Troublefree removal of Norton antivirus and firewall

researcher

Hi everyone,
my partners computer always seems so slow - particularly at start-up when it takes an age before you can do anything. Norton is not only running in the background but he does regular scans too - I'm sure he's not infected with a virus. He also runs spybot regularly and we've used ccleaner to see if that would help.

On my lap-top I'm using free editions of AVG and Zone Alarm without problems, (and have for 2 years). Although it has the same processor speed as his, mine zips along happily! His computer is less than a year old.

I think that removing Norton will make a big difference - so do you have any tips on how to ensure we remove all unnecessary folders and files and have a trouble free change over? We'll create a system restore before we begin.

Thanks in advance.
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steve_r123

On Ccleaner, have you gone into 'tools', 'startup' and had a look in there? If it is slow to startup, it is probably trying to load lots of things into the systray. Create a restore point before you start deleting things and you should be fine

jakemuk

why o why do people use norton

Browntoa

the Nortons uninstal from Control Panel, add/remove programs should do it

if you get problems there are removal tools on symantecs site to get rid of it

took it off mine from brand new with no probs

researcher

steve_r123 wrote:

On Ccleaner, have you gone into 'tools', 'startup' and had a look in there? If it is slow to startup, it is probably trying to load lots of things into the systray. Create a restore point before you start deleting things and you should be fine

There is a lot of stuff here I haven't a clue about?

researcher

jakemuk wrote:

why o why do people use norton

I agree - but his company wanted it installed, and now they've 'gifted' him the computer so he can do what he likes with it :j .

steve_r123

researcher wrote:

There is a lot of stuff here I haven't a clue about?

Can you do a printscreen and then post it up?

researcher

steve_r123 wrote:

Can you do a printscreen and then post it up?

Tell me how - his computer is in another room - so: How do I do a printscreen? and then I can email it to myself and then post it here?

MORPH3US

Just get rid of Norton and go with AVG!

Norton is so processor intensive that it makes everything far too slow. AVG rocks!!!

M

steve_r123

researcher wrote:

Tell me how - his computer is in another room - so: How do I do a printscreen? and then I can email it to myself and then post it here?

Press Cntrl and Print Screen buttons at the same time, then open up mspaint, or any other graphics package and then click paste. you should then be able to save the image.

Alternatively, instead of all this, just create a new account on the computer for your OH to use instead of the current one. Copy any files he needs over to the new account, and it should load up a lot quicker.

steve_r123

MORPH3US wrote:

Just get rid of Norton and go with AVG!

Norton is so processor intensive that it makes everything far too slow. AVG rocks!!!

M

As long as it is set up correctly, Norton can run just fine, and never be a problem.

I agree it is not the best out there, but it is not as bad as everyone tries to make out. :rudolf: