Re: Startup Application self restores after removal??

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"Stan Kay" <stan.kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eHoOoHwTFHA.2756@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Many thanks for the helpful and comprehensive response. I have followed
> your advice and now everything is OK again. What a star you are.
>
> Now I need to find a Antivirus product that does not give me the grief I
> got from Norton Antivirus - do you know of anything?
>
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> "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%23cqQa1vTFHA.3184@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Not a simple/straight-forward process, to remove Symantec software.
>> Check Symantec's support page(s). They offer a post uninstall clean
>> up utility for many of their products, such as RNav, RNis & SymClean.
>>
>> Here is a makeshift listing of things to do: (Assumes no Symantec
>> programs are still in use).
>>
>> Before starting this process, take a System Image as the risk factor
>> on this is fairly high.
>>
>> 1. Uninstall the core application (Reboot)
>> 2. Uninstall Live Update & LiveReg
>> 3. Full System Search (Hidden & System) for keyword "Symantec"
>> 2 folders should appear - Delete both. (Can be more if there are
>> two or more user profiles on the machine.
>> 4. Open Device Manager, Click View - tic/check "Show Hidden
>> Devices". Expand Non-Plug and Play category. Look through the
>> listing for items that start with Sym. Double-Click each one to open
>> details box. Click the driver (TAB), then the Driver Details box.
>> If the provider is Symantec, close all boxes - Right Click the entry
>> and choose Uninstall. There may be as many as 5-8 of these
>> orphaned Services/Drivers.
>> 5. Use RegSeeker or any Registry tool that has a comprehensive Find
>> function (or manually with Regedit). Locate all instances of the
>> strings
>> syman
>> norto
>> Remove all of them.
>> 6. Reboot
>>
>> This should get 95% of the remnants off your system.
>> Any questions about this, repost before attempting.
>>
>> "Stan Kay" <stan.kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:uPemWgvTFHA.3544@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>I became disillusioned with Norton Antivirus (conflicts with SoundBlaster
>>>Audidgy2) and completely removed it from my Win XP Pro SP2 system.
>>>However, it remained in the Startup Applications as ccApp.exe so I
>>>removed it only to find that, somehow, it restored itself. I searched
>>>the registry for ccApp.exe, found two entries and removed both. However,
>>>when I searched the registry again they were back.
>>>
>>> Since I have switched off System Restore, can anyone please tell me how
>>> to remove this entry to stop it from trying to start a non-existent
>>> application?
>>>
>>
>>
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