Norton Uninstall

vernarial · 10-15-2004, 11:42 PM

I'm trying to delete Norton from my friends comp, and it is hung up on uninstall. I've tried restarting, I've tried ctrl-alt-dlt, and it just sticks there. ctrl-alt-del doesn't even start, and after a restart the uninstall just comes back on. What have I done wrong, or what can I do to stop this madness? It won't even let me run msconfig to make sure it's not running.

technobeast · 10-16-2004, 12:47 AM

Start Menu->Run->services.msc
Then from the list of services find all Norton services and with right click stop them.
After all of the are stopped. Ctrl-Alt-Del would probably work and you should stop any Symantec process you see alive (either with a shotgun or with knife

). After that delete the Symantes folder in Program files and the one in ProgramFiles/Common files. And Norton should be removed.... except registry entries. You would have to either manually dig for them or use a registry cleaning app.
This is how I see it. I think it should work for you...

Good luck

ac19189 · 03-04-2006, 01:54 PM

Another way would be using the removal tool.. Yah its not the best but it gets most of the work done you still need to clean out a few things in the registry if you totally want it gone but for the most part it works.

http://www.symantec.com/symnrt

igalan · 03-06-2006, 07:47 AM

Nice tool, I didn't know it existed

. It's so annoying that when you buy a Dell PC it comes with a trial of Norton Antivirus pre installed, or worse McAfee Security Suite

. And often it isn't easy to get rid of them.

BTW the original thread was pretty old. Probably the user who asked the question got it fixed time ago

.

berks · 03-06-2006, 11:35 PM

I have used that tool in the past but then i went and installed norton again anyway!

ac19189 · 03-08-2006, 06:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by igalan

Nice tool, I didn't know it existed

. It's so annoying that when you buy a Dell PC it comes with a trial of Norton Antivirus pre installed, or worse McAfee Security Suite

. And often it isn't easy to get rid of them.

BTW the original thread was pretty old. Probably the user who asked the question got it fixed time ago

.

Wasnt sure if it was old or what because of were I saw it but yah its a nice tool. It still leaves a little inside the registry but nothing one hour of cleaning wont fix. It kills the app running and everything so you dont need to go into msconfig and shut it all down and reboot before doing it all. On top of that even if the uninstall is damaged it still works. So I thought I recommend it even if the topic was old. Seems to work great so. I myself just got done removing norton from this computer I hate the new ver. 2006 Sucks ass norton is just getting slower and slower ever year and adding usfull stuff but I dont need most of the junk. When the hell has anyone used connection keep alive? I mean really most users now a days have highspeed so they dont have that issue and the few that dont have highspeed dont want it holding up the dam line 24/7. Its the small crap like that I hate. It makes the boot time so slow for both the app and normal windows boot up.

I been looking for a new virus scan and what not anyone got something to recommend?

igalan · 03-09-2006, 10:11 AM

I recommend you Grisoft's AVG. It's light on system resources and unobtrisive to the user. But it has a very powerful detection system, that even detects trojans, backdoors and some other malware in general. Unfortunately it's not specially effective on cleaning an already infected system. I've been using it for the last two years with great success on corporate environments and personal computing. I can't say the same about Norton, Panda (don't even try with this) or McAfee...

ac19189 · 07-08-2006, 12:53 PM

*Updated in post below*

ac19189 · 08-02-2007, 12:51 PM

Well for anyone having issues loading the website here is both app's directly from the website for anyone that might need them.

For all vista an XP Users download the XP-Vista one for any other version 98/me etc use the any other one. Hope it helps.

10-15-2004, 11:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
vernarial Da'itch inya Pants! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Utah, USA Posts: 1,022	Norton Uninstall I'm trying to delete Norton from my friends comp, and it is hung up on uninstall. I've tried restarting, I've tried ctrl-alt-dlt, and it just sticks there. ctrl-alt-del doesn't even start, and after a restart the uninstall just comes back on. What have I done wrong, or what can I do to stop this madness? It won't even let me run msconfig to make sure it's not running. __________________ Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master. ....You'll go down if you don't stand up. Surely you see that. Bertold Brecht We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. YOU DIG?

10-16-2004, 12:47 AM	#2 (permalink)
technobeast The Grim Reaper! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Bulgaria Posts: 2,387	Start Menu->Run->services.msc Then from the list of services find all Norton services and with right click stop them. After all of the are stopped. Ctrl-Alt-Del would probably work and you should stop any Symantec process you see alive (either with a shotgun or with knife ). After that delete the Symantes folder in Program files and the one in ProgramFiles/Common files. And Norton should be removed.... except registry entries. You would have to either manually dig for them or use a registry cleaning app. This is how I see it. I think it should work for you... Good luck __________________ Liked this post and found it helpful? Click on the image under my avatar to add to my reputation

03-06-2006, 07:47 AM	#4 (permalink)
igalan PCTT Articles Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Barcelona, SPAIN Posts: 1,018	Nice tool, I didn't know it existed . It's so annoying that when you buy a Dell PC it comes with a trial of Norton Antivirus pre installed, or worse McAfee Security Suite . And often it isn't easy to get rid of them. BTW the original thread was pretty old. Probably the user who asked the question got it fixed time ago . __________________ AMD64 X2 3800+, Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe, 2 GB RAM, GeForce 6600GT, Windows XP Home SP2

03-06-2006, 11:35 PM	#5 (permalink)
berks PCTT Administrator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 3,735	I have used that tool in the past but then i went and installed norton again anyway! __________________ Vote For Us!!!

03-09-2006, 10:11 AM	#7 (permalink)
igalan PCTT Articles Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Barcelona, SPAIN Posts: 1,018	I recommend you Grisoft's AVG. It's light on system resources and unobtrisive to the user. But it has a very powerful detection system, that even detects trojans, backdoors and some other malware in general. Unfortunately it's not specially effective on cleaning an already infected system. I've been using it for the last two years with great success on corporate environments and personal computing. I can't say the same about Norton, Panda (don't even try with this) or McAfee... __________________ AMD64 X2 3800+, Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe, 2 GB RAM, GeForce 6600GT, Windows XP Home SP2

03-04-2006, 01:54 PM	#3 (permalink)
ac19189 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 66	Another way would be using the removal tool.. Yah its not the best but it gets most of the work done you still need to clean out a few things in the registry if you totally want it gone but for the most part it works. http://www.symantec.com/symnrt

07-08-2006, 12:53 PM	#8 (permalink)
ac19189 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 66	Updated in post below Last edited by ac19189; 08-02-2007 at 12:46 PM.

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