I've been running Norton System Works 2005 for several years and it is time to move on. I've read some good things about Bit Defender 2008 and Kaspersky 7 as compared to Norton AV. Has anyone used either, and if you were running Norton, did you have any problems with the uninstall and new installation? I understand a System Works uninstall can leave a mess. Also, I've read good things about two utility packages: Advanced System Optimizer 2.2 and System Mechanic 7. Both were rated as far superior to System Works. Any comments?? Thanks in advance for sharing your experiences. -- Dick

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Your questions would be better posted on a security related forum, since Annoyances 
just has Windows support forums.

All Norton products require some manual removal, in addition to running a removal 
tool.




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On Tuesday, December 4, 2007 at 7:14 pm, Richard wrote:
>I've been running Norton System Works 2005 for several years and it is time to move
>on. I've read some good things about Bit Defender 2008 and Kaspersky 7 as compared
>to Norton AV. Has anyone used either, and if you were running Norton, did you have
>any problems with the uninstall and new installation? I understand a System Works
>uninstall can leave a mess. Also, I've read good things about two utility packages:
>Advanced System Optimizer 2.2 and System Mechanic 7. Both were rated as far superior
>to System Works. Any comments?? Thanks in advance for sharing your experiences. --
>Dick

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Go to the Norton (Symantec) website. Instructions for removing their products can 
be found there (surprising?). I followed the instructions for removing Systemworks 
2004 and cleared pretty much everything out, except for a NPROTECT folder.
See http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/1196386637 for a link relating this.
PeterD







On Tuesday, December 4, 2007 at 7:14 pm, Richard wrote:

>I've been running Norton System Works 2005 for several years and it is time to move 

>on. I've read some good things about Bit Defender 2008 and Kaspersky 7 as compared 

>to Norton AV. Has anyone used either, and if you were running Norton, did you have 

>any problems with the uninstall and new installation? I understand a System Works 

>uninstall can leave a mess. Also, I've read good things about two utility packages: 

>Advanced System Optimizer 2.2 and System Mechanic 7. Both were rated as far superior 

>to System Works. Any comments?? Thanks in advance for sharing your experiences. 
-- 

>Dick 

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In addition to Ms Eagle's comments, in my experience "optimisation tools" don't do 
much for XP.

Unless you have an obsession about tidiness I'd really leave your OS to manage itself. 
Its the same as obsolete entries in Add/Remove programs - they don't do any harm 
!

Its maybe more important to clear out peripheral stuff (temp files and the like) 
than to mess with the Registry, and for that I'd recommend regular use of CCleaner.

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I dont think, you can remove or uninstall norton rootkit


On Tuesday, December 4, 2007 at 10:57 pm, PeterD wrote:
>Go to the Norton (Symantec) website. Instructions for removing their products can
>be found there (surprising?). I followed the instructions for removing Systemworks
>2004 and cleared pretty much everything out, except for a NPROTECT folder.
>See http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/1196386637 for a link relating this.
>PeterD
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>
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