I have always thought Norton A/V is a curse.

[lpbk2713]

I bought a new laptop last week and Norton nags and popups have descended on me
like a plague of locusts. It's hard to get anything done with their crap always getting
in the way. As soon as I get my other tweaking done that crap is coming out of there.

[TwilightZone]

1. Easily resolved - uninstall it.

If you want to make sure everything is removed, use the Norton Remove and Reinstall tool:

https://support.norton.com/sp/en/us/home/current/solutions/v15972972

[wcmagumba]

2. When I did computer support in the 80s and 90s on primarily Apple hardware we had Norton and I hated

it then...we used to compare it to an octopus with tentacles everywhere...I don't remember if it had that "removal" tool back then, I'm sure it would have been used by myself and others in our organization.

[UTUSN]

3. After uninstalling, also go manually through Cookies & delete all the Norton ones,

and many sources have the alphabetized Cookies under different names - like, "Norton blah blah" and "www.norton blah blah" other different letters at the start.

[Earth-shine]

4. Nuke it from orbit

Reinstall windows. It'll get rid of any other crap, as well.

> Norton A/V is a curse.

Agreed! I liked Norton's products in the 1980s, but not after that.

[hlthe2b]

5. I finally gave in, but I have it structured to limit some of its features (& annoying pop-ups)

Ironically, the package I most liked using was Kaspersky, which STILL is routinely ranked the BEST antiviral protection you can buy.

While I thought it was best to switch over given issues with Russia, I think it is likely not to be an issue on non-governmental computers and it is reasonably possible that Kaspersky has no intertwined relationship with GRU. Still, why take the chance?

Norton is (and has long been) very bloated, though, I agree.