Can't uninstall or reinstall Norton Systemworks 2005!!

[John P]

I have had several problems that started with NAV 2005 acting up.

My other thread in hardware forum

When I try to uninstall Norton Systemworks it give me an error message. When I try to reinstall it from CD it gives me an error message that it failed. How do I get this monster off my computer?

 

[EagleKeeper]

Remove it from the registry.

Delete the directorys for the application
Do a search on keywords to make sure that you have all EXEs removed.

Install a good Free AV package.

 

[John P]

Hmmmm, found this, guess I'll have to read through it...........


Workaround for Symantec/Windows Installer Program problems on XP SP2

Read through it, sheesh, what a pain. Maybe I can do a system restore to a few days ago when it still worked and try uninstalling it......

 

[salaku]

Do a google search for symnrt.exe. This is an uninstall utility from Symantec. It removes a bunch of Symantec softwares from the system when the regular uninstall fails.

 

[John P]

Dangit, system restore never works for me.... trying symnrt.exe....

 

[EagleKeeper]

Originally posted by: John P.
Dangit, system restore never works for me....

It is like some programs know how the Restore works and sets themselves up to be able to bypass it.

 

[John P]

Systemworks 2005 supposedly uninstalled using symnrt.exe, Antivir installed. I tried trial version of Kapersky but with the Antivirus installed I could not connect to the internet. I looked at all the settings in Kapersky and couldn't figure out why it would block internet access. Anybody else know (I only installed the Kapersky Antivirus)? Oh well, Antivir will do for now.

 

[Noema]

I personally believe that bloated, intrusive piece of crap called Norton Systemworks is as bad as the spyware and viruses it supposedly prevents.

At work, we have about 20 XP boxes with Norton Systemworks (newest version) running at full protection all the time. These computers are always filled with viruses or spyware. Some of them were so bad that the tech had to reformat or do repair installs of XP in many of them because the registry was a mess and many important .dll files where either corrupt, or just plain missing.

At home, I have an XP box only I have admin privileges to. I have no AV shield running, just a firewall and MS Antispyware. I run Avir's scan every 3 days. In 9 months, I haven't had a single case of spyware nor viruses. The PC is yet to crash once.

Bloated and overpriced Antiviruses are no match for safe net browsing habits, restricted account privileges and a decent firewall.