access denied error as well as getting an error under the shared file I couldn't dlete that either. Any suggestions?
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Aug 19 2009, 03:35 AM
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I'm confused. Why all the hostility towards Norton? I have only been using a computer for a couple of months, the computer I purchased came with a 45 day trial offer for Norton 360 2.0. As far as I can tell it has kept me clean for that time and I was impressed by it's ease of operation. So much so that I didn't wait for the trial to expire before upgrading to the 3.0 version. By being a system hog do you mean the amount of RAM it uses? I have 3 gigs of ram on this computer, does that make a difference?
-------------------- To err is Human; To blame it on someone else is even more Human.
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 Aug 21 2009, 01:27 AM
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QUOTE(Lethal_Banana @ Nov 9 2005, 04:57 AM)  I thought I should contribute with a little something to help you get rid of those pesky Symantec home user products. Using the SymNRT removal tool Use SymNRT only if you have tried to uninstall the Norton program using Windows Add/Remove Programs. Even if this works, you should run the tool anyway. Programs that SymNRT can remove SymNRT removes these--and only these--Norton programs: * Norton AntiVirus 2004/2005/2006 * Norton AntiVirus Professional 2004 * Norton AntiVirus 3, 5 and 10 User Pack 2004/2005/2006 * Norton SystemWorks 2004/2005 Professional Edition * Norton SystemWorks 2005/2005/2006 Premier * Norton SystemWorks 2006 * Norton SystemWorks 2006 Basic Edition * Norton Password Manager 2004 * Norton Internet Security 2004/2005/2006 * Norton Internet Security 5 and 10 User Pack 2004/2005/2006 * Norton Personal Firewall 2004/2005/2006 * Norton AntiSpam 2004/2005/2006 * Norton Ghost 2003/9.0/10.0 All you need to do is to download the tool by clicking here. Removing NAV/NIS 2003 and earlier products Download the following tools: Rnav2003.exe RnisUPG.exe SYMCLN.exe Now, after you have ran the tool(s) and rebooted your computer, go ahead with the following steps: To remove program folders manually Browse to the following locations and delete the folders in bold. C:\Program Files\ (Delete all folders beginning with Norton or Symantec.) C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Symantec Deleting registry entries Go to Start>Run and type regedit. Click OK. Browse to the following locations and delete the folders in bold: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Symantec HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec OLS Tools Now that this is done, go to Edit, and do a Find for symantec, and delete whatever folders that comes up. CLSIDs etc should get removed by the tools. Reinstalling your Norton products Delete your temporary files by going to Start>Run and type %temp%. Click OK. Delete all the items in the folder, if some of them can't be removed - don't worry about it. Now, if you are installing a Norton 2004 program, download and run the following tool: LRSetup.exe You might get a "Publisher cannot be verified" message from the SP2 Security Center. Just Run it. Now, you can reinstall your beloved Norton product ;) but why would you want to reinstall anti virus that is worse than 90% of actual viruses? |
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Sep 13 2009, 03:35 PM
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Bezukhov I would say the hostility stems from frustration with the product, someone on this thread posted on like page one that back in 2002 when Norton was just an anti-virus it was pretty good, but as they added more and more to the suite it has become worse and worse at doing its job of protecting you. I would have to say I agree with that statement.
Anytime I come across a computer with performance issues , step 1 get rid of norton, step 2 use AVAST!! 90% of the time I find avast finds things norton missed which were causing the problem to begin with... Just my two cents! |
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Oct 13 2009, 09:14 AM
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QUOTE(HowToRemoveSpyware @ Sep 13 2009, 04:35 PM) Anytime I come across a computer with performance issues , step 1 get rid of norton, step 2 use AVAST!! 90% of the time I find avast finds things norton missed which were causing the problem to begin with... Just my two cents! And I want to thank you for that advice. I was having problems with my computer and being a very new computer user the only solution I have in my arsenal is what I like to call the "Nuclear Option", returning this computer to it's factory defaults and starting from scratch. After "pushing the button" I reinstalled Norton and it wouldn't work right so I said "To Hell With It" and went looking for Avast. What an improvement! Now my computer and I are much happier and are on speaking terms again. -------------------- To err is Human; To blame it on someone else is even more Human.
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