Κι όμως, υπάρχει λύση: ένα κατεβατό από 11 (τουλάχιστον) βήματα το οποίο πραγματικά αξίζει τον κόπο. Πρόκειται για οριστικό ξερίζωμα, και φυσικά τιτλοφορείται...
How the $#@$# do I fully remove Norton from my PC?
1. # Go to Start --> Control Panel --> Add/Remove Programs.
2. # Scroll down to your Norton/Symantec program
3. # Click Change --> Remove All.
Upon completion of the Remove All process, you will be asked to restart your PC. Do so.
4. # Now go to Start --> My Computer --> Program Files. Right click on each Symantec (or Norton) folder and select Delete.
Restart your PC.
5. # Go back in to Program Files. Except now go to the Common Files folder at or near the top of the Program Files window. Delete every Symantec (or Norton) folder there.
Restart your PC.
6. # Go to Start --> Search --> All Files and Folders --> More advanced options. Check each option except for Case sensitive
Now type Norton in the search box.
Delete each Norton folder from the search results (Again, right click, choose Delete)
Restart your PC.
7. # Repeat step 6 except type Symantec in the search box.
8. # Now let's go into the Registry. Be Careful here. First thing to do is Back up the Registry. I'll be saying more about the Registry later, but suffice to say the presence of uninstalled security software in the Registry can conflict with newly installed security software and cause system freezes. For that matter, so can folders of "uninstalled" programs. Once again, go to the Start menu, but this time, you want to click on Run then type in regedit.
9. # Go to the top of the Regedit window. Click the + next to HKEY_CURRENT_USER to open the section (Hive). Go down the thread until you see Software. Click on Software and scroll down until you see Symantec. Right click on Symantec and choose Delete.
10. # From there go down to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and repeat step 9.
Restart your PC.
11. # Again, go to Start, click on Run. Type in regedit
Click (+) next to HKEY_CURRENT_USER.
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 and NAV (Norton Antivirus) entry you see (if present).
Go To HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and do the same thing.
Restart your PC.
Φυσικά, αν θέλετε, έχει και συνέχεια (όλο,
εδώ). Αν πάλι σας πέφτει πολύ, νομίζω ότι τα βήματα 1 -7 είναι τουλάχιστον απαραίτητα.