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2014-10-20

Can’t Uninstall Norton Internet Security – How Can I Fully Remove Norton Internet Security from Windows 7 As It Wont Open?

Can't uninstall Norton Internet Security as it wont open in Windows 7?
Are you looking for a best solution when Norton Internet Security won’t uninstall in Windows 7?
Do you want to remove Norton Internet Security because it frequently shows up the annoying error message saying "An error (-5009 : 0x8002802b) has occurred while running the setup...."
Have you ever been annoyed that you have uninstalled Norton Internet Security through Windows Control Panel, but it is still there after you reboot your pc?
Take it easy! You could learn and follow Norton Internet Security uninstall instructions in this article.

How to fully uninstall Norton Internet Security from your PC?

There are 2 effective program removal guides for you to choose.
Method 1: Remove Norton Internet Security with a standard way

Method 1: How to entirely uninstall Norton Internet Security through Windows Uninstaller

Most of you would like to get rid of program through Windows Control Panel.
However, you might miss some steps so that you are not able to delete Norton Internet Security. Here are the removal guides:
You should reboot your PC and press F8 key on your keyboard.
This will open up the Advanced Boot Options screen, in Windows 7 or Win 8, or the Windows Advanced Options Menu in Windows XP. Using the arrow keys on your keyboard, highlight the option labeled Safe Mode with Networking.


Once it is highlighted, click on the Enter key on your keyboard.
Click “Start Menu” > Select Control Panel option > “Uninstall a Program” (Programs and Features) > Find Norton Internet Security on the currently installed programs list and its related entries > Click “Uninstall or Change” to delete the application.

How to manually get rid of Norton Internet Security from your laptop?

Step 1: stop all the related processes in Task Manager

Guide: Open task manager by pressing Alt+Ctrl+Del keys at the same time. Another way is to click on the Start button and choose Run option, then type taskmgr into and press OK.


Disable all the unwanted processes


Step 2: show hidden files and folders and delete all the following files.
Guide: click the Start button and choose Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, to find Folder Options then double-click on it. In the pop-up dialog box, click the View tab and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended).


Delete all the following files related to Norton Internet Security

%AppData%\.exe
%CommonAppData%\.exe
C:\Windows\Temp\.exe
%temp%\.exe
C:\Program Files\
Step 3: open Registry Editor to delete all invalid registries entries as below
Guide: open Registry Editor by pressing Window+R keys together.(another way is clicking on the Start button and choosing Run option, then typing into Regedit and pressing Enter. )


Delete all the related registries as below:


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msconfig.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msmpeng.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msseces.exe
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon "Shell" = "%AppData%\.exe"
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\AppID\.exe
After you finish steps, you should restart your pc to confirm the Norton Internet Security removal. If you are not good at handling this method, you could try Tips 2 as following.

Method 2: How to force uninstall Norton Internet Security with Perfect Uninstaller?

If you can not follow the removal guides above, it is advised you to get rid of Norton Internet Security with Perfect Uninstaller as following.

2.       Close all running processes including programs and browsers in the Task Manager before you run Perfect Uninstaller
3.       Find and locate the program on the currently installed programs list
4.       Click “Uninstall” button on the right side to remove Norton Internet Security.
Alternatively, you could right-click the folder of the unwanted program (normally, in C:\Program Files) or C:\Program Files (x86) in Windows 7 system 64 bits and then select “Force Uninstall with PU” to apply the “Force Uninstall” utility.
5.       Follow the prompt “Next” steps to delete Norton Internet Security.
6.       * Click "Next" to start scanning the registry files about the unwanted program.
7.       * It will take some time to finish registry scanning. If you don't want to wait, you could click "Skip" option and cancel the scanning.
   

8.       * After the registry scanning is completed, click "Next" button to select all related files.


9.       * Click "Next" button to delete all related files.

     

10.   * Finally, click "Finish" button to complete the removal steps.

After you finish the onscreen removal steps, Norton Internet Security has been deleted from your PC.
When you are not able to remove Norton Internet Security from your PC, Perfect Uninstaller is your choice (100% Guaranteed)

You can know more about the how to force uninstall programs in the video below


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