Cant uninstall norton firewall

I registered the product, but a week later, it insisted upon being registered. I tried to register and I attempted to contact Norton tech support via the chat feature.

The chat window came up and sat there completed dead. My first reaction until I read you had McAfee already installed was to say often when you cannot uninstall that running install again and then running uninstall works.

I would not trust an older copy of SymNRT to be able to remove all the latest patches to the software. Since Norton are updating their products all the time, the Norton Removal Tool is constantly updated. This link: Symantec Norton Removal Tool.

If you bought NIS you will get a free upgrade to NIS when it comes out -- scheduled for next month -- and it has many advantages over and the other manufacturers.

So please try the above and if you still have a problem in cleaning up come back and let us know. Disabled or uninstalled?

While you answer I'll call for the marines! Don't know how many Norton Staffers are around this holiday weekend but they don't seem to take much time off. Did you receive any error message while installing the Norton product??

Can you tell me the stage at which the installation stalls? Answers to two reponses. Running disk cleanup had no affect. Norton Removal Tool gives me a breif hourglass then sits there doing nothing. I do not know the exact time at which the initial setup stopped. It got very close to the end because all the pieces are there and the product largely seemed to work although there's not way of knowing that for sure.

All I know is that near the end, the processing appeared to just hang, possibly in doing a live update type check or registering the product, I just don't recall. But most if not all NIS was installed and it appeared to be very close to wrapping things up. I'd be willing to be there's some kind of registry entry that prohibits concurrent config. While I'm willing to complete uninstall Macafee hardly happy about it, however , I'm hoping someone will have the registry tweak I can make that will make this issue go away.

I somehow can't believe uninstalling Macafee is going to change anything. I could see it being a problem well into running setup, but I cannot believe it is the reason setup won't run in the first place. It did run the initial time, and Macafee was present for that run. That was quick Can you try running the autofix tool Launch tool. You may have to restart the computer after running this tool.

After running this tool you will receive a window with a few observations Or I say a few things will be listed. Can you try to paste the information here? Same time you need to restart the computer and check whether the issue is resolved. The first suggestion resulted in one response "audit mode enabled" or something to that effect.

Brief hourglass, then nothing. No window, no on-screen instructions Since you are unable to install the Norton product,I suggest you to contact the technical support team by using the following link.

Download and run it. It will delete every file , than reboot, uninstall Norton, reboot, reinstall Norton again. Success, finally. If any are not responding, force them to close using the Task Manager.

Run the removal tool. Double-click the. EXE file that you downloaded from Norton. The removal process may take several minutes after you start it. You may need to right-click on the removal tool and select "Run as Administrator" if you do not have administrator privileges on your account.

After the removal tool has finished working, you will be prompted to reboot your computer. Delete any remaining folders. After your computer has rebooted, open the Program Files folder on your C: drive. Look for any remaining Norton folders that survived both uninstallation procedures.

Part 3. Install an antivirus. Norton Internet Security included an antivirus program, and with it gone your PC is now more vulnerable.

See this guide for details on installing a new antivirus. Re-enable Windows Firewall. Norton uses its own firewall software, but does not re-enable Windows Firewall when it is uninstalled. You will need to manually turn it back on to protect yourself from threats. You can access the Windows Firewall settings in the Control Panel. See this guide for more details.

Go to your control panel, then click" programs", scroll down, and select "Norton". Right click and delete the application. Yes No. Not Helpful 3 Helpful 1. Aiden Martinez. You do not want to delete your admin account. Not Helpful 0 Helpful 0. Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered. By using this service, some information may be shared with YouTube. It is better to keep your settings preferences saved if you decide to reinstall the program later.

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