Win2kPro (update 4)
I removed Norton SystemWorks last month by uninstalling and also by using that removal utility that is needed to remove all the vestigial remnants 
However when I run Avasti anti virus software on my PC I can see it scanning a huge folder that it clearly lists as:
C:\RECYCLE\NPROTECT
… where it scans hundreds of files and archives…
Yet… when I switch on hidden files in the settings there is no sign of such a folder.
Any ideas ?
Hi,
did you do the uninstal and removal under Administrator-Login ?
did you reboot after it… ?
did you empty all windows wastebaskets/Recyled-folders ?
try again the tool with reboot, look on the symantec website for more info on manual removal…
or try booting to safeMode (F8-Boot) and removing it there…
I did all those things but I will do it again… since you mention it…
But other than the removal tool how can I remove something I cannot see ?
Open a DOS Window.
Type:
del \?\C:\RECYCLE\NPROTECT*.*
or
del \?\C:\RECYCLER\NPROTECT*.*
Will you call me guru? ;D
I forgot to say: this is a problem of Norton SystemWorks and not avast.
Your uninstallation was poor because Norton is one of the worse programs to be uninstalled 
Yup,as Technical said. Its recommended to flush Norton protected files before uninstalling SystemWorks. Or with Technicals commands for CMD 
Yes I will…
I did as above and got a response y/n and chose y… and something happened
I won’t know if it worked until I do another scan with Avasti - but thanks in advance 
Yes I do realise it’s a Norton caused problem. I asked here because being a major competitor I hoped many people here would have migrated from Norton and therefore would have had a similar problem…
Had I known Norton was so difficult to remove before I did so I would of course have flushed and everything first… sorry about that… I guess we never usually know in advance…
Thanks for all the help…!
What do you see in these Registry keys?
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\VirtualDeviceDrivers
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet003\Control\VirtualDeviceDrivers
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\VirtualDeviceDrivers
Is there any Symantec driver listed there?
technical - I appreciate your help very much but I would ask you to be careful about this advice in future …
I carried out those instructions and when I rebooted… I had lost my Admin profile in Win2k… luckily though I am not a guru I am competent… and was able to create a new profile… also as an administrator.
However I have lost all of my prefernces for more than a dozen programs … including all my Gravity usenet history and settings and stuff ???. Luckily I was able to copy over some stuff such as desktop and things…
It’s going to take me a while to catch up… 
Sorry saoir, I did that suggestion because I use it in Windows XP…
I did not lose - I cannot imagine how this happen in your computer - the administrator account…
It’s a terrible side effect 
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It’s my own responsibility: spent the weekend reinstalling more than a dozen apps… email/usent/dreamweaver/ etc… and trying to reclal the settings/profiles…
Dangerous thing them command prompts…