Can't remove Norton N Protect exe files

Viruses and worms
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I had removed Norton antivirus from my computer (I thought) and installed Avast home program. When I look in the add / remove programs, I am not seeing any Norton programs.

However the following is happening:

1: When I am in my yahoo email and try to download a file, Norton Antivirus automatically is coming up to scan the attachment
2: I have done complete scans and I keep seeing: - Recycle: Norton N Protect.exe files How can I get rid of these … not visible in the recycle bin.

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  1. Remove NAV or Norton 360 through Add/Remove programs from Control Panel. Boot.
    Also search the Add/Remove entries of Symantec and LiveUpdate.
  2. Use Norton Removal Tool for Windows 2000/XP/Vista or Norton Removal Tool for Windows 98/Me. Boot.
  3. Install avast! (or repair the installation) and boot.

The Norton Removal Tool uninstalls all Norton 2008/2007/2006/2005/2004/2003 products and Norton 360 from your computer.

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A bit of info here: Yahoo! uses NAV to scan all attachments that one attempts to download… There is nothing, or should be nothing Norton related on your computer based on downloading from Yahoo! :wink: