Norton AntiVirus

A way to uninstall Norton AntiVirus from your computer

This web page contains detailed information on how to uninstall Norton AntiVirus for Windows. It is written by Symantec Corporation. More information on Symantec Corporation can be found here. You can see more info on Norton AntiVirus at http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/. The program is usually located in the C:\Program Files\Norton Security directory (same installation drive as Windows). The complete uninstall command line for Norton AntiVirus is C:\Program Files (x86)\NortonInstaller\{0C55C096-0F1D-4F28-AAA2-85EF591126E7}\NGC\562C4DD5\22.20.2.57\InstStub.exe. NortonSecurity.exe is the programs's main file and it takes around 222.02 KB (227352 bytes) on disk.

Norton AntiVirus contains of the executables below. They occupy 26.23 MB (27500096 bytes) on disk.

• NortonSecurity.exe (222.02 KB)
• asOELnch.exe (216.31 KB)
• buVss.exe (501.81 KB)
• cltLMH.exe (619.81 KB)
• cltRT.exe (143.31 KB)
• coInst.exe (100.31 KB)
• coNatHst.exe (99.31 KB)
• CpySnpt.exe (188.31 KB)
• EFAInst64.exe (1.07 MB)
• ELAMInst.exe (794.93 KB)
• FLDgHost.exe (241.66 KB)
• MCUI32.exe (267.81 KB)
• Navw32.exe (257.31 KB)
• ncolow.exe (101.81 KB)
• NortonSecurity.exe (336.68 KB)
• nsWscSvc.exe (1.01 MB)
• RuleUp.exe (922.43 KB)
• SEFInst.exe (58.71 KB)
• Sevntx64.exe (369.05 KB)
• SRTSP_CA.exe (560.21 KB)
• SymDgnHC.exe (231.43 KB)
• symerr.exe (114.31 KB)
• SymIMI64.exe (462.43 KB)
• SymVTCatalogDB.exe (1.01 MB)
• uiStub.exe (315.81 KB)
• uiWNSNotificationApp.exe (594.31 KB)
• Upgrade.exe (2.06 MB)
• vpnCA.exe (595.81 KB)
• WFPUnins.exe (448.43 KB)
• wpInstCA.exe (565.52 KB)
• WSCStub.exe (629.89 KB)
• ARestore.exe (7.47 MB)
• asOELnch.exe (205.31 KB)
• cltLMH.exe (716.81 KB)
• cltRT.exe (124.81 KB)
• FLDgHost.exe (217.66 KB)
• InstCA.exe (531.31 KB)
• NSc.exe (1.76 MB)
• tuIH.exe (374.31 KB)

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The current web page applies to Norton AntiVirus version 22.20.2.57 alone. You can find below info on other versions of Norton AntiVirus:

• 22.23.1.21
• 22.7.1.32
• 15.0.0.58
• 22.5.4.24
• 18.6.0.29
• 22.19.8.65
• 17.0.0.136
• 18.7.1.3
• 19.5.0.145
• 20.6.0.27
• 17.7.0.12
• 22.21.11.46
• 20.4.0.40
• 22.5.5.14
• 18.1.0.37
• 19.1.1.3
• 22.17.0.183
• 21.3.0.12
• 16.1.0.33
• 22.11.0.41
• 16.8.0.41
• 22.21.6.53
• 22.23.6.5
• 22.16.0.247
• 22.21.6.51
• 22.22.8.13
• 21.4.0.13
• 22.11.2.7
• 22.15.0.88
• 22.22.6.10
• 22.22.9.11
• 22.14.2.13
• 17.6.0.32
• 22.9.3.13
• 20.1.0.24
• 19.7.1.5
• 20.2.1.22
• 22.15.2.22
• 22.18.0.213
• 20.1.1.2
• 22.15.3.20
• 22.16.1.4
• 20.0.0.105
• 22.17.3.50
• 21.0.1.3
• 22.22.10.9
• 21.0.2.1
• 22.24.2.6
• 22.17.1.50
• 19.1.0.28
• 21.1.0.18
• 18.7.0.13
• 22.9.0.71
• 22.23.9.9
• 22.23.3.8
• 22.9.4.8
• 22.8.1.14
• 22.10.0.85
• 19.8.0.14
• 22.16.2.22
• 18.5.0.125
• 15.5.0.23
• 21.5.0.19
• 19.0.0.128
• 20.1.1.5
• 22.24.3.2
• 22.15.5.40
• 16.8.3.6
• 22.5.5.15
• 22.16.3.21
• 22.20.5.39
• 22.12.0.103
• 22.22.7.14
• 19.2.0.10
• 22.12.1.15
• 22.22.2.10
• 22.7.0.75
• 22.5.2.15
• 22.24.8.36
• 22.22.11.12
• 20.3.1.22
• 21.7.0.11
• 21.0.0.100
• 19.9.1.14
• 22.12.1.14
• 17.0.0.105
• 22.10.1.10
• 17.5.0.127
• 22.20.1.69
• 22.20.4.57
• 17.8.0.5
• 22.8.0.50
• 22.9.0.68
• 22.23.5.106
• 22.21.9.25
• 22.24.1.6
• 22.22.3.9
• 20.0.0.136
• 22.18.0.222
• 22.9.1.12

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Part_A few of these are listed below.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Norton AntiVirus from your PC:

