Malcolm Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 I am working on a Windows 98 PC that had Norton AV 2001 installed. Now, NAV has been partially uninstalled, however on boot there is now an error message that says NAV Auto-Protect cannot find virus definitions. Hitting enter allows the computer to boot into Windows, but the error is annoying. Is it possible to manually remove this from the system startup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted August 2, 2006 Moderators Share Posted August 2, 2006 Hello Malcolm and welcome to the forum. Is this link any help to you? http://forums.wugnet.com/security/Uninstal...ftopict887.html Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 Heres a link for the Norton removal tools http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgen...005103109480139 Win 7 Home Premium 64 bit - IE11 - Nod32 - Mbam pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted August 2, 2006 Moderators Share Posted August 2, 2006 Malcolm, If you go to control panel are you able to click disable next to the notice that says >Auto Protect is enabled on your system? Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarun Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 As MikeW suggested, use the SymNRT to totally clean the system of Norton/Symantec products. You'll no longer get those annoying popups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted August 2, 2006 Moderators Share Posted August 2, 2006 As Malcom said he had partially uninstalled Norton, I took this to mean he was retaining other elements of the suite which is why I posted the first link. Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarun Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 He also said, I am working on a Windows 98 PC that had Norton AV 2001 installed. Had being past tense. Also, in his original post; everything he refers to is about Norton Anti-Virus which had been installed on the Windows 98 machine, but has since been uninstalled. Unfortunately with the Norton/Symantec products, they leave behind many traces of the application(s) that were once installed. From what he has described, that would appear to be the case here. Using SymNRT would effectively remove all of the leftover traces of any Norton/Symantec product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted August 2, 2006 Moderators Share Posted August 2, 2006 I thought that symNRT didn't remove 2001 Norton AV, and to use Rnav 2003 for earlier versions such as this one. Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarun Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 Though SymNRT says it will remove Norton AV 2003-2006, it can still remove some parts. In addition, Rnav2003.exe Rnav2003.exe does not remove the following items: The files or registry keys for the virus definitions Subscription information Entries in Windows Scheduled Tasks Other shared files This article will tell you how to remove Norton Anti-Virus 2003 or earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldmannen Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 Symantec/Norton products are notorious for not wanting to cleanly uninstall. I would stay away from everything from Symantec/Norton. Norton Commander 5.0 that is 10 year olds or so is pretty cool though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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