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latinkin
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_ 		18. January 2007 @ 07:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Installed complimentary Norton about 6 months ago (I think its Norton 2005) but I decided to switch to a free anti-virus. Cannot find option to uninstall Norton anywhere, tried to delete folders from program files but it still keeps popping up on start ups. How can I get rid of this program?
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ddp
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_ 		18. January 2007 @ 10:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
moved to correct forum
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rulisky
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_ 		18. January 2007 @ 10:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Maybe a silly question, but did you look here?

Start
Settings
Control Panel
Add or Remove Programs

Should be an option to remove Norton/Symantec there. If not, repost what you found.
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latinkin
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_ 		18. January 2007 @ 11:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I tried all that but get message that the program is being used by another program and will not uninstall.
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Altercuno
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_ 		18. January 2007 @ 11:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi. Don't know why its doing that, but you can uninstall stuff with ccleaner. Open it - click on tools...
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ddp
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_ 		18. January 2007 @ 11:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
also try uninstalling in safemode
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nct35
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_ 		18. January 2007 @ 11:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi there. Go to this link at bleepingcomputer.com
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic42247.html

or go to bleepingcomputer.com and go to the Security forum. It gives a good detail of how to uninstall Norton.

Good luck.
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geburuh
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_ 		18. January 2007 @ 11:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Go to start>search>files & folders>type in Norton>right click each
file & see if you can delete.
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nct35
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_ 		18. January 2007 @ 12:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Uninstalling a program such as Norton is more complicated than just going to Add/Uninstall. That's why Norton (Symantec) has it's own uninstall program. Bleeping Computer is great for all of this, go to their tutorial pages and Major Geeks also has some excellent stuff. See link below for site to uninstall Norton.
All the best
NCT35


http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4749
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Altercuno
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_ 		18. January 2007 @ 12:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Glad I came across this thread as I have Norton on 30 trial - came with new pc. Ten days to go...please post what worked...
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rdmercer1
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_ 		18. January 2007 @ 21:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
what you will have to do, when you deleated some of the files with out using the uninstaler, you have made a big mess, what you will have to do is reinstall the program and thain uninstal, it, that way you know you will get it all, also one sure fire way to get it done is to wipe the drive, that should be the last thing you should do, also if it keeps coming up in the startup, you can go to the start button and go to startup programs and take it out there, also you could go into regedit and take it out of the startup file in there, but don't go in there if you don't know what you are doing ok?
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latinkin
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_ 		19. January 2007 @ 03:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ok thank you very much I'll try that.
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