Good programme to delete other programmes?

[Jimmyw3000]

Yeah, Norton went kicking and screaming through the door and left some body parts in my computer that i'm unable to get rid of. I was wondering if you guys have any reccomendations on a programme that removes left over parts easily. I know there's one, but i forgot the name, and googling "software deleter" shows me some random programmes that I dont feel safe downloading.

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks.

[VARN]

Norton Removal Tool

[Orpheus]

Glary Utilities will work for everything else.

[ClareJonsson]

I have a util called "Die Norton Die" but it's at work, If I get the chance I will post it here for you when I get in later on.

[JoeDaStudd]

There is the official Norton remover on there site, which seems to work albeit it takes a while.

 

I would also recommend you get CCleaner, which is great for removing extras left behind when you un-install programs.

[BlueLancer]

Norton is up there with McAfee in the terms of irritability. Not only is the software extremely heavy and often doesn't pick up newest threats, it's a pain to remove & it conflicts with nearly every firewall on the market (and even some games).

 

 

 

http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/

 

 

 

CCleaner is good for removing leftover 'pieces' after uninstalling Norton, as mentioned already... That's if after running a removal tool, you still have problems. Even if you don't, it's a very useful tool, you should run it at least every few weeks or so. You wont just clean up your computer, but you'll get possibly hundreds/thousands of MB of hard-drive memory back after it deletes 'crap' from your computer.

[D. V. Devnull]

jimmyw3000, I recommend not using any utility for removing the remaining parts of Norton... Instead, I recommend backing up your whole registry, and manually going in and removing the parts by hand, preferably with a sheet of paper (or two) next to you with a listing of all the keys that Norton would ever create in your registry. :geek:

 

 

 

(BTW, I know some people are going to go nuts... But, that's how I and someone else got rid of Norton here, and made sure it was really gone. Norton's tool didn't do the job back then.)

 

 

 

~D. V. "Sometimes, the right way is not another program." Devnull

[ClareJonsson]

Try this utility

 

 

 

DieNortonDie.zip

 

 

 

That's usually pretty good. Unzip and run the executable.

[Dracion1]

I'd second getting Ccleaner. It's helped me remove a lot of junk Norton left behind (stuff that even the brute force removal tool missed :?) and lots of other old files/registry entries that were no longer needed.

[Jimmyw3000]

Thanks guys. I just installed CCleaner, and it worked really well :D thanks for all your help.