Norton?

Discussion in 'Software' started by willtheshadow, Jan 6, 2009.

  1. willtheshadow

    willtheshadow Private E-2

    I'm trying to help a friend clean up hiis computer. I've had him do various thing and the last thing I was going to do was have him run combo fix. It wont run and says that norton internet security is running and it cant run. I cant seem to get rid of norton. I have had him delete all the folders, delete it from the registry, edited the startup and services and still cant get combofix to run due to norton. There are a few things that I cant delete even through the registry concerning norton. The only thing those have in comon is the name norton and device desc in the name.

    HELP lol.
     
  2. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member

  3. Kestrel13!

    Kestrel13! Super Malware Fighter - Major Dilemma Staff Member

    Hi

    anti-virus such as Norton(Symantec) and McAfee need special removal tools as uninstalling it from add or remove programs does not do a thorough enough job.

    See this link here for the Norton Removal Tool (SymNRT) Run that > reboot the machine and run it again for good measure.

    Now what are you trying to use Combofix for? If your friends machine is infected it would be best if he/she had a look through the malware removal procedures Read and Run Me First
     
  4. willtheshadow

    willtheshadow Private E-2

    just found that gonna try it.
     
  5. willtheshadow

    willtheshadow Private E-2

    It worked, thanks a bunch people. O and to Kestrel it was generally clean, I just wanted to run combo fix for good measure.
     

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