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I have come think that Norton Antivirus is a pain to uninstall.  I’d almost say tha it’s harder to get rid of than an actual virus!

I’ve been working on a friends computer for most of the day because NAV kept on popping up a window that was trying to find an installed component that wasn’t there.  After reading lots of tech forums and blogs, including Symantec’s own, I decided the best course of action was to uninstall it.  It does not uninstall very easy.  I’ve gone through XP’s add/remove in control panel.  I’ve deleted the folders that pertain the programs, I’ve used a couple of my favorite tools to remove the registry entries and the programs themselves.  And still when I log on I get a nice little Symantec window saying it can’t find the blasted program!

Back to the internet for me I supposed…….  At least I was finally able to get rid of Microsoft Office on the machine so I can install a clean copy of it, that was a nightmare in itself.

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Posted in: Geekery by TroySims / Tags: computer, desktop, Microsoft Office, Norton Antivirus, Tech Support, troubleshooting