How do I completely erase Norton antivirus from my PC?
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control panel---administrator tools--services\n\nlook for any symatec or norton service running, stop it and disable, Norton AV is notorious for bad uninstalls, sometimes you have to manually delete the diretcory, the registry entries ect.. there is some freeware Norton installers on Cnet if I recall correctly. personally your gonna replace one bad program with another, McAfee not much better.\n\n\n\nget the following, all are free for a safe surfing experience,\n\n\nANTI VIRAL\n\nAVG (free) http://free.grisoft.com/\n\n\nFIREWALL \n\nZoneAlarm http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp\n\nWEB BROWSER - http://www.mozilla.org/products/firebird\n\nEMAIL  use thunderbird. It has a good built in spam filter and learns when you teach it. http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird\n\nSPYWARE\n\n http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/\n\n http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html \n\n\nand if you have a wireless router follow these tips,\n\n\n1. Use WPA encryption (WPA-PSK) it's less crackable then WEP.\n\n2. Make a passphrase that is upper & lower case and has some numbers thrown in there as well, again harder to crack.\nsome like mAkE1t5eCurE0rel53 and as long as possible.\n\n3. Use MAC access control so only you or authorized PC's can connect (even if you do have encryption turned on)\n\n4. Turn off DHCP use static addresses.\n\n5. Turn off SSID (and change it) unless your card really needs it (some do)\n\n6. Change username/password of access unit front end\n\n7. Ensure you have the usual firewall enabled on your PC.\n\n8. Paranoia rules, turn WLAN off if your not using it :)\n\none last tip\ncontrol panel---administrator tools--services--messenger\n\nright clik on it\nstop the service\nthen disable it\nsave changes
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Does norton detect virus on just reformated drive? I don't believe you.
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scan ur computer, if norton is not removing this then search for removal tool for trojan horse. Run that removal tool.
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get norton out its cr@p, avg free by grisoft is better
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Go to the Norton website. They have a removal tool there.
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I would suggest you use the uninstall tool that comes with most Symantec products.  If that doesn't work, use the add/remove tool in your control panels.  In the worse case scenario, manually delete all traces of Norton and then use regedit to remove the traces in the registry. If you can't get it to work, than you will likely have to reinstall Windows.\n\n*CAUTION* DO NOT USE REGEDIT WITHOUT KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE DOING *CAUTION*
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Go to click Norton icon next to the clock and click link right of antivirus title, change the setting from scan application at start by unchecking the box next to it.\nIt is a risky move, speed trading off security, so before trying it try the following first, defragment drive and Click my computer and right click on c drive, properties, general tab, disk cleanup button, check all those boxes with amounts on the right then ok.
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I advise this.\n\nRemove Norton then try any or all of the following.\n\nJust so you know you should use some type of antivirus protection.\n\nRemoving Symantec / Norton AntiVirus and LiveUpdate \n\nClick on Start and then Control Panel. \n\nIn the control panel, double-click on Add / Remove Programs. \n\nLook through the list of installed programs for any item that says \neither Symantec, Norton, or LiveUpdate (for example "Symantec \nAntiVirus Corporate Edition" or "Norton AntiVirus 2002"). \n\nBegin looking for Symantec or Norton items. LiveUpdate should be done last. For each Symantec, Norton, or LiveUpdate item, select the item and click Remove or Change / Remove or Add / Remove. Follow the instructions, and click Yes or Yes to all when prompted.\n\nNOTE: If you attempt to remove LiveUpdate and receive a warning message about other Symantec applications being registered with LiveUpdate, click Yes to ignore the warning and remove LiveUpdate. \n\nWhen you are done, there should be no items in the list that say \n"Norton,""Symantec," or "LiveUpdate." \n\nClose the Add / Remove Programs window. Close the Control Panels window. \n\nReboot your computer if it hasn't already automatically rebooted. \n\nIf present, delete the C:&#92;Program Files&#92;Symantec folder. \n\nIf present, delete the C:&#92;Program Files&#92;Norton AntiVirus \n   (or C:&#92;Program Files&#92;Norton) (or C:&#92;Program Files&#92;NavNT) folder. \n\nIf present, delete the \n   C:&#92;Program Files&#92;Common Files&#92;Symantec Shared folder. \n\nBetter AntiVirus Options:\n\nFree Anti-virus:\nhttp://free.grisoft.com/doc/1\nhttp://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html\nhttp://www.free-av.com/\nhttp://www.trendmicro.com/hc_intro/default.asp\nhttp://www.superantispyware.com/\n\nOther Anti-virus help:\nhttp://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/\nhttp://www.cert.org/other_sources/viruses.html\n\nFree Online Virus Checks:\nhttp://onlinescan.avast.com/\nhttp://www.avast.com/eng/avast-virus-cleaner.html\nhttp://housecall.trendmicro.com/\nhttp://support.f-secure.com/enu/home/ols.shtml\nhttp://www.kaspersky.com/scanforvirus.html\nhttp://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp\n\nAlso, don't forget about Anti-Spyware:\n\nFree Anti-Spyware:\nhttp://www.spywareguide.com/onlinescan.php\nhttp://www.safer-networking.org/\nhttp://free.grisoft.com/doc/ewido-anti-spyware-free/lng/us/tpl/v5\nhttp://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10399602.html?tag=lst-0-1\nhttp://www.windowsecurity.com/trojanscan/
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Here you have some good and free antivirus programs:\nhttp://askcomputerexpert.ws43.com/download/\nGet one and forget about that piece of crap called Norton!
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or go to http://www.symantec.com and search for the removal tools
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If you already have an older version of Norton installed, then  that's your problem.  Go to the Symantec web site and downlaod their removal tool.  Hopefully, this will work.  It didn't work for me.
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Well if you mean the trial has expired on the antivirus you don't have to uninstall. I prefer a norton antivirus without updates of AVG.\n\nTo uninstall norton anitvirus go to control panel -> add/remove programs -> find norton antivirus and click uninstall.
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when you get on your computer uninstall the norton and install Norton AntiVirus 2005 and it should stop if it don't stop then you will have to redo your computer because it has a problom with it
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I hate disgusting norton\n\nIt's best to scan with several virus/spyware programs. There's several online ones free that you can use. Avast has an awesome security center and is the newest popular one. I like panda and bitdefender best because they've found the most viruses. Bitdefender is slower but supposedly high rated. Norton causes crashes on startup sometimes and is pretty slow to begin with. AVG is a lemming that tells you where the virus is and doesnt really remove it. Adaware is best for removing spyware.\nhttp://www.jimmyr.com/security.php
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Norton Antivirus is not a free program. It's not really the best virus scanner either. You might want to try AVG, Avast!, or Active Virus Shield. \nhttp://www.activevirusshield.com/antivirus/freeav/index.adp\nhttp://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5\nhttp://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
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Use STINGER:\n\nhttp://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/\n\nIt's a virus removal program that can remove most all the major viruses.
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First of all completely uninstall Norton, then download AVG free from the following link, update it and scan your computer:\nhttp://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Free-Edition/3000-2239_4-10596553.html?tag=lst-0-1\n\nYou must also get an anti-spyware. SpyBot is the best among the free ones. Get it, update and scan the system again:\n http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/spy...\n\nFor prevention of intrusion into your system, use a firewall. ZoneAlarm is the best among the free ones:\nhttp://www.majorgeeks.com/ZoneAlarm_Free_d388.html