If you really want them out of there, it can be done. But if you've
already uninstalled it, the registry entries shouldn't bother.
First of all, back up your registry in case something goes wrong.
Then open regedit, go under edit and click "find" and type in symantec.
When it finds the first instance, delete it. Then push F3 to find the
next entry, delete it, push F3.... etc. Be prepared to spend a long
time. You'll find hundreds of them. When you get done, then go back and
search for "norton" and do the same.

"Phyllis" wrote in
:

I just recently uninstalled Norton Internet Security 2003 from my
computer. The computer has been considerable slower since I put it on,
and has been having a lot of freeze-ups and illegal operations, which
I thought might be caused by Norton since they started being really
bad about the same time that I installed it.

My question is when I go into regedit there is still 8 different
folders associated to Symantec. Can I safely just delete these
folders? I have never messed with the registry so I am a little gun
shy about changing anything in it but I would like Symantec to be
completely gone. Thanks

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
...
"cotigrifn" wrote in message
...
Recently, I was told that Norton Systemworks is not good
for w98 se. Is this true? Why?

My personal opinion is, "Yes, that's true." Why? Because it loads up
the Registry, the antivirus is a massive and intrusive operation that
simply
isn't
necessary--many other AV solutions exist that are much leaner and
less intrusive, while still getting the job done. En fin, SystemWorks
is often
the
*cause* of major problems, probably as harmful to your system as it
is
helpful.
Also, many of SystemWorks' utilities are only mostly accurate--not
100% accurate, which explains why...

It also keeps finding the same registry problems, says it
fixes them, but the problems show up again on the next
scan.

This may be because while they may *seem* to be invalid entries, they
are actually likely to be "conditional" entries--entries that are
only valid
under
certain conditions. And/or, they may be entries that are rewritten
when a program is launched (and self-heals itself), or any number of
similar
cases.
*OR*, they may be entries inserted by malware--malicious
software--and Win Doctor only sees that they are invalid and has no
ability to root out the
real
cause which lies elsewhere. You need adware/spyware scanners to do
the job right.

Should I try to get them fixed?

How about you post them here, and we can likely tell you what to do
about
them.

Thank you

You're welcome, s.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP for Win9x







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