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Offline rob24

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Used to be with Avast thinking of returning
« on: April 25, 2015, 12:33:05 AM »
Hi,
I had Avast free since 2008 on my old PC. New one last year came with Norton Internet Security, so for the sake of £15 I registered it. However the year is nearly up so I am thinking about returning to Avast (probably free). However I quite like the idea of the integrated AV, firewall and antispam.

If I were to go for any Avast product how do I go about completely ridding my system of all traces of NIS?
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Re: Used to be with Avast thinking of returning
« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2015, 12:34:50 AM »
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If I were to go for any Avast product how do I go about completely ridding my system of all traces of NIS?   
Uninstallers – Security Software   https://singularlabs.com/uninstallers/security-software/

General: Uninstalling a third-party antivirus software   https://www.avast.com/faq.php?article=AVKB11#artTitle
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Offline CraigB

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Re: Used to be with Avast thinking of returning
« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2015, 06:06:10 AM »
After running the Norton removal tool I would still perform a search for Norton - Symantec, there are bound to be leftovers even after running the tool and plenty of registry entries if you are confident enough searching in there as well...if not please don't go anywhere near the registry or it could be a disaster for you.
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