Symantec Anti-virus

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  1. Ryu_ookami

    Ryu_ookami I write therefore I suffer.

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    Ok, a friend of mine is trying to remove symantec anti-virus from his PC but it wasn't in add/remove programs so he started in safe mode and deleted it. Now however when ever he right clicks a shortcut he gets a message saying

    "please wait while windows is configuring symantec anti-virus"

    thing is he is now using AVG free edition and he wants symantec GONE!!!!

    I'm presuming its the reg entry or that symantec leaves an auto installer behind somewhere.
     
    Ryu_ookami, 7 Oct 2008
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  2. mansueto

    mansueto Too broke to mod

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    Google is your friend.
     
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  3. cyrilthefish

    cyrilthefish What's a Dremel?

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    Firstly, i'd advise against ever running anything from symantec that isn't ghost, the only decent program they do :hehe:

    For slightly more useful advice though:

    start -> run -> msconfig

    disable any startup processes / services that look like they have anything to do with symantec, then reboot and try it
     
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  4. Silver51

    Silver51 I cast flare!

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  5. Ryu_ookami

    Ryu_ookami I write therefore I suffer.

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    You're right google is my friend but if you don't have anything useful to post please don't post at all (especially as I'd already tried Google as I would have expected anyone to do before posting here.)



    already done that but thank you.

    thank you
     
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  6. cpemma

    cpemma Ecky thump

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    'remove norton' and 'remove symantec anti-virus' both give the answer as first hit, what have you been searching for? :confused:
     
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  7. Ryu_ookami

    Ryu_ookami I write therefore I suffer.

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    symantec removal tool unfortunately when i try all the procedures from the 1st few of the google results its tells me that symantec version 9 or later is installed and that I need to remove it from add/remove programs before it can remove the program.

    but its ok now I've talked him through manually editing the reg and fixed it. :)
     
    Ryu_ookami, 8 Oct 2008
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