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I deleted Symantec Anti Virus but it still seems to be running!

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surrea1ist

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Aug 28, 2009
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Hey everyone--

I deleted Symantec anti virus but it still seems to be running around somewhere on my computer. I deleted it and then downloaded a couple of applications just to see if it would stop scanning, but it hasn't! I deleted the Application Support Files and the Preferences folder, and of course the main folder, but it still seems to be running! How?
 
If I reinstall the OS will I lose all of my files and apps? I'm worried that traces of Norton may be on one of my back ups.

Also, I quit the processes related to Norton in the Activity Tracker and it seems to have stopped running.
 
surrea1ist said:
If I reinstall the OS will I lose all of my files and apps? I'm worried that traces of Norton may be on one of my back ups.

Also, I quit the processes related to Norton in the Activity Tracker and it seems to have stopped running.
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Sorry. I didn't post earlier. Yes, if you reinstall, everything will be lost. So you figured it out, right? Don't pay attention to the two posts that say Symantec is a trojan. Sorry to break it to you, but its not. It might not be the best out there, but calling it a trojan? Really?
 
celticpride678 said:
Sorry. I didn't post earlier. Yes, if you reinstall, everything will be lost. So you figured it out, right? Don't pay attention to the two posts that say Symantec is a trojan. Sorry to break it to you, but its not. It might not be the best out there, but calling it a trojan? Really?
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Norton doesn't meet the definition of a trojan, but it's definitely malware.
 
LOL. I got what you meant.

Somehow its running again wtf?!?! Ughhh time to figure out how I got rid of it the first time...I have a backup on Time Machine, how can I get it back to the form that it was on the backup?
 
You can open up time machine and find a time before Symantec was installed, but you'll lose everything after that unless you back that data up first.

Does Symantec dig itself into time machine backups?
 
see, this is EXACTLY what norton wanted.. they wanted you to install it on your system so that it can never be removed again. you will have to remove a number of carefully placed files in order to completely get rid of it.

norton is infact a virus in itself.

goodluck getting rid of it :rolleyes:
 
Anti Virus software are by design hard to remove, if it was easy to delete and for it to stop running it really wouldn't be very effective.

Try running the installer again and see if it gives you the option to uninstall. If not Symantec probably have instructions/tools on their site on how to remove it.
 
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