[TheForge] Removal of Norton

[Bruce .]

I was thoroughly disgusted with Norton 360, which is thoroughly opaque to
the user (damned if I could figure out how to do anything with it -- even
so much as finding the main window), and which billed me twice what I
originally paid, for an automatic renewal I had not agreed to, and sent the
bill through after I specifically cancelled it.

I previously had become thoroughly disgusted with McAfee after it allowed
my computers to get infected TWICE, one time requiring me to pay $90 to
chase down the problem (using procedures they COULD have posted on-line,
which I could have done myself), and the other time getting a couple of
computer nerds I met to do the equivalent clean-up

I just purchased Bitdefender Sphere online, only to learn it was
backordered.  So, I downloaded the free version of Bitdefender.  In the
process of installing that, it deleted Norton.  When the Norton deletion
window comes up, look closely for the "proceed" (or whatever) button, as
they hide it well!

Bruce
NJ


On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 6:11 PM, Jerry Frost <akfrosty at mtaonline.net> wrote:

> No, I can't even find the pesky files. Some stuff is easily uninstalled but
> it seems the stuff that came factory loaded is well hidden. I'm betting
> Norton and the others pay Microsoft well to make it really hard to
> uninstall
> their . . . stuff. THEN there are the automatic MS8 updates that tend to
> reload things I've managed to rid myself of. I did, on a day of lucidity
> (read luck), figure out how to get Mcaffe to reinstall in the trash folder
> and auto-dump itself. I sure wish I remember how I pulled that one off.
> <sigh>
>
> If I get frustrated enough I'm thinking I'll sic one anti malware program
> on
> the others. Web root vs. Norton. At the sound of the tweep come out
> SWINGING!
>
> Jer
> -----Original Message-----
> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Vincent Nakovics
> Sent: Friday, October 25, 2013 3:53 AM
> To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Removal of Norton
>
> Frosty, have you tried to delete Norton while in safe mode? I had the same
> problem several years ago and that was how I was finally to remove the
> program.
> Vince Nakovics
>
>
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