Remove Antivirus from Norton Internet Security 2006

[SKiNFreak]

It's that time of the year again and Symantec wants me to stump up the cash for an antivirus renewal. And I ain't buying!

I am happy to give Avast! or AVG a go for free but in order to do that, I need to uninstall the antivirus component fomr Norton Internet Security 2006. Anyone know how to do this? Unlike System Works, I don't get an option of installing components - it is all or nothing!

Any ideas on how to do this would be greatfully recieved. Until then it's back to ZoneAlarm....

Thanks!

[chrestomanci]

Can't you just get rid of it using add/remove programes?

I had an OEM copy of Norton on my laptop, and it was easy to remove that way.

[Nando]

my Norton Would Expire Soon as well.. it cost £35 to renew online .. or if I buy a new 2007 norton system from PCWorld for only £25 , would this work.... ?

Thanks

[SKiNFreak]

The Norton uninstall program treats both the firewall and antivirus as one program. there is no preference to split them up unlike Systemworks...

But yes, generally, you could buy a new version of 2007 if you wanted. I'd rather pay nothing at all and take my chances with Avast. However, it is a shame to lose the functionality of personal firewall for the sake of av updates...

[Gordy]

Just uninstall it, and install avg and zonealarm. They are far better than norton, not mention being free! Lost count of the number of times I've uninstalled norton and found a virus.