How to Manually Uninstall Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 10
The Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 10 installs several different applications that are always running in the background of your operating system. When you go through the operating system's standard "Remove Programs" option, it won't actually remove all traces of the Symantec AntiVirus software. If you want to manually uninstall the program, you will need to first shut down all of its files that are in use and then remove each of the registry values it created.
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Instructions
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Open the Start menu and click "Run." Type "services.msc" and press "Enter." Look through the Services Manager window and located the entry labeled "SAVRoam."
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Right-click the entry and select "Stop." Repeat the process for the entries named "Symantec AntiVirus," "Symantec AntiVirus Definition Watcher," "Symantec Event Manager" and "Symantec Settings Manager."
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Close the window. Press the "Ctrl," "Alt" and "Delete" keys all at the same time to bring up the Task Manager. Navigate to the "Processes" tab.
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Click the entry labeled "ccApp.exe" and then choose "End Process." End the process for the entry labeled "VPTray.exe" and then exit out of the Task Manager window.
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Return to the Start menu and select the "Search" option. Type "Regedit" and then double-click the registry icon. Navigate to the registry folder "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Shellex\ContextMenuHandlers."
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Right-click the entry named "LDVPMenu" and choose "Delete." Navigate to the registry folder "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec."
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Delete the entries named "SPBBC," "Symantec AntiVirus" and "SymNetDrv." Navigate to the folder "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer."
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Delete the entries labeled "UpgradeCodes\20A7FB42A06BB49448A397B3CB77ED4D," "Features\0DE336A57D5E56D4BAD835DE34152048" and "Products\0DE336A57D5E56D4BAD835DE34152048."
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Navigate to the "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE" folder. Delete the entries "Classes\Installer\UpgradeCodes\20A7FB42A06BB49448A397B3CB77ED4D," "Classes\Installer\Features\0DE336A57D5E56D4BAD835DE34152048," "INTEL\DllUsage\VP6," "Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Management\ARPCache\{5A633ED0-E5D7-4D65-AB8D-53ED43510284}" and "Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products\0DE336A57D5E56D4BAD835DE34152048."
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Navigate over to the "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec\InstalledApps" registry folder. Delete each of the entries "AVENGEDEFS," "Common Client," "Common Client Data," "Common Client Decomposers," "NAVNT," "SAV Install Directory," "SAVCE," "SPBBC," "SymNetDrv," "VP6ClientInstalled" and "VP6UsageCount."
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Go to the "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services" folder. Delete the entries labeled "ccEvtMgr," "ccSetMgr," "ccPwdSvc," "DefWatch," "NAVENG," "NAVEX15," "SavRoam," "SAVRT," "SAVRTPEL," "SNDSrvc," "SPBBCDrv," "SPBBCSvc," "Symantec AntiVirus," "SYMREDRV" and "SYMTDI."
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Close the registry editor. Right-click the Start menu and choose "Open All Users." Click "Programs." Right-click "Symantec Antivirus" and choose "Delete."
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Tips & Warnings
If your computer runs Windows Vista, you will need to choose slightly different options to reach the Services Manager. Open the Start menu and type "Run" in the search box. Double-click the icon and then type "services.msc." Click "Continue" to access the Services Manager window.
You must be logged into the computer with an administrative account to modify the contents of the registry.
If you change the wrong registry entry, you can potentially ruin your computer's operating system. Before making any changes, create a backup copy of your registry.
