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Posted by PA Bear [MS MVP] on April 27, 2008, 1:12 pm
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>> AndyHancock wrote:
>>>> c:\NAVOPTX.DAT contains these two lines:
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>>>> [NSPlugin] Enabled=0
>>
>>>> The file sounds like a Norton antivirus (NAV) file. Since I no
>>>> longer use NAV, I'd like to remove it. However, web searching
>>>> doesn't turn up any confirmation that it is a NAV file. Any
>>>> suggestions?
>>
>>> BTW, NSPlugin sounds like a Netscape plugin file, and I haven't
>>> used Netscape for ages, either. However, I'm not sure how much of
>>> the file- naming conventions are inheritted by Firefox or
>>> Thunderbird, so I didn't use that as a rationale for deleting it,
>>> either.
>>
>> NAVOPTX.DAT or NAVOPTS.DAT?
>
> NAVOPTX.DAT
>
>> Windows version?
>
> Windows 2000 Professional, Service Pack 4.
>
>> After uninstalling NAV *and* LiveUpdate via Add/Remove Programs, you
>> also need to download/run the...
>>
>> Norton Removal Tool
>> http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039
>> [Discussion:http://windowssecrets.com/comp/080207#story1]
>
> Sheesh. I wonder why in the heck it's so hard to develop a proper
> uninstall.
>
> Thanks. Looks like a job for another day (considering task list
> today).
Good luck. (Shouldn't take more the 5 minutes, start to finish.)
Norton applications have always been notorious for not uninstalling cleaning
and needing a Removal Tool to get rid of all the leftovers.
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