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Norton Symantec does'nt go away

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Name: grey
Date: July 20, 2006 at 18:32:30 Pacific
OS: Win XP Pro
CPU/Ram: 528MB
Product: AMD Athlon
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After using Norton AV for years, I had it and replaced it with BitDefender and Spyware Doctor.
Although I followed the traditional steps to remove the AV program, it seems Symantec keeps a bunch of files around for no reason.
Its been six months since I removed it but although the program is not listed anyware, it left behind a folder in Progam Files\Norton Antivirus\Advance Tools and another for Savrt.
Of course, if I try to delete the folders, it stop right away with "Cannot delete NDRVEX.DLL
How can I clean it up? I will appreciate ideas.

I hate bugs



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Name: XpUser4Real
Date: July 20, 2006 at 18:37:53 Pacific
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maybe go to the Norton site and find the removal tools for your version

Hopefully my advice will help you...Please post back with your results....thanks


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Response Number 2
Name: Johnw
Date: July 21, 2006 at 04:16:35 Pacific
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RegSeeker, click on > Find in registry, tick all the boxes in > Keys, put a word ( example Norton ) in > Search for : & click > Search. Now you have a list on one page, of all the registry entries for Norton.
http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm
RegSeeker is a perfect companion for your Windows registry!
RegSeeker includes a powerful registry cleaner and can display various informations like your startup entries, several histories (even index.dat files), installed applications and much more! With RegSeeker you can search for any item inside your registry, export/delete the results, open them in the registry. RegSeeker also includes a tweaks panel to optimize your OS! RegSeeker is FREE for personal use only!
My personal use, is to, delete only the Green entries.
Click on Select All and choose > Select all Green items.
Right click to delete.
Or,
How to uninstall Norton AntiVirus by using the Rnav2003.exe removal utility
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/docid/2001092114452606


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Response Number 3
Name: don2006
Date: July 21, 2006 at 14:39:42 Pacific
Reply:

There is a great windows utility called unlocker (ccollomb.free.fr). When you get that stupid cannot delete message you right click on the program and click unlock and like magic, you can delete it.

Also, as mentioned, search the registry.


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