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...your major problem now, is getting "Norton" completely removed from your Hard Drive!... ...!

I found a complete "Format" of the HDD was the only way to avoid the complex problem!... ...!

Paul....AVG for Free... [smiley=thumbsup.gif]...!

Mr. Norton doesn't take kindly to the thought of being "Un-Installed"... ...!

...your major problem now, is getting "Norton" completely removed from your Hard Drive!... ...!

I found a complete "Format" of the HDD was the only way to avoid the complex problem!... ...!

Paul....AVG for Free... [smiley=thumbsup.gif]...!

Mr. Norton doesn't take kindly to the thought of being "Un-Installed"... ...!

Yup, I made the mistake of installing Norton once,.............ONCE.

Norton is the anti-virus from hell!

once you have it removed, you will notice a slight performance increase

I installed Norton onto a stable XP machine once, then I saw my first XP BSOD. I'd do a fresh format, the installer will still leave norton/synmatec system files behind.

DON'T use the uninstaller tool from Symantec, it is rubbish ;)

Do the following;
1. Go to Start --> Control Panel --> Add/Remove Programs.
2. Scroll down to your Norton program
3. Click Change --> Remove All.  You will be asked to restart your PC. Do so.
4. Now go to Start --> My Computer --> Program Files. Right click on each Symantec folder and select Delete.
5. While you are in Program Files go to the Common Files folder at or near the top of the Program Files window. Delete every Symantec folder there. And, again, restart your PC.
6. Go to Start --> Search --> All Files and Folders --> More Advanced Options. Check each option except for "Case sensitive" Now type in Norton and delete each Norton folder from the search results (Again, right click, choose "Delete"). One more time, restart your PC.
7. Repeat step 5 except type Symantec in the "Search" box.

The next step is trickier: go into the Registry.

1. First thing to do is Back up the Registry. But suffice it to say that the presence of uninstalled security software in the Registry can conflict with newly installed security software and cause system freezes. So can folders of "uninstalled" programs for that matter.
2. Once again, go to Start, then click on "Run". Type in "regedit"
3. 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 and scroll down the thread until you see Symantec. Right click on Symantec and choose "Delete".
4. From there go down to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and repeat step 3. Restart your PC.
5. Click (+) next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, now: Click (+) next to Software, Click (+) next to Microsoft, Click (+) next to Windows and Click (+) next to CurrentVersion.
6. Select the Run folder. Right-click and delete each Symantec entry you see (if present). Restart your PC.

That should completely eradicate Norton Antivirus from your system!

...your major problem now, is getting "Norton" completely removed from your Hard Drive!... ...!

I found a complete "Format" of the HDD was the only way to avoid the complex problem!... ...!

Paul....AVG for Free... [smiley=thumbsup.gif]...!

Mr. Norton doesn't take kindly to the thought of being "Un-Installed"... ...!