Uninstalling Norton Internet Security?

travel_freak

Hi there,

I've just installed AOL broadband on my desktop PC. When I bought this it came already supplied with a free trial to Norton Internet Security. The free trial has expired.

The AOL broadband comes with McAfee Personal Firewall so my question is should I uninstall Norton Internet Security and if so how do I do so?

Although the free trial has expired it does keep popping up with things quite regularly.

I tried right clicking on the icon on the bottom left of the screen but when you ask it to disable it only gives an option to do this for a number of hours or until you next restart the computer.

As an aside, AOL comes with the free McAfee Personal Firewall and also with a free Spyware programee. Is this pretty much all I need/should have or would anyone recommend any other protection to add?

Any help very gratefully received!

Regards,

Zahc

If it was me, I'd lose Norton in a heartbeat.
All you need is a firewall, antivirus and spy/malware programs; all of which can be obtained free and are perfectly OK for the average user. Check out the stickies on this forum.

Zahc

By the way, as far as I can tell you'll need to use a norton uninstall utility to get rid of the blessed thing. Someone will come along and point you in the right direction.

woo

You should be able to do it through Add / Remove programs, if that doesn't work look at http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nsw.nsf/docid/2001101612274407

I wouldn't install McAfee either, I use Kerio firewall (free) and Avast (virus protection). Though Zone Alarm and AVG get a lot of shouts here too.

naepace

I agree with the previous posts, AVG & zone alarm are perfectly adequate & offer as good protection as paid for security suites such as Norton. As for Norton, yes you should uninstall as two running at once could cause conflicts, I doubt the add/remove programmes utility will get rid of it all, look for a dedicated uninstaller. Some will give you the option of a free trial period, long enough to get rid of Norton

tankard_2

Hello travel_freak, you are getting good advice here
Folk are saying exactly what I would recommend.
Get rid of Norton, and do not install McAfee.

It is not easy to remove norton - but it's worth the effort.
Here is help:
he Norton Removal Tool

Instead use the freebies.
avast
KerioFree
AVG

Good luck Let us know how you get on...

vultura

Don't install McAfee, unless you want to slow down your PC. Plus its only a firewall, not antivirus.

There is a removal tool for Symantec/Norton Antivirus/Internet Security. http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039?Open&src=&docid=2001092114452606&nsf=nav.nsf&view=docid&dtype=&prod=&ver=&osv=&osv_lvl=

Note it will remove Norton software you may want!

travel_freak

Thanks everyone for all the helpful advice. As ever I'm indebted.

I'm off to act on some of this now to try to get rid of Norton. I wish I'd posted these queries before downloading the McAfee as I just assumed that would be fine as it is backed by AOL. I must say I have noticed that getting online since installing the broadband - and the McAfee - yesterday seems to take longer than my old dial up!! I wonder if this slowness is attributable to the McAfee?!

Is the McAfee equally as difficult to uninstall?

travel_freak

Vultura,

Many thanks for your post, just a quick question, you say it may uninstall Norton software I want - can you elaborate at all? Sorry to be dim. Basically I know nothing about the Norton other than it was just on the PC when I bought it. I'm not aware of any Norton softward I do need/want.

Regards,