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NORTON ANTIVIRUS DEINSTALL FULL
NORTON ANTIVIRUS DEINSTALL SOFTWARE

By definition, it’s an infection - a bad rash that never goes away.Ģ) Like any Norton product that has an expiration date, as that date nears, the program is designed to bug you endlessly about purchasing again/renewing - always at full retail price. That should completely eradicate Norton Antivirus from your system! Note: Symantec offers an uninstaller for NAV (Norton Antivirus) 5.0/2000/2001/2002/2003 which they say removes Norton from your Program Files and the Registry, but commentary on various discussion boards suggests that it might not work too well.Īfter 20 years or so in personal computing, and owning/using no less than 15 computers over that period, here are the reasons that I have absolutely no use for any Norton anti-virus, and why I dissuade anyone that will listen not to use it:ġ) Once it’s installed, it’s there forever - unless you jump through flaming hoops to remove it - or pay an “expert” to jump through the hoops. Right-click and delete each Symantec entry you see (if present). Click (+) next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, now: Click (+) next to Software, Click (+) next to Microsoft, Click (+) next to Windows and Click (+) next to CurrentVersion.From there go down to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and repeat step 3.Right click on Symantec and choose “Delete”.

NORTON ANTIVIRUS DEINSTALL SOFTWARE

Click on Software and scroll down the thread until you see Symantec. Go down the thread until you see Software.

Once again, go to Start, then click on “Run”.

So can folders of “uninstalled” programs for that matter. But suffice it to say that the presence of uninstalled security software in the Registry can conflict with newly installed security software and cause system freezes. I’ll be saying more about the Registry later.

First thing to do is Back up the Registry.

The next step is trickier: go into the Registry.

Repeat step 5 except type Symantec in the “Search” box.

Check each option except for “Case sensitive” Now type in Norton and delete each Norton folder from the search results (Again, right click, choose

Go to Start –> Search –> All Files and Folders –> More Advanced Options.While you are in Program Files go to the Common Files folder at or near the top of the Program Files window.Right click on each Symantec folder and select Delete. Now go to Start –> My Computer –> Program Files.Go to Start –> Control Panel –> Add/Remove Programs.Generally, you remove applications by using the Windows utility for the task, but Norton Antivirus tends to get in a bit deeper into the system, so it’s tricker to remove it completely.