• C:\Program Files\Norton Security

The files below were left behind on your disk by Norton AntiVirus's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\isolate.ini
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\brandcfg.dat
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\CLT\BRANDINGDATA.JS
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\CLT\brandingdata_hash.js
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\CLT\hlinks\BRANDINGDATA.JS.data
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\CLT\hlinks\brandingdata_hash.js.data
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\CLT\hlinks\policy.js.data
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\CLT\hlinks\policy_hash.js.data
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\CLT\policy.js
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\CLT\policy_hash.js
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Definitions\STICDefs\20190827.078\catalog.dat
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Definitions\STICDefs\20190827.078\hlinks\catalog.dat.data
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Definitions\STICDefs\20190827.078\hlinks\scd.dat.data
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Definitions\STICDefs\20190827.078\hlinks\v.grd.data
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Definitions\STICDefs\20190827.078\hlinks\v.sig.data
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Definitions\STICDefs\20190827.078\hlinks\virscan1.dat.data
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Definitions\STICDefs\20190827.078\scd.dat
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Definitions\STICDefs\20190827.078\v.grd
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Definitions\STICDefs\20190827.078\v.sig
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Definitions\STICDefs\20190827.078\virscan1.dat
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Definitions\STICDefs\definfo.dat
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Definitions\STICDefs\hlinks\definfo.dat.data
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Definitions\STICDefs\hlinks\usage.dat.data
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Definitions\STICDefs\usage.dat
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Definitions\SymPlatformDefs\20200211.054\catalog.dat
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Definitions\SymPlatformDefs\20200211.054\disarm.dat
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Definitions\SymPlatformDefs\20200211.054\disarmtypes.dat
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Definitions\SymPlatformDefs\20200211.054\disconf.dat
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Definitions\SymPlatformDefs\20200211.054\disprog.dat
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Definitions\SymPlatformDefs\20200211.054\disseq.dat
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Definitions\SymPlatformDefs\20200211.054\hlinks\catalog.dat.data
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Definitions\SymPlatformDefs\20200211.054\hlinks\disarm.dat.data
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Definitions\SymPlatformDefs\20200211.054\hlinks\disarmtypes.dat.data
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Definitions\SymPlatformDefs\20200211.054\hlinks\disconf.dat.data
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Definitions\SymPlatformDefs\20200211.054\hlinks\disprog.dat.data
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Definitions\SymPlatformDefs\20200211.054\hlinks\disseq.dat.data
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Definitions\SymPlatformDefs\20200211.054\hlinks\spdefset.dat.data
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Definitions\SymPlatformDefs\20200211.054\hlinks\typerdefs.dat.data
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Definitions\SymPlatformDefs\20200211.054\hlinks\v.grd.data
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Definitions\SymPlatformDefs\20200211.054\hlinks\v.sig.data
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Definitions\SymPlatformDefs\20200211.054\hlinks\virscan1.dat.data
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Definitions\SymPlatformDefs\20200211.054\spdefset.dat
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Definitions\SymPlatformDefs\20200211.054\speng64.dll
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Definitions\SymPlatformDefs\20200211.054\symevnt.cat
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Definitions\SymPlatformDefs\20200211.054\symevnt.inf
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Definitions\SymPlatformDefs\20200211.054\symevnt.sys
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Definitions\SymPlatformDefs\20200211.054\typerdefs.dat
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Definitions\SymPlatformDefs\20200211.054\v.grd
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Definitions\SymPlatformDefs\20200211.054\v.sig
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Definitions\SymPlatformDefs\20200211.054\virscan1.dat
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Definitions\SymPlatformDefs\definfo.dat
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Definitions\SymPlatformDefs\hlinks\definfo.dat.data
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Definitions\SymPlatformDefs\hlinks\usage.dat.data
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Definitions\SymPlatformDefs\usage.dat
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Flavor\CustomPackage_hash.js
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Flavor\CustomPackageFDE_hash.js
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Flavor\hlinks\CustomPackage_hash.js.data
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\Flavor\hlinks\CustomPackageFDE_hash.js.data
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\hlinks\brandcfg.dat.data
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\SymPlatform\hlinks\spdefset.dat.data
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\SymPlatform\speng64.dll
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\SymPlatform\SymEvnt.cat
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\SymPlatform\SymEvnt.inf
• C:\Program Files\Norton Security\NortonData\22.20.2.57\SymPlatform\SymEvnt.sys

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be uninstalled; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\NGC

Additional values that you should clean:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\NortonInstaller\{0C55C096-0F1D-4F28-AAA2-85EF591126E7}\NGC\562C4DD5\22.20.2.57\InstStub.exe
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.17.1.50\NortonSecurity.exe

A way to uninstall Norton AntiVirus from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Norton AntiVirus is an application offered by Symantec Corporation. Frequently, people try to erase this program. Sometimes this can be easier said than done because removing this by hand requires some skill regarding removing Windows programs manually. The best QUICK solution to erase Norton AntiVirus is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general utility to take care of your Windows computer.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful program.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the programs existing on the PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Norton AntiVirus or simply click the Search field and type in "Norton AntiVirus". If it exists on your system the Norton AntiVirus app will be found very quickly. When you click Norton AntiVirus in the list of applications, some data about the program is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about Norton AntiVirus, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the program you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Norton AntiVirus:

• The web site of the program is: http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\NortonInstaller\{0C55C096-0F1D-4F28-AAA2-85EF591126E7}\NGC\562C4DD5\22.20.2.57\InstStub.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Norton AntiVirus.


8. After removing Norton AntiVirus, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items of Norton AntiVirus that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Norton AntiVirus using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

Your system will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall Norton AntiVirus by Symantec Corporation from your computer, nor are we saying that Norton AntiVirus by Symantec Corporation is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Norton AntiVirus supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.