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Posted on Mar 12, 2008

Please completley remove the norton security from my computer...trying to run something comcst says you need to do something to rmove it...please do asap ...thank you

  • pratiks19 Mar 22, 2009

    I went in to registry..and removed the folder..of Symantec, like it sayed to do in safe mode..then rebooted the PC ,went to add/remove, and when i click on Norton Anti Virus...says
    "ERROR -1606 -cannot access network locationCarolinaplaceMY DpcumentsMy Pictures " What do i do now...Please help me .... [email protected]

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Go into Control Panel, then Add/Remove Programs. Wait for the list of all programs to load up.

Go down through the list and look for Norton Internet Security. Remove it. It will take a very long time, sometimes 1/2 hour or more depending on speed of computer. Reboot the computer after it has been removed, especially if/when it asks you to reboot after the process.

After rebooting, go back into Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs. Look for Symantec or Norton's Live Update, remove that as well. Also remove any other Symantec/Norton Anti-Virus or Internet Security programs as well. Then reboot the computer again.

Your computer should be much, much faster now. So now you need a new Anti-Virus program...

I've found in my experience that Norton and McAfee do more damage to some computers than good, besides the fact that they are severely over-priced. I would NEVER install either Norton (Symantec) or McAfee on anyone's computer. Matter of fact, I just had to remove Norton 2008 from a lady's computer today, an old Dell 2400 because her system was too old and slow to run new Norton.

My suggestions for much better anti-virus would be...

- Kaspersky Anti-Virus (search for it on Google, etc)

- Trend Micro PC-Cillin Anti-Virus (search for it on Google, etc)

- AVG Free Anti-Virus at http://free.grisoft.com, they also have more elaborate versions with more protection for a cost.

I personally use AVG on my computers, and my family does as well. It's very effective and gets out viruses that even Norton cannot remove.

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I purchased this computer, 2 gig memory last year. I had just put in Norton and it is running SUPER slow. How can I reset this computer to run normal? This is not the laptop

I have known several people who have had similar issues with norton, It seems to be quite resource hungry, if you really want to keep norton then I would suggest a RAM upgrade to give your machine more power, alternatively, you could try another antivirus, I use Microsoft Security Essentials and it works well for me.

However, check to see if norton is running a system scan, this will almost definately make your machine run slower.
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Need to remove norton security

  1. Please download and save SymNRT.exe to your desktop.
  2. Close all programs and double click on the tool.
  3. Follow the on-screen instructions.
  4. Restart the computer if asked.
  5. Then delete the SymNRT.exe tool from your desktop.
  6. Open the Program Files folder on your local disk ( normally C: )
  7. Find and delete the following folders (if present):
    • Norton AntiVirus
    • Norton Internet Security
    • Norton SystemWorks
    • Norton Personal Firewall
excl.gif The removal program can get rid of the following Norton Programs:
  • Norton AntiVirus 2004/2005/2006
  • Norton AntiVirus Professional 2004
  • Norton AntiVirus 3, 5 and 10 User Pack 2004/2005/2006
  • Norton GoBack 3.1/3.5/3.6/4.0/4.1
  • Norton SystemWorks 2004 Professional Edition
  • Norton SystemWorks 2005/2006 Premier
  • Norton SystemWorks 2004/2005/2006
  • Norton SystemWorks 2006 Basic Edition
  • Norton Password Manager 2004
  • Norton Internet Security 2004/2005/2006
  • Norton Internet Security 5 and 10 User Pack 2004/2005/2006
  • Norton Internet Security 2005 AntiSpyware Edition 8.2
  • Norton Personal Firewall 2004/2005/2006
  • Norton AntiSpam 2004/2005
  • Norton Ghost 2003/9.0/10.0
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u can find symnrt in ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/linked_files/tsgen/SymNRT.exe
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I recently got rid of AV Security - a fake security virus. Since then, I am very often re-directed when doing a search on the internet and the site doing the re-directing makes me go back and start all...

Download and run Norton power eraser tool , it il safely remove the virus files from your computer
you can freely download Norton power eraser from the below link
www.norton.com/virushelp
or
www.symantec.com/virushelp
or
from brothersoft
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Trying to put norton on another pc keeps coming invalid key

I think may be its due to the you are trying to active Norton 360 or Nav with the product key of nis or trying to activate with expierd product key

1.you need to remove existing Norton program with Norton removal tool
2. Download and run Nis2010

to download Norton removal tool go to www.norton.com/nrt or www.syamantec.com/auotools
Download and run the first tool

Once we finished the un installation we need to download and run Norton Internet Security 2010
to download Norton Internet Security 2010 go to this link www.norton.com/nis10


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How to uninstall the norton product

please go ahead and download www.symantec.com/nrt ,tool and run this tools and after running this tool please restart the computer and it will remove the norton products completely out of your computer
thanks....
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Download the Windows Install clean-up utility from the Microsoft site, Install it, run it and select the Norton 2008 product and un install it. Reboot, then try your installation again. Let me know if this works, I have other suggestions if this does not work for you.
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Trying to remove Internet Security to install Norton AntiVirus

Click on Start button
Click on Control panel
Double Click on Add and Remove program
Look for Norton Internet Security and Uninstall it.

Checking on regisrty

Clcik on Start
Click on run
type regedit
Double click on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Double Click on software
Look for Symantec Folder then delete that folder
Restart your computer.
Try installing your new program.
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