Uninstalling Norton AntiVirus 10.0.x for Macintosh

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Uninstalling Norton AntiVirus 10.0.x for Macintosh

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STEP 2
Uninstall Norton AntiVirus 10.0.x for Macintosh

1
Quit Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh, if necessary.

2
In the Finder, open the Symantec Solutions folder in the Applications folder.

3
Download the Symantec Uninstaller. RUN IT NOW

4
Double-click Symantec Uninstaller.

5
In the Uninstall Symantec Products window, check the following products if they are present:

Symantec AntiVirus Corporate
This entry appears only if the corporate version of Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh is installed.
Norton AntiVirus
Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect

6
Click Uninstall.

7
In the Confirm window, click Uninstall to confirm that you want to uninstall Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh.

8
Type your admin user name and password, and then click OK.

9
Click Close, and then click Restart to restart the computer.

If these steps do not remove Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh successfully, read Uninstalling all Symantec Macintosh programs using the RemoveSymantecMacFiles removal utility.

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Document ID: 2005051716291611
Last Modified: 12/20/2007
Date Created: 05/17/2005
Operating System(s): Mac OS X 10.3, Mac OS X 10.4
Product(s): Norton AntiVirus 10.0 - Mac, Norton AntiVirus 10.0 Mac - Enterprise