Norton Security Scan

A guide to uninstall Norton Security Scan from your PC

Norton Security Scan is a software application. This page contains details on how to remove it from your computer. The Windows release was developed by Symantec Corporation. Further information on Symantec Corporation can be seen here. Click on http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/ to get more data about Norton Security Scan on Symantec Corporation's website. Usually the Norton Security Scan program is installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Norton Security Scan folder, depending on the user's option during setup. The full uninstall command line for Norton Security Scan is C:\PROGRA~2\NORTON~2\Engine\400~1.48\InstWrap.exe. Nss.exe is the Norton Security Scan's main executable file and it occupies close to 1.33 MB (1397584 bytes) on disk.

Norton Security Scan installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 3.60 MB (3778432 bytes) on disk.

• InstWrap.exe (492.33 KB)
• Nss.exe (1.33 MB)
• NssMetro.exe (385.83 KB)
• SymCCISE.exe (1.08 MB)
• SymInstallStub.exe (335.93 KB)

This page is about Norton Security Scan version 4.0.0.48 alone. You can find here a few links to other Norton Security Scan releases:

• 3.7.5.5
• 1.4.0
• 4.6.1.147
• 4.0.1.16
• 3.5.2.10
• 4.6.1.175
• 4.1.0.29
• 3.7.2.5
• 2.7.0.52
• 3.7.7.4
• 3.1.2.9
• 4.0.3.27
• 3.7.0.18
• 4.0.3.26
• 2.7.6.3
• 4.6.1.149
• 4.6.1.89
• 4.6.1.84
• 4.6.1.80
• 4.1.0.28
• 1.2.0
• 4.0.0.46
• 4.6.1.96
• 3.1.3.6
• 3.1.0.21
• 4.6.1.124
• 3.7.1.4
• 4.2.0.38
• 3.5.3.1
• 4.3.1.3
• 3.0.0.103
• 3.7.4.10
• 3.5.2.9
• 4.6.2.17
• 4.3.0.44
• 2.7.6.13
• 4.5.0.75
• 1.3.0
• 3.0.1.8
• 4.6.1.150
• 4.6.1.123
• 4.6.1.141
• 3.5.1.10
• 2.0.0
• 3.6.1.11
• 4.7.0.181
• 4.3.0.43
• 3.1.3.7
• 3.5.1.6
• 3.1.1.6
• 4.2.1.4
• 3.5.1.8
• 4.1.0.31
• 2.7.3.34
• 4.6.1.104
• 4.6.1.103
• 2.3.0.44
• 4.6.0.23
• 4.5.0.72
• 3.6.0.31
• 2.0.1
• 4.0.3.24
• 4.6.1.179
• 3.7.6.5
• 4.1.0.32
• 4.2.1.8
• 4.6.1.145
• 4.5.0.71
• 4.6.1.155
• 3.7.2.10

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

Folders left behind when you uninstall Norton Security Scan:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Norton Security Scan

The files below remain on your disk by Norton Security Scan's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Norton Security Scan\Engine\4.0.0.48\{2A85E335-7417-424d-AD89-31DED1689794}.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Norton Security Scan\Engine\4.0.0.48\{71B3DD3A-BC1F-40cc-A74F-C0C30DFCE7D5}.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Norton Security Scan\Engine\4.0.0.48\{F8D07955-00ED-4093-88AA-0A0F69AFD83C}.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Norton Security Scan\Engine\4.0.0.48\BilBDRes.dll

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:

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

Additional registry values that you should remove:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\NSS\DisplayIcon
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\NSS\InstallLocation
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\NSS\UninstallString
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ccSet_Norton Security Scan\Parameters\mount\{2A85E335-7417-424d-AD89-31DED1689794}\FileName

A way to uninstall Norton Security Scan with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Norton Security Scan is an application by the software company Symantec Corporation. Some people try to erase this program. This is difficult because performing this manually takes some skill regarding removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best QUICK approach to erase Norton Security Scan is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around tool to clean your Windows computer.

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

2. Start 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 very useful program.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the applications installed on the PC will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Norton Security Scan or simply click the Search feature and type in "Norton Security Scan". The Norton Security Scan application will be found very quickly. When you select Norton Security Scan in the list , the following information about the program is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have about Norton Security Scan, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the application you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Norton Security Scan:

• The web site of the application is: http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/
• The uninstall string is: C:\PROGRA~2\NORTON~2\Engine\400~1.48\InstWrap.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Norton Security Scan.


8. After removing Norton Security Scan, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of Norton Security Scan that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Norton Security Scan with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

Your system will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove Norton Security Scan by Symantec Corporation from your PC, nor are we saying that Norton Security Scan by Symantec Corporation is not a good software application. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove Norton Security Scan in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.