I need help with avg antivirus

[Guest]

Hi,

My norton antivirus subscription will expire in 4 days so i want to install
avg antivirus since i read it's a good free antivirus.My question is do i
have to uninstall norton antivirus before i download avg antivirus and what
should i do to have a successful installation.Thank you for your help.

 

[Guest]

Yes, uninstall Norton first. Just follow the prompts for the AVG Free
installation. It's fairly straightforward.

MD

 

[Ron Martell]

Hi,

My norton antivirus subscription will expire in 4 days so i want to install
avg antivirus since i read it's a good free antivirus.My question is do i
have to uninstall norton antivirus before i download avg antivirus and what
should i do to have a successful installation.Thank you for your help.

MadDog has given you the basic answer.

However De-Nortoning a system often requires more than just using the
Uninstall procedure from Control Panel - Add/Remove Programs. You
invariably have to run a supplementary uninstaller to get rid of the
rest of it.

Norton supplementary uninstallers:
RNAV2003 for 2003 and earlier
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/docid/2001092114452606?OpenDocument&seg=hm
SYMNRT for 2004 and later.
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPOR...6&nsf=tsgeninfo.nsf&view=docid&dtype=&prod=&v

Good luck
Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."

 

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"Ron Martell" >


However De-Nortoning a system often requires more than just using the
Uninstall procedure from Control Panel -

This is now officially my new favorite Norton term, De-Nortoning!! Good one!

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi,

You may find this useful also.

Symantec Removal
http://basconotw.mvps.org/SymRem.htm

 

[Stan Brown]

Sun, 25 Jun 2006 02:37:28 GMT from Ron Martell

However De-Nortoning a system often requires more than just using the
Uninstall procedure from Control Panel - Add/Remove Programs. You
invariably have to run a supplementary uninstaller to get rid of the
rest of it.

*Almost* invariably.

Perhaps this is a difference in the corporate version, but I
uninstalled it successfully 13 months ago by using just Add/Remove
Programs.

 

[Bert Kinney]

*Almost* invariably.

Perhaps this is a difference in the corporate version, but I
uninstalled it successfully 13 months ago by using just Add/Remove
Programs.

My experience is that the Norton Corporate version is fully functional
and runs seamlessly on most systems.

The retail version of NAV is a different story. An ongoing problem for
years has been that Norton products have been allowed to digging much to
deeply into the OS which produces undesirable effects. It' to the point
now, that's it's hard to provide support on systems with retail Norton
applications installed.

There are several very good inexpensive and free AV applications
available that will do just as good of a job and cause much less
problems.

 

[sf]

Hi,

You may find this useful also.

Symantec Removal
http://basconotw.mvps.org/SymRem.htm

Thanks! Now we're covered.