1) Run Norton Antivirus Uninstaller watch it report that it has successfully uninstalled everything. I give it an A+ for graphics. Really slick!
2) Restart wonder why Norton it is not actually gone
3) Download the Norton Removal tool
4) Run the Norton Removal tool.Chuckle at the idea that the Norton Removal tool has a "captcha" safety step. I guess Norton doesn't think their anti virus and malware protection is all that secure. :-)
5) Restart and wonder why the notification area still has Norton notifications
6) Search with RegEdit for Norton and or Symantec
7) Lose count while trying to add up all the associated keys that are laying about.
8) Reflect on the idea that the Norton Uninstaller made a point of asking me why I was removing my Norton free trial. Chuckle.
 
"Love" may be too strong a word.
 
After I'm done with that I'm off to ferret out all the Toshiba slowdown ware.
 
It's been so much fun I took a break and went out and washed the mini van.
 
Good times.
 
best regards,
mik

Oh.  Came running in as I assumed you were talking about the Bikes!

Norton Motorcycles? I don't know much about motor bikes but I can appreciate them. :-)
 
I just learned how to use RegEdit to change "owners" of keys so  that I could then give myself "permission" to nuke them. Norton took the liberty of considering itself a "trusted installer".
 
I'll never understand why an installer can't be written to uninstall all the stuff it installs. It just seems like salt on a scar when they leave a lot of junk behind that you have to ferret out manually.
 
Moving forward.
 
 

Ah.  The difference between "Can't" and "Won't."

The worst virus I ever had - that is the one that was the most difficult to remove - was Norton Antivirus.  Never again Norton anything on one of my machines!

I assume you have tried running this http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner it seems to do a pretty good job of cleaning up after crappy uninstallers especially after malware (opps did I say that out loud) like Norton

 Clean is a good feeling.After that I guess you gave the hard drive the  boot?

Wookiee
I assume you have tried running this http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner it seems to do a pretty good job of cleaning up after crappy uninstallers especially after malware (opps did I say that out loud) like Norton

First thing I did even before connecting to the internet was use a USB stick install the latest Wacom tablet driver. Then I installed the latest CCleaner and uninstalled Norton. Then I installed MSE. Then I connected to the internet and updated MSE. Then I updated Windows.
 
After that I noticed that Norton was still hanging out.
 
I think I got everything but a reference to ccSvcHst.exe which is embedded inside taskbarcpl.dll so my Notifications Area Icons dialog persists in showing me the skeletal remains of links to ccSvcHst.exe. I have found many people who would like to learn how to eliminate that but no one seems to know how. I think it's in the .dll so RegEdit will not help with that.
 
Oh well... I think I got most of the rest of it. :-)
 
best regards,
mike

Personally, I think Google is the biggest threat to privacy.. Right there is adobe..

Norton sucks.  I will not allow it to be installed on any of my computers.
 
Norton used to be the best before Symantec bought it and ruined it.