Getting rid of Norton

Retired wrote:
> I am buying a new computer (with XP, not Vista!) which has a 3 month
> trial of Norton pre-installed.
> I have always found Avast to be satisfactory, and see no reason to
> change and will want to totally remove Norton from the machine.
> Friends tell me this is virtually impossible - even once uninstalled,
> it pops up from time to time.
> Any advice or comments please for a pensioner who is not a computer
> expert.
> Retired

When you remove Norton you need to remove the updater also, it is in the
add/remove in control panel too.

Clark

Retired was thinking very hard :
> I am buying a new computer (with XP, not Vista!) which has a 3 month trial
> of Norton pre-installed.
> I have always found Avast to be satisfactory, and see no reason to change and
> will want to totally remove Norton from the machine.
> Friends tell me this is virtually impossible - even once uninstalled, it pops
> up from time to time.
> Any advice or comments please for a pensioner who is not a computer expert.

Please use this "tool" (provided by Symantec):
http://www.majorgeeks.com/Norton_Removal_Tool_SymNRT_d4749.html

If you buy a new computer with pre-installed software,
maybe you should this:
http://www.pcdecrapifier.com/
http://www.pcdecrapifier.com/removes

These two tools should be used immediately
after the first time you start your new PC,
and before you are connected to the Internet.

To do Windows Update before you are connected to the Internet,
consider downloading and using Autopatcher:
http://www.autopatcher.com/

(advice from another pensioner)

--
Fred Wening (NL)

Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
> Retired wrote:
>
>> I am buying a new computer (with XP, not Vista!) which has a 3 month
>> trial of Norton pre-installed. I have always found Avast to be
>> satisfactory, and see no reason to change and will want to totally
>> remove Norton from the machine. Friends tell me this is virtually
>> impossible - even once uninstalled, it pops up from time to time. Any
>> advice or comments please for a pensioner who is not a computer
>> expert.
>
> They have a tool to remove their own software.
> http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039
>
>> Retired
>
> <aol>Me too!!!1!!</aol>
>

I've never had a problem removing pre-installed stuff, including Norton
(2002 version). I use zone alarm and avast. Avast has an annoying
problem that sometimes prevents winxp from shutting down without
manually killing the process and I can't seem to fix it.
Can one still get new machines with winxp. My scanner isn't going to
work under vista.
Dave Cohen

"FredW" <fredw RemoveThis @ninmule.invalid> wrote in message
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> Retired was thinking very hard :
>> I am buying a new computer (with XP, not Vista!) which has a 3 month
>> trial of Norton pre-installed.
>> I have always found Avast to be satisfactory, and see no reason to change
>> and will want to totally remove Norton from the machine.
>> Friends tell me this is virtually impossible - even once uninstalled, it
>> pops up from time to time.
>> Any advice or comments please for a pensioner who is not a computer
>> expert.
>
> Please use this "tool" (provided by Symantec):
> http://www.majorgeeks.com/Norton_Removal_Tool_SymNRT_d4749.html
>
> If you buy a new computer with pre-installed software,
> maybe you should this:
> http://www.pcdecrapifier.com/
> http://www.pcdecrapifier.com/removes
>
> These two tools should be used immediately
> after the first time you start your new PC,
> and before you are connected to the Internet.
>
> To do Windows Update before you are connected to the Internet,
> consider downloading and using Autopatcher:
> http://www.autopatcher.com/
>
> (advice from another pensioner)
>
> --
> Fred Wening (NL)
>
Thanks for the advice - the HP computer on order has 14 items of software
listed.
I don't think I need any of them; certainly not trial editions which die in
due course leaving rubbish on my computer.

Retired

"Retired" <anon RemoveThis @privacy.com> wrote in message
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>I am buying a new computer (with XP, not Vista!) which has a 3 month trial
>of Norton pre-installed.
> I have always found Avast to be satisfactory, and see no reason to change
> and will want to totally remove Norton from the machine.
> Friends tell me this is virtually impossible - even once uninstalled, it
> pops up from time to time.
> Any advice or comments please for a pensioner who is not a computer
> expert.
>
> Retired
>
The instructions from Symantec state you first try to remove it from
add/remove in the control panel. If it still
remains, you should use their removal tool.

In my case, the first step failed. The second step removed it although
there still remained a folder and some files. I just renamed the files.
After a few days, when nothing bad happened, I deleted the folder.

The computer does seem to run faster now.

Jim

Jim wrote:
[snip]
> In my case, the first step failed. The second step removed it
> although there still remained a folder and some files. I just
> renamed the files. After a few days, when nothing bad happened, I
> deleted the folder.
>
> The computer does seem to run faster now.
>
> Jim

Well, I'm curious.
Did it run faster after you uninstalled Norton, or after you deleted the
renamed files and the folder they were in?
I would think the former.
If you had trouble removing Norton completely, don't ever try to uninstall
ZoneAlarm.