Symantec AntiVirus

A way to uninstall Symantec AntiVirus from your computer

Symantec AntiVirus is a software application. This page is comprised of details on how to remove it from your PC. It was created for Windows by Symantec Corporation. You can find out more on Symantec Corporation or check for application updates here. Please open http://www.symantec.com if you want to read more on Symantec AntiVirus on Symantec Corporation's web page. The program is often located in the C:\Program Files\Symantec AntiVirus folder (same installation drive as Windows). You can remove Symantec AntiVirus by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line MsiExec.exe /I{50E125D1-88E5-48CE-80AE-98EC9698E639}. Note that you might be prompted for administrator rights. Symantec AntiVirus's primary file takes about 273.69 KB (280256 bytes) and is called VPC32.exe.

Symantec AntiVirus is composed of the following executables which take 2.84 MB (2979392 bytes) on disk:

• DefWatch.exe (30.69 KB)
• DoScan.exe (24.19 KB)
• DWHWizrd.exe (413.69 KB)
• LDVPREG.exe (31.19 KB)
• LuaWrap.exe (36.69 KB)
• nlnhook.exe (14.69 KB)
• Rtvscan.exe (1.73 MB)
• SavRoam.exe (113.69 KB)
• VPC32.exe (273.69 KB)
• VPDN_LU.exe (74.19 KB)
• VPTray.exe (122.69 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 10.1.6000.6 of Symantec AntiVirus. For other Symantec AntiVirus versions please click below:

• 9.0.0.338
• 10.1.9000.9
• 10.1.5000.5
• 10.1.8000.8
• 10.1.7000.7
• 9.0.210
• 10.2.199.0
• 10.0.857.0
• 10.1.394.0
• 10.0.1000.1
• 10.2.2000.2
• 10.1.4000.4
• 9.0.14
• 9.0.310
• 10.2.4000.4
• 10.0.359.0
• 9.0.110
• 10.0.2000.2
• 10.2.276.0

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Symantec AntiVirus has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Folders that were found:

• C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Local Settings\Application Data\Symantec\Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition
• C:\Program Files\Symantec AntiVirus

Generally, the following files remain on disk:

• C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Local Settings\Application Data\Symantec\Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition\7.5\Logs\03022014.Log
• C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Local Settings\Application Data\Symantec\Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition\7.5\Logs\03032014.Log
• C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Local Settings\Application Data\Symantec\Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition\7.5\Logs\03302014.Log
• C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Local Settings\Application Data\Symantec\Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition\7.5\Logs\05282015.Log

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following data will not be uninstalled; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{E381F1B0-910E-11D1-AB1E-00A0C90F8F6F}
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{E381F1F0-910E-11D1-AB1E-00A0C90F8F6F}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{50E125D1-88E5-48CE-80AE-98EC9698E639}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Symantec\Symantec AntiVirus

Additional values that you should delete:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{083684A2-47AB-4839-A3B3-8109F4266B29}\InProcServer32\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0F0E0EE0-760F-11D2-8E55-72C9EE000000}\InProcServer32\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{4C34B690-D1B7-11D1-B041-00104B252EEA}\InprocServer32\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{64D2AD68-6D6D-4B34-BFDF-0BFC638ED8CF}\InProcServer32\

How to uninstall Symantec AntiVirus from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Symantec AntiVirus is a program marketed by Symantec Corporation. Sometimes, people decide to remove this application. This is efortful because uninstalling this manually requires some know-how regarding removing Windows programs manually. One of the best SIMPLE manner to remove Symantec AntiVirus is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your PC.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs existing on your computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find Symantec AntiVirus or simply click the Search feature and type in "Symantec AntiVirus". The Symantec AntiVirus application will be found automatically. Notice that after you select Symantec AntiVirus in the list of programs, some data regarding the program is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other users have regarding Symantec AntiVirus, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you wish to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Symantec AntiVirus:

• The software company is: http://www.symantec.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /I{50E125D1-88E5-48CE-80AE-98EC9698E639}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. accept the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Symantec AntiVirus.


8. After uninstalling Symantec AntiVirus, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of Symantec AntiVirus which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Symantec AntiVirus with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall Symantec AntiVirus by Symantec Corporation from your computer, nor are we saying that Symantec AntiVirus by Symantec Corporation is not a good application. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Symantec AntiVirus supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.