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| Thread ID: 81232 | 2007-07-21 06:03:00 | Antivirus AVG or Norton | taly (5956) | Press F1 |
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| 570902 | 2007-07-21 18:28:00 | Norton was simply disabled. But now it works but after I've tried to install Os WinXP home on second HDD disk D just in case. But the side effect was surprising. Some programs on disk c became uninstalled. I thought that if OS will be saved on another disk, I could swap HDD's in case C will be corrupted. Since AVG was saved, I've installed it again and it is ok now. But other programs that were installed had to copy again. Don't know why. | taly (5956) | ||
| 570903 | 2007-07-21 21:06:00 | HAVE YOU CONSIDERED AVAST Best of the Free ones IMHO |
Tony.br (4018) | ||
| 570904 | 2007-07-21 22:30:00 | HAVE YOU CONSIDERED AVAST Best of the Free ones IMHO Yes yes. But AVG or Avast - you will have to properly remove Nortons. There is no uninstall program for Nortons that removes all bits so other AV's can be installed (yet one more sh**ty thing about Nortons that we all hate). You can get the proper uninstall program on the Symantec site - the link can easily be googled or use Search here on PF1. GET RID OF NORTONS - ASAP....!!!!!!!!!!! |
Morpheus1 (186) | ||
| 570905 | 2007-07-21 23:49:00 | Hi there! AVG began working ok after lve done the following. Tried to put a copy of my OS Win xp home on second hard disk D. Just in case if my OS on disk C would get corrupted so I would then swap disks master and slave. But as a result most programs became uninstalled! including AVG and Norton. since avg was saved it was simple to reinstall. But again when I began to install printer and scanner, system suggested to put them on D disk and not on C. Can anyone tell me if it is possible to have two copies of OS on different HDD or partitions? Thanks |
taly (5956) | ||
| 570906 | 2007-07-22 00:44:00 | If I remember correctly Norton Removal Tool only works back to 2004 not 2002. During recent Norton hiccup found following. Apologies to author but did'nt record the name. "It is as easy as pie. Simply remove the Symantec programs via Add/Remove (all of them). Reboot machine. Edit registry and remove symantec out of the software key in both the local user and local machine. Then go to C drive and enter the Program files and delete the symantec directories, next go find the sysmantec shared files and deleted that directory. Finally go to Documents and Setting for All Users and remove any Symantec directories there, then do the same for all the users (you need to be admin to do all this of course)." |
FrankS (257) | ||
| 570907 | 2007-07-22 03:01:00 | If I remember correctly Norton Removal Tool only works back to 2004 not 2002. During recent Norton hiccup found following. Apologies to author but did'nt record the name. "It is as easy as pie. Simply remove the Symantec programs via Add/Remove (all of them). Reboot machine. Edit registry and remove symantec out of the software key in both the local user and local machine. Then go to C drive and enter the Program files and delete the symantec directories, next go find the sysmantec shared files and deleted that directory. Finally go to Documents and Setting for All Users and remove any Symantec directories there, then do the same for all the users (you need to be admin to do all this of course)." The Norton Removal tool is constantly updated. The last one I found was dated 12/04/07 and is 798K in size. There is one for XP etc and another for W98. Its NOT easy to find, they seem to hide the damned thing. I have found it very successful. Never had a problem. As above, use ADD/REMOVE and the run the tool. I cannot give you a URL as it seems to vary each time I hunt for it. AMMENDMENT I just searched and found this majorgeeks.com Good Luck |
Tony.br (4018) | ||
| 570908 | 2007-07-24 03:24:00 | My memory was not 100%, the XP Norton Removal Tool only goes back to 2003, so if the originator started with 2002 would he have to use the ME W98 Tool then the XP?, plus what system is being used? | FrankS (257) | ||
| 570909 | 2007-07-24 03:31:00 | Norton was simply disabled. But now it works but after I've tried to install Os WinXP home on second HDD disk D just in case. But the side effect was surprising. Some programs on disk c became uninstalled. I thought that if OS will be saved on another disk, I could swap HDD's in case C will be corrupted. Since AVG was saved, I've installed it again and it is ok now. But other programs that were installed had to copy again. Don't know why. wow!...that just gets confusing, you re-installed the o/s to the d: drive and some of the c: drive programs no longer work? LOL |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 570910 | 2007-07-24 05:59:00 | I have used regedit to remove remaining traces of norton and symantec space debris. This is after uninstalling the program and then deleting folders on the hard-drive. Avast seems to be as good as any of the free home user virus utilities and does not carry a payload on every Email sent. I still install paid for C D versions of Norton Antivirus 2007 for serious users with modern P Cs; and it is much better than many non-users would have one believe. |
PENTIUM (426) | ||
| 570911 | 2007-07-24 07:32:00 | I was always led to believe Norton was the virus :D | intel hunter (6666) | ||
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