How to automate deletion of Symantec from Registry?

[PeterM]

What a pain in the a...this is, I decided to go with another antivirus
program, and decided to get rid of Symantec/Norton Anti Virus. What a
disaster that is. I went to the install/uninstall part of Windows, tried
cleaning up the registry, two days and hours later, I still have so many
items, including the PCAnywhere program. Meanwhile, I can't get out of
Windows Word (2003) I get thousands of Symantec error messages, that I'm so
sick of it, I don't know what to do. The only way to close Word now (what
does that have anything to do with Symantec) is to go into the task manager
and end the program. I also of course had Norton Premier installed, since
2004, every year it didn't work, and I kept buying the upgrade, hoping that
it will work one day. But it never did. I use Norton Enterprise at work and
love it. We have no problems with the product at work. I'm not looking for a
forum to nock Norton, please, I'm just pi***ed that I can't unload this
program an easier way.....Frustrated grandpa in California.........Peter

 

[its_my_dime]

What a pain in the a...this is, I decided to go with another antivirus
program, and decided to get rid of Symantec/Norton Anti Virus. What a
disaster that is. I went to the install/uninstall part of Windows, tried
cleaning up the registry, two days and hours later, I still have so many
items, including the PCAnywhere program. Meanwhile, I can't get out of
Windows Word (2003) I get thousands of Symantec error messages, that I'm
so sick of it, I don't know what to do. The only way to close Word now
(what does that have anything to do with Symantec) is to go into the task
manager and end the program. I also of course had Norton Premier
installed, since 2004, every year it didn't work, and I kept buying the
upgrade, hoping that it will work one day. But it never did. I use Norton
Enterprise at work and love it. We have no problems with the product at
work. I'm not looking for a forum to nock Norton, please, I'm just pi***ed
that I can't unload this program an easier way.....Frustrated grandpa in
California.........Peter

Go to Symantec.com. Search for Removal Tool.

Download and run it. That my clean out some of the registry stuff.

 

[PeterM]

Thanks, I will do that..........Peter

Go to Symantec.com. Search for Removal Tool.

Download and run it. That my clean out some of the registry stuff.

 

[PA Bear]

Symantec NAV, NIS, NSW Removal
http://basconotw.mvps.org/SymRem.htm

 

[JS]

Look for and download a file named SymNRT.exe from Symantec's site.
This will totally clean out any remnants for System Works.

JS

 

[Unk]

What a pain in the a...this is, I decided to go with another antivirus
program, and decided to get rid of Symantec/Norton Anti Virus. What a
disaster that is. I went to the install/uninstall part of Windows, tried
cleaning up the registry, two days and hours later, I still have so many
items, including the PCAnywhere program. Meanwhile, I can't get out of
Windows Word (2003) I get thousands of Symantec error messages, that I'm so
sick of it, I don't know what to do. The only way to close Word now (what
does that have anything to do with Symantec) is to go into the task manager
and end the program. I also of course had Norton Premier installed, since
2004, every year it didn't work, and I kept buying the upgrade, hoping that
it will work one day. But it never did. I use Norton Enterprise at work and
love it. We have no problems with the product at work. I'm not looking for a
forum to nock Norton, please, I'm just pi***ed that I can't unload this
program an easier way.....Frustrated grandpa in California.........Peter

Download Norton's Symclean & RNAV to remove all of Norton's components:
ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/products/norton_systemworks/ver5.0/tools/SYMCLN.EXE

Rnav for NAV 2003 and earlier:
ftp://ftp.symantec.com/misc/consumer/Rnav2003.exe

How to uninstall Norton AntiVirus by using the Rnav2003.exe
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/docid/2001092114452606

How to uninstall Norton AntiVirus 2000/2001/2002
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/docid/2001061911223206

How to uninstall Norton SystemWorks manually.
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nsw.nsf/docid/2001100212100807

http://www.symantec.com/search/
Keywords: symclean, and RNAV

Run 1st: symclean
Run 2nd: RNAV

Also do a computer search and remove any folder that contains
"Catalog.LiveSubscribe"

If you have Norton Internet Security (NIS) installed, also search
for the "Rnis removal utility"
ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/linked_files/nis/RnisUPG.exe



Run regedit, and clean 2 entries:
1. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Symantec
2. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Symantec

Delete folders:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared
C:\Program Files\Symantec
C:\Documents and Settings\{username}\Application Data\Symantec
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Symantec


XP - Loss of Internet access after uninstalling Norton Antivirus software
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;812335
1.Click Start, and then click Run.
2.In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.
3.Locate the following Registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\DHCPDependOnService
Note The variable lists SYMTDI.
4.Edit the value to remove SYMTDI from the dependency list.
5.Restart the computer.

Norton Removal tool - Freeware
http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/Norton-Removal-Tool-Download-26173.html