[muglo] Re: Symantec snafu

On 12-Jul-09, at 1:29 PM, Doug Bale wrote:

> Symantec just got to be more hassle than it was worth. I liked its  
> Norton Antivirus, but they kept pestering me with popups inside that  
> program trying to get me to also buy Norton Confidential (I once did  
> fall for that one, and it turned out to be a total rip-off) and  
> other stuff I neither wanted nor needed. anyway, I finally got fed  
> up and did my best to delete Norton and any other Symantec  
> nuisances.Didn't get quite all of them, though. There's some bit of  
> software still lurking, which throws up an alert every time I boot  
> up, saying "Norton AntiVirus Error. Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect  
> could not load the scan engine. Please run LiveUpdate to get the  
> latest version. (Code 6)"Wherever the lurking bit still is, it  
> doesn't show up in searches for "Norton", "Symanec" or "AntiVirus".  
> Any idea what it could be, and where it's hiding?

Doug:

I came across this write-up in VersionTracker just yesterday.

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/10912094

It's shareware and is only $9.95 and might do the job.

Amnesia - 1.0.8

Product Description:
Many software titles on Mac OS come with the uninstall directions of  
simply "Drag the application to the Trash and empty it". In reality,  
this often leaves many related files on the computer taking up  
valuable hard drive space. Amnesia performs a smart scan to determine  
all related files to be removed. Easily uninstall not just  
applications, but also Screen Savers, Dashboard Widgets, and  
Preference Panes. Amnesia will remove logs, caches, application  
support files, preferences, crash reports, and other application  
specific files. Take the frustration and time out of searching for all  
of these files manually. In addition, turn on a secure deletion option  
to prevent recovery of the removed files. Scared to accidently remove  
something you may need later? Amnesia comes with a built-in backup  
function which creates an archive of related files incase you wish to  
restore them at a later time. It will reinstall the pieces of the  
product exactly where they came from -- even if you choose to restore  
to a different machine! Another powerful feature Amnesia has to offer  
is the ability to create a list of Untouchables (in addition to the  
ones built-in). Untouchables are software products which Amnesia will  
warn you about incase a remove is attempted. This is handy incase a  
particular software product should be removed using a manufacturer- 
provided uninstaller instead.
What's new in this version:
        • New Feature: Scans the Downloads folder for components of the  
application as well.
        • New Feature: Scans for ejectable volumes, and can eject them if  
scheduled for remove.
        • New Feature: Can now exclude untouchables from the scan results list.
        • Bug Fix: Fixed XML parsing/saving errors.

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