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A guide to uninstall Norton Security from your system

You can find on this page details on how to uninstall Norton Security for Windows. The Windows release was developed by NortonLifeLock Inc. Take a look here for more info on NortonLifeLock Inc. Click on to get more data about Norton Security on NortonLifeLock Inc's website. Usually the Norton Security program is found in the C:\Program Files\Norton Security folder, depending on the user's option during install. The entire uninstall command line for Norton Security is C:\Program Files (x86)\NortonInstaller\{0C55C096-0F1D-4F28-AAA2-85EF591126E7}\NGC\2454B0AB\22.21.3.48\InstStub.exe. NortonSecurity.exe is the Norton Security's main executable file and it occupies close to 335.29 KB (343336 bytes) on disk.

The following executables are installed alongside Norton Security. They take about 26.50 MB (27787376 bytes) on disk.

  • NortonSecurity.exe (335.29 KB)
  • asOELnch.exe (214.93 KB)
  • buVss.exe (500.39 KB)
  • cltLMH.exe (616.93 KB)
  • cltRT.exe (141.93 KB)
  • coInst.exe (98.93 KB)
  • coNatHst.exe (97.93 KB)
  • CpySnpt.exe (186.93 KB)
  • EFAInst64.exe (1.07 MB)
  • ELAMInst.exe (793.41 KB)
  • FLDgHost.exe (240.93 KB)
  • MCUI32.exe (266.43 KB)
  • Navw32.exe (255.93 KB)
  • ncolow.exe (100.43 KB)
  • NortonSecurity.exe (335.29 KB)
  • nsWscSvc.exe (1.01 MB)
  • RuleUp.exe (922.43 KB)
  • SEFInst.exe (59.06 KB)
  • Sevntx64.exe (372.06 KB)
  • SRTSP_CA.exe (557.41 KB)
  • SymDgnHC.exe (231.43 KB)
  • symerr.exe (112.93 KB)
  • SymIMI64.exe (462.43 KB)
  • SymVTCatalogDB.exe (1.01 MB)
  • uiStub.exe (314.43 KB)
  • uiWNSNotificationApp.exe (592.93 KB)
  • Upgrade.exe (2.24 MB)
  • vpnCA.exe (595.93 KB)
  • WFPUnins.exe (448.43 KB)
  • wpInstCA.exe (563.93 KB)
  • WSCStub.exe (628.50 KB)
  • ARestore.exe (7.47 MB)
  • asOELnch.exe (203.93 KB)
  • cltLMH.exe (738.43 KB)
  • cltRT.exe (123.43 KB)
  • FLDgHost.exe (216.43 KB)
  • InstCA.exe (529.93 KB)
  • NSc.exe (1.75 MB)
  • tuIH.exe (372.89 KB)
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This web page is about Norton Security version 22.21.3.48 only. You can find below a few links to other Norton Security releases:

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Norton Security has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Folders that were left behind:
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security

Generally, the following files remain on disk:
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Branding\22.21.1.151\09\01\diFVal.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Branding\22.21.1.151\09\01\eula.html
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Branding\22.21.1.151\09\01\EULA_NA.htm
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Branding\22.21.1.151\09\01\eula_spanish.html
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Branding\22.21.1.151\09\01\Help.pdf
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Branding\22.21.1.151\09\01\hlinks\eula.html.data
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Branding\22.21.1.151\09\01\hlinks\EULA_NA.htm.data
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Branding\22.21.1.151\09\01\hlinks\eula_spanish.html.data
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Branding\22.21.1.151\09\01\hlinks\Help.pdf.data
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Branding\22.21.1.151\09\01\hlinks\isBrand.loc.data
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Branding\22.21.1.151\09\01\hlinks\muis.dll.mui.data
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Branding\22.21.1.151\09\01\hlinks\Readme.htm.data
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Branding\22.21.1.151\09\01\isBrand.loc
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Branding\22.21.1.151\09\01\muis.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Branding\22.21.1.151\09\01\Readme.htm
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Branding\en-US\hlinks\muis.dll.mui.data
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Branding\en-US\muis.dll.mui
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Branding\fallback.dat
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Branding\hlinks\fallback.dat.data
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Branding\hlinks\langver.map.data
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Branding\langver.map
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Branding\muis.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\{2A85E335-7417-424d-AD89-31DED1689794}.dat
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\{40ED6507-1D53-468B-A585-732E631DAAC6}.dat
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\{50B092DE-40D5-4724-971B-D3D90E9EE987}.dat
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\{57CD7B31-861B-46be-8EBD-AED7EDF28F76}.dat
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\{5EF648B7-A381-4238-8206-257C5565BB70}.dat
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\{71B3DD3A-BC1F-40cc-A74F-C0C30DFCE7D5}.dat
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\{F8D07955-00ED-4093-88AA-0A0F69AFD83C}.dat
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\AppMgr64.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\AppState.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\asDcaCl.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\asEngine.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\asHelper.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\asOELnch.exe
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\AVExclu.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\Avifc.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\AVMail.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\AVModule.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\AVPAPP32.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\AVPSVC32.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\avScanUI.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\avScnTsk.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\BHClient.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\BHSvcPlg.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\buComm.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\BuEng.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\buFScsdk.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\buMC.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\buProv.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\BuShell.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\buSvc.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\buUI.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\buUIPlg.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\buVss.exe
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\buVssVst.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\ccEmlPxy.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\ccGEvt.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\ccGEvt\Global\hlinks\LM.dat.bak.data
  • C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\ccGEvt\Global\hlinks\LM.dat.data

Registry that is not removed:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\NGC

Open regedit.exe to remove the values below from the Windows Registry:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.1.151\NortonSecurity.exe
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.21.3.48\NortonSecurity.exe
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\BHDrvx64\ImagePath
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\IDSVia64\ImagePath
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\NortonSecurity\ImagePath
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SymEvnt\ImagePath


How to erase Norton Security from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Norton Security is an application by NortonLifeLock Inc. Sometimes, computer users choose to uninstall this program. This can be troublesome because removing this manually requires some skill related to Windows internal functioning. One of the best EASY action to uninstall Norton Security is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general tool to clean your Windows system.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the programs existing on the PC will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate Norton Security or simply click the Search feature and type in "Norton Security". If it is installed on your PC the Norton Security program will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select Norton Security in the list of apps, some information regarding the application is made available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding Norton Security, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Details regarding the application you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
For example you can see that for Norton Security:





  • The web site of the application is: https://sitedirector.norton.com/932743328/?SSDCAT=157&plang=JP
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\NortonInstaller\{0C55C096-0F1D-4F28-AAA2-85EF591126E7}\NGC\2454B0AB\22.21.3.48\InstStub.exe
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Norton Security.
Uninstall Norton Security


8. After removing Norton Security, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong Norton Security which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing Norton Security using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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



Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove Norton Security by NortonLifeLock Inc from your PC, we are not saying that Norton Security by NortonLifeLock Inc is not a good application for your computer. This text only contains detailed info on how to remove Norton Security supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2021-05-04 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2021-05-04 10:10:03.660