Why does norton keep installing itself

And it is called Norton Security Scan on my desktop. I got it when I downloaded the latest Adobe update. Thanks for the try though! Reg: Apr Kudos 1 Stats. From that it should uninstall in the normal way. I hope this helps. Thanks for spotting that and checking it out.

Glad my thoughts matched. Have you already tried the steps listed in the messages above to remove NSS after a bad install? Let me know your progress. Best wishes,. I would also like to know how to get rid of this program. What version of Windows are you using? Kudos 2 Stats. I had previously removed the GoogleUpdater with no effect. Deezul Newbie 1. I've got to agree with the previous poster. I've traced it down to somehow being linked to Firefox, as it only installs when I start Firefox.

But I do not have Googlepack installed, and never have. I've deleted the Common Files folder, but the install. Transen Newbie 1. Having same problem.

My copy came from the Shockwave update. Revo Uninstaller wasn't able to stop it NSS from reinstalling itself after restarting the computer.

I don't know what kind of pull you have with the folks who are working with Adobe to have NSS installed, but I didn't get an opt-out option for NSS until I did the manual install. Oh, and the NRT didn't work for me incase anyone was wondering. Once you do the above, NSS will not try to reinstall itself. Rusty Newbie 1. Reg: Feb Mr Coleman, I do not have a registry key as you have described.

Any other suggestions? BTW, I am experiencing the same problems as previously mentioned. Thank you. Let me know.

WaningGibbous Newbie 1. I uninstalled the Norton Security with their removal tool. But the next day I found it has installed itself. I had run Malwarebyte and found no problems. My questions are:. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top.

Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Norton Security gets installed by itself Ask Question. Asked 5 months ago. Active 5 months ago. Viewed times. My questions are: Why does it happen? How can I prevent it for keeping on installing it is downloading the files repeatedly?

How can I block the symantec site from accessing my computer. Please someone help. Improve this question. Interesting questions Latest questions Popular questions Useful answers New questions. Ask a Question. It keeps installing even if I remove it. Please log in or register to add a comment. Using RevoUninstaller in its most severe mode since it will look for hidden files and pieces of the registry that the normal uninstall does not.

Using Norton Removal Tool , the official removal tool for Norton products. Using RevoUninstaller and then Norton Removal Tool as some users managed to uninstall the product only this way. If it comes back after you have deleted both the NSS folder and the NSS scheduled scan, then something else is installing it.

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