Norton Antivirus/Firewall

James240

Hiya guys wondere if u can help me at all

When i bought my lap top about 3 months ago it came with Norton already loaded on a trial now that trial has ended i want to uninstall it and get something lighter to use on my laptop.

the problem is i have looked at the uninstall instructions and it says i should uninstall norton thorugh the normal routine of using the add/remove function in windows xp control panel.

Now i have looked at this list several time and it is not one of the programs that is listed that i can uninstall in fact its not mentioned anywhere.

Does any one have any idea as to how to uninstall Norton as i just cant find anyway of removing it.

Thanks in advance

James

Stompa

This may help:

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nip.nsf/3897bf24c622c3ef85256eda00456216/2c508b8db188052888256f1c0064f445?OpenDocument&prod=Norton%20Internet%20Security&ver=2005&src=csm&pcode=nis&svy=&csm=no

Stompa

Mr_Skint_2

http://www.cit.cornell.edu/helpdesk/win/nav/uninstallnav.html

Some stuff here,whatever you do read the instructions they are not
that bad more of just a pain in the bum.


http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/529c2f9adcf33a1088256e22005026f1/a4d3327506ae7c5f88256b81007b7487?OpenDocument&src=bar_sch_nam

Which is already been posted :beer: , dont forget to replace norton with a
good antivirus and, Scumware removal tool and Firewall.

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1 AVG Free
http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm Sygate Firewall
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/ Free Adware removal

James240

Many thanks guys have just run the program that gets rid of Norton restarted my comp andit has reloaded in record time!!! many thanks guys

now can any one recommend a firewall ive heard that zonealarm is pretty good do u know if it light program to use?

James

Mr_Skint_2

See my above post...... sorry about the slowness,, el Vino.......

James240

hahah no probs mr skint do u know if zonealarm is any good though?

Mr_Skint_2

I reckon Zone Alarm is a bit naff, But thats in my humble opinion
and knowing what I know I use Sygate.

And AVG AntiVirus.

And Adaware.

James240

yeah downloaded AVG antivirus already never heard of sygate before is it a free to use program?

and i use spybot search and destroy for any of the other little bugs that lurk about lol

Browntoa

another vote for sygate.....converted from Zonealarm as it would not support networking in the free version

http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm

Mr_Skint_2

James240 wrote:

yeah downloaded AVG antivirus already never heard of sygate before is it a free to use program?

and i use spybot search and destroy for any of the other little bugs that lurk about lol

If you use zonealarm, thats OK, as the two dont run side by side
and sygate is free if you do swap to a new firewall, download it then disconnect from net then uninstall old firewall software then install new
if you do it online you could be attacked.

Dont forget AVG is best in safe mode for scanning only, usually tap F8 on start up then run for a thorough scan

James240

sorry AVG doesnt run with Spybot?? or sygate doesnt run with spybot? im confused as to which one u were referring to mr skint lol