Saturday, November 22, 2008

How to Remove Norton Anti Virus from my PC completely? I tried many times. But unable to remove it.

It's not so easy to remove Norton by using the Windows utility. You need to carefully remove from Registry also. It's little tricky and long process. Please do the cleaning with care.

First Step
  • Remove Norton using Windows utility
  • Start --> Control Panel --> Add/Remove Programs.
  • Select Norton application
  • Click Change --> Remove All.
  • You will be asked to restart your PC. Without fail Restart
Second Step
  • Start --> My Computer --> Program Files.
  • Right click on each Symantec folder
  • Select Delete.
  • Go to the Common Files folder at or near the top of the Program Files window.
  • Delete every Symantec folders.
  • Again restart your PC.
Third Step
  • Go to Start --> Search --> All Files and Folders --> More Advanced Options.
  • Check each option except for "Case sensitive"
  • Type 'Norton' and Search
  • Delete each Norton folder from the search results (Again, right click, choose "Delete").
  • For the third time, restart your PC.
Fourth Step
  • Go to Start --> Search --> All Files and Folders --> More Advanced Options.
  • Check each option except for "Case sensitive"
  • Type 'Symantec' and Search
  • Delete each Norton folder from the search results (Again, right click, choose "Delete").
  • For the third time, restart your PC.
Fifth Step
The is very very tricky. Do it with care :
  • Start --> Run
  • Type in "regedit"
  • Go to the top of the Regedit window.
  • Click (+) next to HKEY_CURRENT_USER.
  • Go down the thread until you see Software.
  • Click on Software
  • Scroll down the thread until you see Symantec.
  • Right click on Symantec and choose "Delete".
  • From there go down to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
  • Go down the thread until you see Software.
  • Click on Software
  • Scroll down the thread until you see Symantec.
  • Right click on Symantec and choose "Delete".
  • Restart your PC.
Sixth Step
  • Start --> Run
  • Type in "regedit"
  • Go to the top of the Regedit window.
  • Click (+) next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
  • Click (+) next to Software
  • Click (+) next to Microsoft, Click (+) next to Windows
  • Click (+) next to CurrentVersion.
  • Select the Run folder
  • Right-click and delete each Symantec entry you see (if present).
  • Restart your PC.
I believe these steps can clean your system without Norton Antivirus programs

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