"Michael Cecil" <macecil.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote in message .
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>>I've begun getting a startup problem which is a box like follows:
>>
>>Windows can't find C:\PROGRA~1\Symantec\LIVEUP~1\LUSetup.exe.
>>Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. To searc
>>for a file, click the Start button, and then click Search.
>> |OK|
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>>How can I get rid of Norton?
>
> First, you ought to do as much as you can the normal with using the
> add/remove software applet in the Control Panel. Don't forget the Live
> Update bits that are listed separately from Norton Antivirus.
>
> You were going about it the right way with Regedit. If you're afraid of
> nuking those references to symantec and norton, you could just use
> HijackThis <http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/> to delete any Norton/Symantec
> startup references and services.
>
> --
> Michael Cecil
I run hjt and get a hklm runonce reference to LUupdate startup item.
I tried to stop the startup error using hjt. That didn't work.
I used regedit and removed most references to Norton and Symantec. That
didn't work.
I made some progress. I now know that something is running
at startup that checks to see if the LUsetup.exe is loading, and
if not, re-installs the HKLM runonce. I did this using
Codestuff Starter, a program lists startup items and allows
disabling the item. I disabled LUsetup.exe. re-boot and
I still get the startup error, but Codestuff Starter now shows
a new LUsetup.exe entry ie. something is re-installing LUsetup.
Here's the reference in HJT:
O4 - HKLM\..\RunOnce: [Lusetup]
C:\PROGRA~1\Symantec\LIVEUP~1\LUSetup.exe -s -a -q -log -version
And here's two lines from Codestuff Starter.
Lusetup,"C:\PROGRA~1\Symantec\LIVEUP~1\LUSetup.exe -s -a -q -log -version","Registry
- Machine RunOnce"
Lusetup,"C:\PROGRA~1\Symantec\LIVEUP~1\LUSetup.exe -s -a -q -log -version","Registry
- Machine RunOnce"
I probably should be posting to a HJT forum. Thanks.
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