[BC] Norton A/V: Designed by the Devil

[Tom Taggart]

Never, never try to uninstall Norton A/V.  It's a computer killer.

Norton came with the computer--one of these good for 2 months trial deals.  I bought Grisoft's AV instead. While both a/v products played well with each other, running both slowed everything way down.  So Monday I decided to uninstall the Norton, using the normal windows uninstall routine.

Big mistake.  Computer never came back up.  Restore disc ignored.  Finally bought XP pro and dropped it in as a second OS, (original OLs was XP media edition);  which allowed me to rescue recent projects (database of our music library, for one, 900 songs).

Just got my (dial-up) internet back up.  System could not find modem.  Gee, that's strange, it's just where I left it, in one of the motherboard slots.

(Anyone roaring uproariously at that joke has been outed as a geek. You are warned. You will soon join the staff of M$oft at a re-education camp.  When you learn to think like normal people, you will be re-trained for useful employment.)

This Saturday I will haul the box back into the station (where I have dsl), wipe everything out and re-install.

So, the message is clear, Norton A/V cannot be removed by normal means. Just find some way to turn it off, and isolate   this dangerous program. (Incidentally, my legal mind smells a nice lawsuit.  After all, I never agreed to any EULA that came with this program since it came pre-installed and running out of the box.  Class action anyone?)
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