[TheForge] Removal of Norton

[Dan Brewer]

first start in services running and stop any that are remotely related to
Norton then delete them.  The add remove programs work most of the time.
Dan in Auburn


On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 3:11 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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